5.) Salt, Smoke, and Time - Homesteading and Heritage Techniques for the Modern Kitchen – Written by Will Horowitz, Marisa Dobson (William Morrow Cookbooks – 2017)
A celebrated young chef hailed by the New York Times as a "fearless explorer," brings time-tested heritage techniques to the modern home kitchen.
Though not just a seafood cookbook, this one had to be included for its ability to ignite the concept of self-reliance, sustainability, and seasonality, illuminating man’s connection to the natural world and the importance of preserving American stories and food traditions.
Or course, a significant portion of the book contains fish or seafood – think North Fork Clam Bake or Mussels and Blood Orange. The authors have managed to unearth recipes handed down from our ancestors and spun a fresh approach on them. Illustrations are as fascinating as the text, with delightful stick drawings inspired by vintage Boy Scout and Field Guides scattered amongst beautiful rustic photographs.
Readers will learn skills of curing and brining, cold smoking, canning, pickling, and dehydration, as well as learning all there is to know about milk products, fishing, trapping seafood, hunting, butchering meat, cooking whole animals, foraging, and harvesting.
This is not your everyday cookbook, but it is one that will broaden your repertoire and make grand dining table conversations!
