The Essential Cookbook NYT-- Revised Edition

Our first cookbook of the month for 2022 was originally published more than ten years ago, but the revised edition of The Essential New York Times Cookbook compiled by Amanda Hessler, CEO of Food52, was released in November of 2021 to incorporate more of the New York TImes’ iconic recipes. I’m a sucker for historic cookbooks and antique cookbooks, and after watching a video on Food52 of Amanda cooking from this book, I was immediately curious about the book’s contents.

It promised to be full of historical recipes published across the history of what may be America’s most famous newspaper, and that was good enough for me. I preordered the tome of knowledge right after watching Amanda’s video, and it arrived in a thicker box than I ever received for a single cookbook. That’s because its like four cookbooks stacked on top of each other, page after page of recipes with very little illustration or photography. It’s in the style of those old cookbooks that I love so much, and I loved it.

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