If you are someone who loves to cook at home, then one thing that can put you off is tasting restaurant food. Nothing can put you off home cooking quite like seeing how the pros do it. However, with some cookbooks, you could easily elevate the quality of your home cooking to a whole new level. Where, then, should you start when it comes to buying well-respected cooking books?
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The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem
This book by The Red Rooster Cookbook has become a must-have for anyone with a love of ribs. It gives you a good story about how food in Harlem became so popular, and how you can make these amazing foods that are such a key part of life in this part of the world. If you like ribs, then you will easily find that this cookbook gives you all the information that you require.
Food and Stories from the Streets, Homes, and Roadside Restaurants of Northern Thailand
If you enjoy Thai food, then get this book from Pok Pok. This is a highly enjoyable book that gives you stories about how Thai street food grew in popularity and improved in quality. You can find that many of the dishes within here take only minutes to make, and could be a good way to get more variety – and more greens – into your diet while still enjoying the result and the taste that they produce.
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Bo ssam, from Momofuku: A Cookbook
This cookbook from Momofuku is a must-have for anyone who enjoys slow-roasted foods. This will give you all of the details that you need to create top-quality Korean food dishes. You will learn the treatment, the process, and the importance of curing your food. It is also a great way to learn how to use your sides more creatively, showing you how to use everything from rice and lettuce to random condiments. The results are almost always absolutely spectacular and are well worth making.
Sunday sauce, from The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual
This book by The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual is our ‘last but not least’ cookbook. We love this as it can be great for giving you ideas on how to make quality sauces, how to create a sauce that is the perfect texture and thickness, and how to ensure that you do not go too far. It is a good one to read through and pick up some great ideas on how to make the ideal complementary sauce.