I wanted to start a thread to share some of my favorite blogs and cookbooks. I hope we can use this thread to share new blogs or cookbooks as they become available.
Cookbooks Patti Jinich- Treasures of the Mexican Table This is a fantastic cookbook that’s broadened my understanding of Mexican cuisine. The Achiote Chicken in particular is always a crowd pleaser.
The Woks of life blog and cookbook has been in the rotation of our weekly meals for some time now. I originally tried their chicken and brocolli recipe as our local Chinese restaurant is not that great. I have come to love their ultimate chili oil. It’s kinda like the Frank’s Red Hots commercial- I put it on everything.
Blogs
I love these two blogs, as they are fantastic introductions to Japanese and Korean cooking.
Just one cookbook The Oyakdon recipe from here might be one of my favorite meals hands down. Simple, easy to throw together and great flavor.
Korean Bapsang The bibimbap recipe is a great starting point to introduce yourself to Korean cuisine. I wasn’t a huge fan of it while I lived there, but it has really grown on me since returning to the States.
Edit: future dish has a fantastic fresh kimchi recipe that lives in our fridge. It tastes exactly like my lunch ladies in Korea made. Most of their stuff is tasty.
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Awesome! I love everything that I’ve ever tried from J. Kenji Lopez-Alt. In particular Food Lab has taught me a lot of fundamentals and I just reviewed his bbq chicken ahead of Father’s Day grill out!
Have his wok book but honestly I find other Asian cookbooks to be more appealing. He is very clinical at times.
I’ve been really enjoying Dessert Person. Every recipe I’ve tried so far has gone well, and she’s actually honest about how long the steps will take.
The Food Lab is my other favorite. It’s incredibly nerdy and I’m getting through it extremely slowly.
Sally’s Baking Addiction - really enjoy the pumpkin bread. might make it again once pumpkin is in season once more. Budget Bytes Many of the recipes are adaptable to Southern Ontario prices. Add a few dollars for estimation and you’re golden. Cooking On a Bootstrap - I really like the concept of it, but I haven’t quite made any recipes just yet.
Sally’s Scone Recipe is fantastic. During the pandemic, I made several different kinds of scones based on her recipe. Also agreeing with Budget bytes, which is where I get most of my daily recipes these days.
Sally’s baking addiction is the BEST!
Great thread, thanks all for sharing.
I personally use Tea for Turmeric quite a bit for Pakistani/South Asian cooking!
Thanks for that! I would love more Indian and Pakistani blogs.
BBC good food is pretty good for me, can be at little hit and miss but more than makes up for it with having a massive catalog
Just one cookbook is my go to. I take tidbits from recipes to mix I not o my recipes for Miso Ramen / Stock and trying new Asian dishes I just learn about.
Bon Apetit for variations on recipes. I use the cooked butter Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe lost from here. I used to grab Brad Leone recipe sheet before me busted out (get his cookbook if you can.)
Budget Bytes for when you want to make meals for an entire week or empty your pantry.
Just one cookbooks nikujaga is a great, light beef stew.
Moosewood Simple Suppers and Weeknight One-Pot Vegan Cooking are two books I use regularly, and I swear by Cookie and Kate as well.
Great thread - bookmarked! I find BBC Good Food has good recipes which tend to turn into my favs.
That’s at the top of my mind, but there’s a few so I will come back tomorrow and add more!
Love that Just One Cookbook has already been recommended. I really enjoyed her baked versions of chicken katsu and tonkatsu (frying in oil makes me so nervous).
For Korean dishes, I really like Maangchi’s blog. Her bibimbap recipe is tasty.
Haven’t seen anyone mention chef John from food wishes He has a YouTube and all his recipes are also on Allrecipes.com
I really wish I could get over his cadence in videos. The recipes look good, but I can’t stand his way of talking.
Just One Cookbook is great! For some fun cooking instructions check out Kitchen Overlord they have cool recipes inspired by popular media.
My favorite is Gregory Gourdet’s [https://gregorygourdet.com/book](Everyone’s Table). His Haitian restaurant in Portland is amazing, and the global recipes in his book are delicious. Most of them are Paleo and Gluten-free.
Now that might make my list. I’m low key hoping they choose him as the next judge of top chef.
It’s hard to pick favourites because I love cookbooks and have far too many, but “Gran Cucina Latina” by Maricel Presilla is an amazing compendium (in English!) of South American recipes. I’ve just bought “Vegetarian Tagines and Couscous” by Ghillie Basan, which has some interesting variations on traditional dishes.
For blogs, I’ll also second Woks of Life - we use those recipes a lot!
Thanks for sharing! These look very interesting. I’ve been looking into Chinese food for a while, but I’m also interested in Japanese and Korean.
My favorite place for Chinese recipes is Chinese Cooking Demystified . The Mapo tofu and Dan Dan noodles recipes are now two of my monthly meals.
I added a kimchi recipe I keep for giving out to friends and family when they request it.
Personally, I love Hugs and Cookies XOXO.
Also I love delicious day on YouTube, too
