"Yawd: Modern Afro-Caribbean Recipes" is a good one to look for! The cookbook is visually appealing, the recipes are interesting and accessible, and it was, for me, a type of cuisine I didn't have a lot of experience with, so encouraged me to try some new things.
The day I realized this (20 years ago, now) was a revelation! I always have about half a dozen cookbooks out from the library at any given time. It also is the spark for great conversations with library staff when picking them up :). From my current stack, I’d recommend “Kin: Caribbean Recipes from the Modern Kitchen” by Maria Mitchell, “The Fishwife Cookbook” by Becca Millstein and Vilda Gonzalez, “Masala Farm” by Suvir Saran, and “Husbands That Cook: More Then 110 Irresistible Vegetarian Recipes and Tales from Our Tiny Kitchen” by Ryan Alvarez and Adam Merrin.
"Yawd: Modern Afro-Caribbean Recipes" is a good one to look for! The cookbook is visually appealing, the recipes are interesting and accessible, and it was, for me, a type of cuisine I didn't have a lot of experience with, so encouraged me to try some new things.
The day I realized this (20 years ago, now) was a revelation! I always have about half a dozen cookbooks out from the library at any given time. It also is the spark for great conversations with library staff when picking them up :). From my current stack, I’d recommend “Kin: Caribbean Recipes from the Modern Kitchen” by Maria Mitchell, “The Fishwife Cookbook” by Becca Millstein and Vilda Gonzalez, “Masala Farm” by Suvir Saran, and “Husbands That Cook: More Then 110 Irresistible Vegetarian Recipes and Tales from Our Tiny Kitchen” by Ryan Alvarez and Adam Merrin.