This is the debut cookbook from Gabriel Rucker, named as a James Beard rising star. Le Pigeon: Cooking At The Dirty Bird ($30) features a serious but at the same time playful collection of more than 125 recipes from Rucker’s phenomenally successful restaurant in Portland. Dining at Le Pigeon is a culinary experience like no other as it celebrates both end of the cooking spectrum. Buffalo hot wings are taken to a whole new level thanks to sweetbread, simple potato salads become dirty with the inclusion of chicken livers and on the drinks menu you will find $3 Coors rubbing shoulders with premier cru Burgundies. This is the book that charts the rise of Gabriel Rucker to the very top of the food scene in Portland, and what a journey it is.
Andrew Zuckerman is following up his highly acclaimed Wisdom with Music ($37). He takes his unique photographic perspective into the world of music and gives us an amazing perspective into one of the oldest industries in the world. This book contains portraits of eminent artistes, musicians, composers, performers and producers from every genre you can […]