The best cookbooks of 2023, from our resident chef Kathy Gunst
I say the same thing every December: there were so many really good new cookbooks published this year. And 2023 is no exception. The stacks of books in my office have almost covered the windows, and I need every bit of early winter light I can get. I’ve chosen three (though it was harder than ever to narrow it down) new favorites to highlight and listed many others that I find equally compelling.
A cookbook is an investment in the future — the future of your family meals and friend gatherings. A good cookbook wakes you up, adds new ideas, flavors and techniques to your kitchen, and gets you excited to get into the kitchen and cook again. This list of cookbooks — ranging from Vietnamese, Chinese, Latin, Italian, Israeli, Persian, Iranian, English, and American — should offer more than enough ideas to get you started.
3 favorite cookbooks
“Ever-Green Vietnamese: Super-Fresh Recipes, Starring Plants from Land and Sea“
By Andrea Nguyen (Ten Speed Press)
The cover of “Ever-Green Vietnamese.” (Courtesy of Ten Speed Press)
In the summer of 2019, Andrea Nguyen felt “cruddy after years of eating everything that I wanted.” She saw doctors and specialists and came to a conclusion: “I think I need to slow down, rest up, and change my diet.” She
