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Specialty Food Cookbooks
Four companies share recipes from appetizers to dessert.
user ratingSpecialty food producers are a generous group. Not only do they create delicious foods that we rely on in our culinary lives, but also they share their recipes. We’ve rounded up a handful of cookbooks written by these producers, whose food is near and dear to our hearts and stomachs.
—Denise Shoukas
Beyond the Bull: Pendleton Round-Up Centennial Cookbook
($35; Pendleton Round-Up)
Created with the help of Suzie Barhyte, owner of Barhyte Specialty Foods in Pendleton, Ore., Beyond the Bull honors the Pendleton Round-Up, a historic rodeo that started in 1910 and has grown to a four-day extravaganza where food plays an important role. With close to 350 recipes, the cookbook shares the secrets behind dishes such as the cowboy breakfast special baked beans.
Tate's Bake Shop Cookbook
Kathleen King ($25.99; St. Martin’s Press)
Anyone with a sweet tooth loves Tate’s cookies from Southampton, N.Y.’s favorite bakeshop. With a foreword by Ina Garten, this collection holds 125 recipes, ranging from home-style cookies and cakes, to muffins, breads and pies—as well as the famous Tate’s Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Stonewall Kitchen Appetizers: Finger Foods and Small Plates
Kathy Gunst, Jonathan King and Jim Stott ($25; Chronicle Books)
Legendary specialty food makers Jonathan King and Jim Stott of Stonewall Kitchen have created another beautiful cookbook focusing on tempting pre-dinner snack and cocktail-party treats. Working with Maine writer Kathy Gunst, this summertime cookbook includes 50 recipes for popular cocktails and appetizer party menus as well as tips for how much to serve and innovative presentation ideas.
Cooking with Two Snooty Chefs
Gary Fuller and Chris Plemmons ($16.95; BookSurge Publishing)
As producers of a line of premium Gourmet Spice Blends, sea salts and peppercorns dubbed Two Snooty Chefs, Gary Fuller and Chris Plemmons know how to add flavor to food. Their cookbook shares how to incorporate their spices into healthful meals with a range of recipes, from soups, salads, and entrées to side dishes and desserts.
> Sample recipe for Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict.
Denise Shoukas is a regular foodspring.com contributor
and is the author of foodspring’s food forager blog.
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