Cookbooks
Growing Up in the Midwest Didn't Make Me Forget My Laotian Heritage
Growing up as a Laotian immigrant in Kansas, I've had many influences in my life. So when people come in to my restaurant expecting traditional Laotian cuisine, I tell them that it’s inspired by my country, but I won’t be held to one type of cuisine.
Breakfast Shouldn't Be Taken for Granted
Breakfast in the South is something people take fairly seriously, but in Brooklyn, nobody used to care. New Yorkers give breakfast short shrift all week long, and then they make up for it on the weekends.
How to Eat Like Jackson Pollock
In a new cookbook, photographer Robyn Lea amasses recipes by action painter Jackson Pollack and his wife Lee Krasner, along with anecdotal insights into how these larger-than-life artists chose to cook, eat, and live.
Milk Bar's Christina Tosi Doesn't Want to Be Bossy
In an ideal world, I don't want to be a boss; I like to lead and be in charge, but I don't want to be “bossy!” But the reality of the situation is that sometimes you have to lay down the law—and the way I do it involves a sense of humor!
There Is Now a Cookbook for Bears
Hairy gay men, get excited: Photographer Angelo Sindaco's "Cooking with the Bears" is dedicated to the large, hirsute hunks of Italy and the food they love to eat—giving a middle finger to accepted body standards and homophobia at home.
I'm Happy to Have a Computer Help Me Cook Better
A few years ago, I joined IBM's new cognitive cooking project—better known as Chef Watson. Instead of just another technological crutch, Chef Watson could be the first specimen of a new generation of smarter cookbooks.
