MEALS, MUSIC, AND MUSES by Alexander Smalls - Los Angeles Times "12 cookbooks that refresh the spirit and inspire in the kitchen"

Los Angeles Times | April 30, 2020

“This is an excellent time to have some absorbing cookbooks on hand. Not only because many of us could use inspiration figuring out what to cook while we shelter but also because we’re craving connection.

A parallel has emerged between restaurants and cookbooks in recent years: In the same way that chefs are expressing autobiography through their menus, hazarding to reveal themselves and where they come from, the best cookbook authors have also become willing to risk exposing their truest selves on the page.

It’s a daunting feat, being equal at recipe mastery and storytelling. Some of the recent books that achieve this remind us about what we’re missing while restaurant dining rooms remain closed; others shed light on home traditions around the country and the world. Each offers us a chance to disappear into finely wrought words and worlds and, if we’re up to it, into our kitchens.”

Meals, Music, and Muses by Alexander Smalls was included in this fabulous round-up. Please follow the link above to read the full article.

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