Don Lindgren, one-half the owners of Rabelais Books in Portland Maine, recommends these books for your kitchen…
Canal House Cooking No. 4 by Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton. I have been cooking a lot out of this one, including ‘burnt eggplant with tahini and pomegranate’ and ‘wild salmon and English peas terrine’.
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Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi. This is a vegetarian cookbook (UK Import) from the author of Ottolenghi (one of my favorites from last year). I’ve made the ‘poached baby vegetables with caper mayonnaise’ and the ’sweet potato wedges with lemongrass creme fraiche” and much more.










