Top 8 Fascinating Cooking Books You Shouldn't Miss

1. Savory, Sweet, Sour, Hot

Savory, Sweet, Sour, Hot is a new, unique, and meaningful cooking book, with decades of professional cooking experience distilled into four simple elements, from the renowned chef Alice Waters, known as the great culinary teacher of future America.

Chef and author Samin Nosrat has helped and taught many, from professional chefs to high school students, to unique culinary philosopher and journalist Michael Pollan with her unique yet simple culinary philosophy. By mastering the art of applying four simple elements, including Salt, to enhance flavor; Fat, to convey flavor and texture; Acid, to balance flavor; and Heat, to determine the final texture of the food, any dish you prepare will become a masterpiece. Through natural and detailed expression, Savory, Sweet, Sour, Hot will guide and inspire a new generation of chefs, empowering them to make confident decisions in the kitchen and cook delicious dishes from any ingredient, anywhere, at any time.

With the essence of Samin Nosrat's culinary conquest journey, from an amateur to a professional chef winning numerous awards, Savory, Sweet, Sour, Hot will immediately narrow the gap between home cooks and professional chefs. Through captivating storytelling, beautiful illustrations throughout, and easily understandable scientific culinary interpretation, Samin has illuminated the four elements for cooking delicious food for everyone. Moreover, Savory, Sweet, Sour, Hot offers a wealth of basic cooking recipes - along with dozens of variations of each dish, making it easy for readers to practice, so that you can make refreshing and perfectly flavored salad, perfectly roasted vegetables, fragrant and tender braised meat, and fluffy layered cake, deliciously.

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2. The Science of Cooking

The Science Behind Cooking is a book that will help you understand why marinating meat overnight is unnecessary, soaking dry spices enhances flavor, why it's best to microwave nuts, and how salt can help you make perfect scrambled eggs. This will undoubtedly elevate your cooking skills and refine your culinary techniques.

This book comes from Dr. Stuart Farrimond, a food scientist, who has brought the science of cooking into everyday life through popular television and radio programs. As a trained medical doctor and educator, regularly appearing on British television, radio, and public events, his articles also appear in British and international press, including Daily Mail, New Scientist, BBC Focus, The Independent, and The Washington Post.

He has been shortlisted for Guardian/Observer's science writer of the year, founded and edited the lifestyle magazine - online science Guru (the magazine funded by the world's largest medical research charity Wellcome Trust). Having overcome brain cancer, Farrimond campaigns and represents non-profit campaigns and funds against cancer.

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Around the World in 80 Eats is a perfect cookbook for children aged 7-14. Additionally, parents can use this book to guide their little ones into the kitchen to create delicious and enticing dishes, following the extremely detailed and vivid instructions provided in the book.

Originating from Vietnam, two little girls, Mym and Sheepy, daughters of author Phan Anh - founder of Esheep Kitchen and the famous Yêu bếp Facebook group, had the opportunity to visit 30 countries across 5 continents and delve into the culinary world, resulting in this fascinating and informative cookbook, Around the World in 80 Eats.

This book will teach children basic cooking and baking skills. It also features a collection of unique, super tasty, and easy-to-make dishes for kids; providing detailed instructions on how to make 30 world dishes with step-by-step illustrated photos.

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For culinary enthusiasts, especially those who appreciate natural flavors, and prefer dishes with minimal seasoning to maintain nutritional value and natural deliciousness, the book Natural Harmony from AIA Vietnam is a must-read.

This Natural Harmony book is born out of the author Long Chau's love for rustic, naturally flavorful dishes, and AIA Vietnam's unique healthy living program, offering natural dishes to health-conscious individuals and cooking enthusiasts with a plethora of enticing daily menus.

With passion and expertise in nutrition and health, Chau Van Long (Long Chau) is known as one of the pioneering chefs in Vietnam for his natural cooking style. He has been a guest on local and international culinary programs, such as Adam Richman's Secret Eats. From the position of head chef at Ru - a pioneer restaurant in clean eating in Ho Chi Minh City - Long Chau made a bold decision: to return to his hometown in Dak Lak to explore and promote a lifestyle that aligns with nature and promotes better health for everyone.

