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    Celia Sack on the Best Cookbooks of 2013

    Celia Sack is the owner of Omnivore Books in San Francisco. She joins Evan for the second year in a row to talk about the best cookbooks of 2013. Sack's favorites for bakers are Seriously Bitter Sweet by Alice Medrich and Sweet by Valerie Gordon. Chad Robertson's Tartine Book No.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Celia Sack is the owner of Omnivore Books in San Francisco. She joins Evan for the second year in a row to talk about the best cookbooks of 2013. Sack's favorites for bakers are Seriously Bitter Sweet by Alice Medrich and Sweet by Valerie Gordon. Chad Robertson's Tartine Book No. 3 and Pizza by Gabriele Bonci and Elisia Menduni are Sack's picks for best cookbooks for bread bakers. Her favorite chef-driven book is Manresa by David Kinch, and she says a future classic from this year is Suzanne Goin's A.O.C. Cookbook. Lastly, her favorite best-seller from this year is Ottolenghi by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi.

    She also recommends books from two female culinary icons we lost this year: The Classic Italian Cookbook by Marcella Hazan and The Zuni Cafe Cookbook by Judy Rodgers.

    The full episode

    1 of 7
    The Best Cookbooks and Food Literature of 2013
    1. 0:00Celia Sack on the Best Cookbooks of 2013You’re reading this
    2. 7:32Einat Admony: Balaboosta
    3. 15:14Lorena Jones and the Healthy State of Cookbook Publishing
    4. 23:04Michael Paterniti Recounts the Tale behind 'The Telling Room'
    5. 35:48Daniel Patterson and His Chef-driven Cookbook
    6. 44:53Market Report
    7. 52:42Jonathan Gold Reviews Colonia Taco Lounge
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

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      Laryl Garcia

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    The full episode

    1 of 7
    The Best Cookbooks and Food Literature of 2013
    1. 0:00Celia Sack on the Best Cookbooks of 2013You’re reading this
    2. 7:32Einat Admony: Balaboosta
    3. 15:14Lorena Jones and the Healthy State of Cookbook Publishing
    4. 23:04Michael Paterniti Recounts the Tale behind 'The Telling Room'
    5. 35:48Daniel Patterson and His Chef-driven Cookbook
    6. 44:53Market Report
    7. 52:42Jonathan Gold Reviews Colonia Taco Lounge
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