This Fall's Most Anticipated Food Books Have a Sense of History

Through deeply personal memoirs and compelling biographies, this fall's new releases feature authors, celebrity chefs, and industry personalities delivering a sharp view of why they cook—and behave—as they do.

Host of CNN's Searching for Italy Stanley Tucci shared his obsession with Italian food with two previous cookbooks, but his forthcoming memoir,Taste: My Life Through Food($28,Gallery Books), takes readers to the beginning of this love affair with cooking, both as a child and later as an actor in food-related films likeBig NightandJulie & Julia. Similarly, inYou Had Me at Pét-Nat($28,哈切特), independent magazine publisher Rachel Signer explains how she became consumed by the allure of natural wines, first as a journalist and waitress in Brooklyn and later after falling in love and relocating to South Australia.

即使是熟悉的故事给中时read from a different perspective.Laurie Woolever, a writer and editor who was Anthony Bourdain's longtime assistant, uses quotes to bring readers deeper into his world inBourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography($30,Ecco). Through details shared by his friends and family, we learn more about Bourdain's kind heart, how much he wanted to be a writer, his habit of fidgeting when he was uncomfortable, and the dark world he inhabited, especially when traveling.

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The season's cookbooks echo the trend of origin-story memoirs with recipes that underscore the writers' influences from family and pop culture, and their motivations. The worldwide obsession with theGreat British Bake Off特许经营权使Nadiya Hussain和Vallery Lomas（通过美国版）拥有备受期待的烘焙书籍，这两者都提供了舒适的蛋糕和雄心勃勃的食谱。亚搏电竞但是，侯赛因和洛马斯都在个人论文和预言中说明了烘焙如何成为他们生活的中心，以及他们在电视节目中做出的生活方式和职业选择。这些背景故事也是使食谱类似的Treasures of the Mexican Table($35,水手书) by PBS veteran Pati Jinich more personal and useful. Her motivation for her latest book? To highlight the culinary diversity of Mexico and the ingredients from her home country's 32 states.

Ultimately, taking readers back to the beginning helps to build connections to pop culture and provides context for our behavior. InThe Secret History of Food($28,Ecco），作家马特·西格尔（Matt Siegel）提供了一些我们最喜欢的食物，例如辣椒，冰淇淋和西红柿。亚搏电竞他还深入研究了像美国人需要大量杂货店选择的概念，造型师通过使用成人电影行业使用的相同工具（因此是“食品色情”一词）和普遍使用的方式使食物更具吸引力和感性亚搏电竞诸如“亚搏电竞蜂蜜”和“南瓜”之类的食物词作为爱好的术语。通过探索诸如蜂蜜之类的食物的词源，我们可以更好地理解称呼某人亚搏电竞甜蜜的意义。

The Red Boat Fish Sauce Cookbook
Cuong Pham，Tien Nguyen和Diep Tran

受欢迎的调味品公司的创始人Cuong Pham提供了他的移民故事，其中包括战后逃离越南，他与苹果创始人史蒂夫·乔布斯的联系以及他持续的追求来纪念母亲的烹饪。（25美元，水手书)

Black Food
by Bryant Terry

This compilation curated by author and chef Bryant Terry is a celebration of Black culture that weaves food with African origins through poetry, essays, and artwork. ($40,4 Color Books)

Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America
由Mayukh Sen

James Beard Award–winning writer Mayukh Sen presents portraits of women in food, including Italian cookbook author Marcella Hazan and Norma Shirley, a culinary giant of Jamaica. ($27,W.W. Norton & Company)