July 2023 Cookbook Reviews

 

All About Cookies by Christina Tosi

After recently reading Christina Tosi's memoir/cookbook Dessert Can Save the World, I wanted to check out some of her cookbooks. This one is as the title states, All About Cookies which makes sense as that is what her bakery were first known for. And there is just about any and every kind of cookie you can imagine from basic to very elaborate. There are also lots of great photographs of these cookie and plenty of helpful tips as well. While I like Tosi's story and she seems like a super fun and creative person, her desserts are just too over the top for me. I guess my tastes are just more simple, but I'd rather have a really great chocolate chip cookie than one with 10 different mix-ins. But I did find a couple recipes I'd like to try and if you're looking for some new cookie recipes you could definitely find something new to try in here.

Milk Bar Life by Christina Tosi

After reading Christina Tosi's memoir/cookbook Desserts Can Save the World I decided to check out some of her cookbooks. After reading her memoir this cookbook makes total sense - it's a variety of recipes (still mostly desserts) that trace back to her family and things she personally likes to eat/cook at home. It's far from gourmet and more like nostalgia cooking or remaking things she enjoyed in her childhood. Several reviews complained that this cookbook was so much worse or different than Momofoku Milk Bar, I haven't seen that one so I didn't have anything other than her memoir to compare this cookbook to. I didn't think it was amazing and if I hadn't read her memoir I would probably be more confused about how she is a famous chef now. I did find a couple recipes I'd like to try and photographs are great, but not a gourmet cookbook by any stretch.