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What kind of food site would NewYorkavore be without a holiday gift guide? Here we have a slew of things for the foodie who has everything, who still manages to find stuff to want (me).
COOKBOOKS
The New Brooklyn Cookbook features recipes and anecdotes from some of the best local restaurants from NewYorkavore faves Rose Water, Beer Table and the Vanderbilt to places I’ve been meaning to try like Red Hook’s the Good Fork and The Grocery in Carroll Gardens. Perfect for Brooklyn dwellers and curious Manhattanites alike
Keys to Good Cooking: A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes by Harold McGee, more of a reference book than a cookbook, it’s a primer on how to cook, not what to cook using science and know-how. Highly educational
India: The Cookbook by Pushpesh Pant, a scholarly tome to Indian cooking with 1000 recipes — dare I say the only Indian cookbook you’ll ever need?
REALLY LITTLE THINGS
Pouring cocktails is not like cooking — measurements need to be exact. A standard size jigger is essential to any home bar unless you want too-strong drinks. And who wants that? Not me.
We all know that the morning cafe ritual is a money-suck, so bring the money-sucking home with expensive home barista tools like this rosewood tamper. Goes perfectly with the Slayer (see below).
Sure, that timer on your stove is great, when you’re cooking one thing, but what about when you have all of dinner and dessert on the stove and in the oven(s)? It’s gunna take some quantum physics to time all that right. A Polder timer can keep track of it all, and makes a cool necklace to boot.
REALLY BIG THINGS
For those with an attached garage and a love of frosty beverages: may I suggest a Kold Draft commercial ice machine. Better ice than de Beers if you ask me.
Why bother hanging those Iberico hams from the ceiling of your studio apartment without the proper means to slice them? The Berkel is the only way to go.
Sick of the attitude at your corner coffee shop? Install your own Slayer espresso machine at home and feel free to wear crocs/drink decaf without withering looks.
I'm Angela Gaimari and New York is the city where I work, play and eat. I've reviewed restaurants for Time Out and Citysearch, interviewed some of the city's best chefs for NYMag.com's Grub Street and I work as a copywriter, too. This blog is my homage to New York food--plus a bit of pop culture and fun stuff to spend your paycheck on. Share the love and your suggestions newyorkavores! Submit your recipes, tips, food photos and more to http://www.newyorkavore.com/submit or email me at newyorkavore@gmail.com This policy is valid from 01 February 2010 This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. This blog does not accept any form of cash advertising, sponsorship, or paid topic insertions. However, we will and do accept and keep free products, services, travel, event tickets, and other forms of compensation from companies and organizations. The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network. Those advertisements will be identified as paid advertisements. The owner(s) of this blog is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners. If we claim or appear to be experts on a certain topic or product or service area, we will only endorse products or services that we believe, based on our expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider. This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest. To get your own policy, go to http://www.disclosurepolicy.org
