Library Journal Reviews Things Cooks Love

The February 15 issue of Library Journal includes a starred review of
Things Cooks Love: Implements. Ingredients. Recipes. by Sur La Table and Marie Simmons:

The first Sur La Table shop, stocked with high-end kitchen equipment, opened in Seattle’s Pike Place Market in the early 1970s, and today there are more than 55 stores across the country. The company’s first book, with cookbook author and food writer Marie Simmons, presents information on cookware of all sorts, along with dozens of appetizing recipes from a wide range of cuisines. The first section covers equipment for the “basic kitchen,” followed by a chapter on the “well-stocked global kitchen,” with more esoteric cookware. The second section focuses on 25 or so essential pots, pans, and handheld tools, with recipes that show off the equipment to its advantage. The third section offers delicious recipes grouped by cuisine, from Asian to Iberian to Moroccan; each of these chapters opens with a guide to special ingredients. Burt Wolf’s encyclopedic New Cooks’ Catalogue covers more equipment in more detail, but the recipes set the Sur La Table book apart. Highly recommended.