18 Cookbooks to Feed Your Wanderlust

Every Wednesday in Travel Loot, we find the best travel products that evoke our editorial theme of the week. This week, it was the products that inspired our Chefs Travels theme. This crop of new cookbooks are filled with great recipes, great meals, and great adventures, many of which we've featured on Fathom this week, many from chefs and writers who are already Fathom contributors.

Bar Tartine: Techniques & Recipes

by Cortney Burns and Nicolaus Balla, photographs by Chad Robertson

The latest cookbook from San Francisco's beloved Bar Tartine is filled with recipes and time-honored techniques inspired by Central Europe, Japan, and Scandinavia.

Price: $27
Available at: amazon.com

A Good Food Day

by Marco Canora with Tammy Walker, photographs by Michael Harlan Turkell

Reboot your health with food that tastes great. Chef (and Fathom contributor) Marco Canora breaks down why certain ingredients are good for you and shares technique on bringing out the most natural flavor from any dish.

Price: $21
Available at: amazon.com

America: Farm to Table

by Mario Batali and Jim Webster

Follow Mario Batali and his chef friends across the USA as they celebrate local farmers and their delicious bounty.

Price: $23
Available at: amazon.com

Downtown Italian

by Joe Campanale, Gabriel Thompson, Katherine Thompson.

Fans of NYC's Dell'Anima, L'Artusi, L'Apicio, and Anfora will appreciate the easier-than-it-looks Italian recipes by Gabe Thompson, desserts by Katherine Thompson, and drinks from sommelier (and Fathom contributor) Joe Campanale. 

Price: $25
Available at: amazon.com

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Recipe: Whole Wheat Pasta with Broccoli Rabe Pesto
Little Black Book: Where They Eat When They're Sick of Italian

Di Palo's Guide to the Essential Foods of Italy

by Lou Di Palo with Rachel Wharton

His great-grandparents opened the Italian market Di Palo's in Little Italy, and he's still working the counter with his family, selling imported salumi, cheeses, wines, and olive oils. His book is a cross-country food journey through Italy, filled with traditional recipes, techinques, culinary history, and a foreword by another Little Italy guy, Martin Scorsese.

Price: $20
Available at: amazon.com

Harold Dieterle's Kitchen Notebook

by Harold Dieterle and Andrew Friedman

Perilla and Kin Shop's Harold Dieterle shares recipes inspired from Italy, Thailand, and Germany, along with personal notes on ingredients close to his heart.

Price: $32
Available at: amazon.com

Hemsley + Hemsley: The Art of Eating Well

by Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley

The Hemsley + Hemsley cookbook finally hits US shelves this season. The London-based sisters are shaking up the UK food scene with their inventive and delicious recipes made without gluten, grain, and refined sugar. Of special note is the banana cake. Fathom co-founder Jeralyn baked it for the office; it was gone in minutes.

Price: $22
Available at: amazon.com

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Recipe: Chicken Tinola 
Little Black Book: Live Well in London

Epicurean Journeys

by Joshua David Stein

A world tour of the restaurants in The Luxuy Collection hotels around the world through chef recipes, photos, and stories from high-profile travelers. Included in the package is a Five Spices set created by spice master Lior Lev Sercarz of NYC's La Boîte à Epice, with special blends for every region in spice trade history.

Price: $150
Available at: luxurycollectionstore.com

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From chef Daniele Turco of the Gritti Palace in Venice
Recipe: Red Shrimp Carpaccio With Ginger Gelato
Little Black Book: A Chef's Tour of Venice

From chef Matt Christianson of The Nines Hotel in Portland, Oregon
Recipe: Rabe and Romanesco Salad
Little Black Book: A Chef's Tour of Portland

Mallmann on Fire

by Francis Mallmann and Peter Kaminsky

The Argentine grillmaster is back with his second book, proving that there a good asado knows no geographic boundaries. We're transported from wintery mountaintops to deserted islands through recipes for both large and cozy parties. In Mallman's hands, cooking is just as much, if not more, fun than eating.

Price: $29
Available at: amazon.com

Meat: Everything You Need to Know

by Pat LaFrieda and Carolynn Carreño

New York City's ultimate butcher, the man behind the famous LaFrieda burger blends, is penned the definitive cookbook on all things meat with help from Fathom contributor Carolynn Carreño. Recipes include step-by-step pictures and stories of the family's life in the meatpacking business.

Price: $26
Available at: amazon.com

My Portugal

by George Mendes and Genevieve Ko, photographs by Romulo Yanes

The Michelin-starred Aldea chef showcases Portuguese cuinese and history through 125 recipes, from signature Aldea dishes like duck rice and traditional dishes like linguiça.

Price: $25
Available at: amazon.com

Never Trust A Skinny Italian Chef

by Massimo Bottura

A look at Bottura's 25 years in the business and how his three-Michelin-starred restaurant, Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, has grown. Four chapters address different periods in his life with 50 recipes, stories, and contemporary photography. This is a man who's not afraid to shake up tradition.

Price: $43
Available at: amazon.com

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Q&A: An Interview with Massimo Bottura

Notes from a Kitchen Volume Three: Part One

by Jeff Scott

This isn't a cookbook, but rather a beautiful chronicle of what inspires chefs around the world. Filmmaker Jeff Scott spoke with chefs about their process in their element: in the kitchen, in the lab, out in the field. The signed, 768-page, limited edition comes in a tactile cloth slipcase.

Price: $125
Available at: notesfromakitchen.com

A New Napa Cuisine

by Christopher Kostow

The new cookbook from the chef behind three-Michelin-starred The Restaurant at Meadowood highlights how the Napa Valley influenced his craft, through the region's local artisans, products, and growers.

Price: $32
Available at: amazon.com

The Slanted Door

by Charles Phan

A modern, accessible take on classic Vietnamese dishes from the chef behind the award winning and always packed The Slanted Door at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.

Price: $23
Available at: amazon.com

Sugar Rush

by Johnny Iuzzini with Wes Martin

Let's end this eighteen-course meal with dessert. James Beard–award-winning pastry chef (and Fathom contributor) Johnny Iuzzini breaks down what always seemed like extremely complicated dishes with expert tips and step-by-step photographs. Master French macarons, ginger-curry sugar cookies, and a mango lassi pudding. Everyone will be so impressed.

Price: $25
Available at: amazon.com

Marcus Off Duty: The Recipes I Cook At Home

by Marcus Samuelsson with Roy Finamore

What do famous chefs cook at home? Born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden, and trained in French techniques, the Harlem hero (and Fathom contributor) shares 150 recipes of his favorite comfort foods from around the world. An entire chapter is dedicated to street food, and scattered throughout are handwritten tips, anecdotes, and recommended songs to listen to in the kitchen.

Price: $25
Available at: amazon.com

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Recipe: Dill-Spiced Salmon
Little Black Book: A Stroll Through Marcus Samuelsson's Stockholm

The Cuban Table: A Celebration of Food, Flavors, and History

by Ana Sofía Peláez and Ellen Silverman

A gorgeous collection of photographs (by Silverman) and food stories and recipes (by Peláez), the book is an evocative look at what food means in Cuba, how it's served and beloved. Chapters break down food categories (soups and stews, fish and seafood, foundation recipes) and many recipes include variations.

Price: $35
Available at: amazon.com

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Slideshow: A Cuban Food and Love Story
Little Black Book: Where to Find Cuba in Miami
Recipe: Potaje de Garbanzos

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