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« The great pumpkin | Main | Hungry, but what to do? » Thursday, October 26, 2006Surprises between the coversNo, not those covers. Book covers. Cookbooks might seem predictable. You have a short prologue about the author's food philosophy, and then the rest is recipes. But a couple of eye-openers came to my attention recently.
Marcus Samuelsson (above), the chef of Aquavit in New York, has a new book, "The Soul of a New Cuisine." In his professional life, Samuelsson creates beautiful, clean and spare Scandanavian food. But he, too, is a surprise: an Ethiopian adopted as a child by Swedish parents. His book, subtitled "A Discovery of the Foods and Flavors of Africa," celebrates his heritage. (Look for a Food article next month about this celebrated chef.) But the clincher is the foreword. It's by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the famed spiritual leader of South Africa and a Nobel laureate. Now that's a coup for a cookbook. The other standout book has to do with $$$. The most famous chef working today is arguably Ferran Adria of El Bulli in Spain, whose experimental cuisine is analyzed and copied by countless young chefs. Adria has a book coming out next month, "El Bulli: 1994-1997" that promises to tell how he does what he does. And it's only $350! A steal if you agree with Anthony Bourdain, "Kitchen Confidential" author, who calls it "the ultimate foodie object of desire." Posted by Alison Arnett at 01:20 PM
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