monk: Light and Shadow on the Philosopher's Path
Yoshihiro Imai , Yuka Yanazume, et al.
4.1 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Chocolates and Confections: Formula, Theory, and Technique for the Artisan Confectioner
Peter P. Greweling and The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)
4.8 on Amazon
1 HN comments
The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss
John A. McDougall
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Plant-Based on a Budget: Delicious Vegan Recipes for Under $30 a Week, in Less Than 30 Minutes a Meal
Toni Okamoto and MD FACLM Michael Greger
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Oaxaca: Home Cooking from the Heart of Mexico
Bricia Lopez and Javier Cabral
4.8 on Amazon
1 HN comments
The Bread Bible
Rose Levy Beranbaum , Alan Witschonke, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
How to Bake
Paul Hollywood
4.8 on Amazon
1 HN comments
The Paleo Approach: Reverse Autoimmune Disease and Heal Your Body
Sarah Ballantyne and Robb Wolf
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Eat Rich, Live Long: Mastering the Low-Carb & Keto Spectrum for Weight Loss and Longevity (1)
Ivor Cummins and Dr. Jeffry Gerber
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts
Stella Parks and J. Kenji López-Alt
4.8 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Keto: The Complete Guide to Success on The Ketogenic Diet, including Simplified Science and No-cook Meal Plans (1)
Maria Emmerich and Craig Emmerich
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Modernist Bread
Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
The pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health
Shelley Redford Young and Robert O. Young PhD
4.4 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing
Michael Ruhlman , Brian Polcyn, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
La Cucina: The Regional Cooking of Italy
The Italian Academy of Cuisine
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
cwal37onDec 12, 2018
Non-Fiction
By Adam Tooze: Crashed, and Wages of Destruction. Both excellent economic histories, the former covering the recent financial crisis and its aftermath, the latter on the Nazi economy. Tooze does an excellent job coming up with larger trends and global narratives, I'm often amazed at just how much he's able to keep in his head.
By Richard Rothstein: The Color of Law. A quick, informative, yet more than thorough enough on the factual, legal prevention that American employed over the majority of the 20th century to prevent black Americans form participating in the housing market, both personal home ownership and public housing (a major institutional driver of household wealth and success tarting in the early 20th century).
By Jeffrey Lockwood: Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier. I had no idea the American frontier was home to devastating largest-in-the-world locust plagues that suddenly disappeared near the end of the 19th century.
By Peter Brannen: The Ends of the World. A great primer on mass extinctions and their often geologic causes.
By Rick Perstein: Nixonland. Still working on this one, but a deep dive into that era of American politics feels quite relevant at the moment, except that everything today feels stupid in comparison.
Fiction
By N.K. Jemisin: The Broken Earth trilogy. A really great self-contained story, extremely evocative, and the author actually puts out great books at an amazingly fast pace.
Cooking
By Stella Parks: Bravetart: Iconic American Desserts. If you like baking, and the history of iconic American baked goods this is a must have/read. Never thought I'd spend so much time on a carrot cake.