Simon and Shawn list their “essential cookbook” lists which has been a simmering idea on both the podcast and the website since it’s inception. The idea of an “essential” list of cookbooks is as insane as it is fun to discuss. For better or worse they hash out a need-to-have cookbook list special to us.
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Shawn and Simon have already given their ideas for cheap holiday gifts… Now that we are all on the home stretch, maybe it’s time to find that tome for a loved one who loves to cook! Lots of recomendations for beginners, intermediates and people who have lost their minds and want to bake. Happy Holidays everyone!!!
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Music by John Palmer
Show notes and Shout Outs:
Jamie’s Dinners by Jamie Oliver (For the beginner!)
The three-book series by Jeffery Alford and Naimoi Duguid (For the Coffee Table!)
Cooking by Hand by Paul Bertolli (For the Intermediate with passion!)
The Tassajara Bread Book by Edward Espe Brown (for the aspiring baker!)
RIPE Cookbook by Ann Kask which proceeds go to Diabetes Canada (featuring yours truly!)
Rebar, Modern Food Cookbook by Audrey Alsterberg and Wanda Urbanowicz
Tartine by Chad Robertson
Ready for Dessert by David Leibovitz
Baked, New Frontiers in Baking By Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito
My Pokemon Cookbook By Victoria Rosenthal
And the necronom nom nom
Bonus Mentions: Flavour Bible By Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg and Anything by Hank Shaw
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