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Embarking on Vegetarianism is not just a cookbook, nor is it simply a collection of vegetarian dishes. It's an inspiring, enlightening, and scientific guide for you, authored by Đức Nguyễn - a civilized and healthy vegetarian. In this book, you can find answers to the most basic questions when starting vegetarianism.

You may also be excited to discover that vegetarianism is indeed an art, an art now illuminated from a nutritional science perspective. And then, you'll eagerly explore delicious, wholesome, and beautiful vegetarian dishes like poetry. You'll find the journey of vegetarianism truly enjoyable and fascinating.

It's a journey to find balance and peace between food and life, between personal choices and more sustainable goals for yourself, for the environment, or for the planet. Regardless, try flipping through any page, and you'll surely agree that each page is a heartfelt dedication of the author with his full heart, knowledge, and love, dedicated to you.

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Have you ever experienced the wonderful taste of a cake so memorable that you still long for it at home, making you search Google in vain? Or do you feel inadequate when your kitchen lacks professional baking equipment? Within each of us lies the hidden ability to bake like a true baker. Don't let failure ever deter your passion for baking.

To make your summer full of sweetness, I Love Cookbook introduces the new book South Home Kitchen Without Oven. This book will take you into the world of simple baking with South Home Kitchen Without Oven, a cookbook about sweet treats with detailed instructions from ingredients, tools to common mistakes, and important notes when baking. Over 40 cake recipes will make your kitchen always fragrant - special flavors from butter, flour, eggs, and milk created by your own hands.

This book also shares from the heart of the author, Nam Co Ich, to motivate you to overcome the fear of failure and embark on the baking journey. Inspired by the South Home Kitchen Without Oven series on the author Nam Co Ich's YouTube channel, this book carries the message that even without an oven, you can still make beautiful and delicious cakes with your own hands. The world of sweet treats is diverse and exciting, and you can make a birthday cake with just an electric rice cooker or a refreshing mousse cake with just your refrigerator. You don't need an oven to create these sweet treats.

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If you're curious about these colorful fresh chocolates, then Chocolate Secrets is definitely a cookbook you must have on your shelf. Freshness is always the determining factor for the attractiveness and deliciousness of food, and chocolate is no exception. You can hardly forget the feeling of freshness, softness, and sweetness on the tip of your tongue when you taste a piece of pure chocolate.

Chocolate Secrets is distilled from a 5-year research journey with the best recipes by author Khoa Phan and Glorybites – a familiar name when it comes to Vietnamese chocolate. The first Vietnamese-language book on fresh chocolate promises to explore and conquer the romantic world of these sweet candies with readers.

This book is born with the desire to bring you sweet inspiration about unique chocolate creations in the world. It's nothing too fancy; if you have a passion for it, you can make it as easily as any other dessert. Therefore, if you love fresh chocolate and enjoy creatively spontaneous products, try experiencing the recipes from this book.

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Understanding food is increasingly important, especially in the current context where there are many issues related to food such as pollution and unclear information. The book Smart Cooking is born to share basic knowledge about food, explain the reactions in the cooking process, and how to preserve food. Understanding these basic principles is the key to mastering food.

The book consists of two volumes: volume 1 - 'What do we eat every day?' and volume 2 - 'Don't let food become a hazard'. Volume 1 will provide an overview of the basic components in food such as water, protein, carbohydrates, fats, and vitamins. Additionally, it also introduces common foods such as meat, fish, eggs, milk, from benefits to risks and cooking methods.

Knowledge only truly becomes valuable through application in practice. In volume 2, the author will guide specific cooking techniques such as boiling, steaming, frying, baking, along with tips on how to boil vegetables to keep them fresh green or make attractive grilled meat without drying out... The book also shares tips for using spices properly and how to effectively utilize the refrigerator to save while ensuring hygiene.

The knowledge in the book is presented in a question-and-answer format, intimate and useful for those who want to create nutritious meals for themselves and their families, especially for target groups such as children, diabetics, people at risk of heart disease...

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