Re-Play Perks Ep. 31 - Laura Lucchese: Cook the Books

There is a saying, “If you want a happy ending, read a cookbook”. Our guest, Laura Lucchese, is in a book club that always ends well because her group reads and then produces a group meal from cookbooks.

James Beard, the great culinary expert said, food is our common ground, a universal experience. In our mind, to bring books and food together is a match made in heaven.

Laura tells us how many cookbooks have a narrative story just like a traditional book, why cooking from a cuisine outside your own encourages discussion, and how modern cookbooks offer a different philosophy to entertaining that diverges from the older well-known cookbook authors like Martha Stewart.

Books mentioned in this episode:
1- Six Seasons by Joshua McFadden and Martha Holmberg
2- How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
3- Smitten Kitchens Cookbook by Deb Perelman
4- Dining In by Alison Roman
5- Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman
6- Indianish by Priya Krishna
7- Bottom of the Pot by Naz Deravian
8- Buttermilk Graffiti by Edward Lee
9- Smoke and Pickles by Edward Lee
10- Everyday is Saturday by Sarah Copeland
11- How They Choked by Georgia Bragg
12- Simple by Yotam Ottolenghi
13- Do You Mind If I Cancel by Gary Janetti
14- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
15- Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
16- A Gentleman from Moscow by Amor Towles
17- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
18- Sourdough by Robin Sloan

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