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THE ESSENTIAL NEW YORK TIMES COOKBOOK

Amanda Hesser

The Recipes of Record

Ten years after the phenomenal success of her once-in-a-generation cookbook, former New York Times food editor Amanda Hesser returns with an updated edition for a new wave of home cooks.
She has added 120 new but instantly iconic dishes to her mother lode of more than a thousand recipes, including Samin Nosrat's Sabzi Polo (Herbed Rice with Tahdig), Todd Richards's Fried Catfish with Hot Sauce, and J. Kenji López-Alt's Cheesy Hasselback Potato Gratin. Devoted Times subscribers as well as newcomers to the paper's culinary trove will also find scores of timeless gems such as Purple Plum Torte, David Eyre's Pancake, Pamela Sherrid's Summer Pasta, and classics ranging from 1940s Caesar Salad to modern No-Knead Bread. Hesser has tested and adapted each of the recipes, and she highlights her go-to favorites with wit and warmth. As Saveur declared, this is a "tremendously appealing collection of recipes that tells the story of American cooking." Amanda Hesser is the cofounder of Food52, the leading cooking and home brand, and was previously a writer and editor at the New York Times. The author of numerous cookbooks, including the award-winning Cooking for Mr. Latte, she lives in Brooklyn with her family.
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Published 2021-10-19 by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. - New York (USA)

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Major Excerpt: These Thanksgiving Recipes From the Archives Feel Timeless - Here are five dishes, all featured in the new edition of "The Essential New York Times Cookbook," that will shine on your table. Read more...

For those of us who love Amanda Hesser's Essential New York Times Cookbook, her updated version, adding seventy of the most popular recipes from the last decade, is a gift from heaven. These are recipes I'll use over and over again - and I'm starting with Rao's meatballs!

Great feature that includes excerpt of pumpkin pie recipe Read more...

Smart, bright, and supremely practical, Amanda Hesser's Anniversary Edition of The Essential New York Times Cookbook is a cause for celebration - this book can teach you how to cook. Amanda's instructions are clear, her how-tos precise, her advice solid, and her range extraordinary - she covers everything from cocktails to cookies. The historical notes, fascinating timelines, culinary history, and personal asides are the proverbial cherry on top.

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Segment featuring author making three of the NYT's most popular recipes from revised edition of the cookbook. Read more...

Winner of the James Beard Award

A follow up to the 2010 edition, this updated Essential New York Times Cookbook includes 120 new recipes of record, with fresh contributions from chefs including Samin Nosrat and J. Kenji López-Alt Read more...

This is a vast collection of carefully curated, tested, and updated recipes. In a world constantly searching for the trendy, I find comfort in a book celebrating the delicious. Salty, buttery bagna cauda, garlicky gazpacho, or an eggplant parmesan are essentially delicious in my mind, but others will have theirs, and most likely find the best version of it in here.