Upcoming Cookbooks And Food Books: The Best Offerings For Fall 2011

There are a ton of exciting cookbooks and food books coming out in the next few months. We've sifted through the many upcoming titles to give you a sampling of some of the biggest releases. This crop is heavy on Italian food and hearty meals -- just what you need for the fall and winter season.

In the slideshow below, the books are organized by the month they come out and the descriptions are from the publishers. Our excitement ranking is our own take on the cookbook and based on a maximum of four forks -- four being the highest ranking.

UPDATE: Readers have been sending in suggestions, so we've added a few more!

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September 2011: The Mozza Cookbook

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Book Description: A traditional Italian meal is one of the most comforting--and delicious--things that anyone can enjoy. Award-winning chef Nancy Silverton has elevated that experience to a whole new level at her Los Angeles restaurants Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza, co-owned with restaurateurs Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich. Excitement Level: 4 Forks. Mozza has been an LA hotspot for years and friends tell us that they've had better food there than in Italy.

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Book Description: A traditional Italian meal is one of the most comforting--and delicious--things that anyone can enjoy. Award-winning chef Nancy Silverton has elevated that experience to a whole new level at her Los Angeles restaurants Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza, co-owned with restaurateurs Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich.

Excitement Level: 4 Forks. Mozza has been an LA hotspot for years and friends tell us that they've had better food there than in Italy.

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[RedRat]

06:26 PM on 08/28/2011

Well I may be coming on this so-called review of books, but when I see this:
"Excitement Level: 3.5 Forks. We highly doubt most of the recipes are ones we'd attempt in our kitchens, but gosh darn is this going to make a fabulous coffee table book."
I wonder what the point of this article might be. I should lay out good money for a book to sit on my coffee table? What!

Look, if I am going to buy a cook book, I want one that gives practical and economical recipes that I can actually prepare in my home. Not all of us can afford to use imported ingredients that cost an arm and leg. What I think most are looking for a relatively simple and inexpensive recipes. If you want complex, expensive imported ingredients, then go take classes at the CIA.

[kareemachan]

03:25 PM on 08/28/2011

Any book by Paula Wolfert is a good thing. Also, she's extremely interesting to talk to (I worked at a bookstore) and totally passionate about cooking and writing.

[Jennifer Hope McCharen]

08:30 PM on 08/27/2011

Shameless plug for Didi Emmons' (Vegetarian Planet) newest, Wild Flavors!

[leajazz]

09:18 AM on 08/27/2011

I have a collection of old (some date back over 100 years) and new cookbooks. I love the old ones and mixing the old with the new to make things healthier.
Food 52 eceptional home cooks and A New Turn In The South looks good to me.

[DrJohnnySkeptic]

10:15 AM on 08/26/2011

The Mozza cookbook looks good, but that Odd Bits book cover made me nauseous.

[kareemachan]

03:27 PM on 08/28/2011

Having worked at a Chinese restaurant, I came to appreciate "odd bits" in cooking. The chef's version of pigs feet was to die for. Absolutely scrumptious and unctuous, and with rice and stir-fried bitter melon, a total revelation.

[angelv]

09:57 PM on 08/28/2011

salivating

[DrJohnnySkeptic]

07:35 AM on 08/29/2011

What does bitter melon taste like? I've never had it.

[Stephen Thorpe]

04:27 AM on 08/26/2011

I love these books for great ideas. The internet's great too but books and great pictures capture the beauty of food like the internet doesn't.

[jt usf]

12:29 AM on 08/26/2011

Dang...so many good books, soo very little money and time to cook. I wish Tessa Kiros would drop something new soon. Really like the writing style and approach in her books. But another Batali book? Sheesh.

[hirut]

09:13 PM on 08/25/2011

For me, no cook book is better than any Food & Wine cookbook.

[raker]

09:00 PM on 08/25/2011

I like food52. Real food, good recipes.
I loved dining at Babbo, but food I've made from the cookbooks, not so much.
I gave away my Nancy Silverton books. "Celebrity chefs'" books tend not to do well with recipes for home cooks.
The psychodrama of the Voltagii is anxiety provoking.
Those cloven hooves are awfully tempting. Not.

[Cathazat]

06:50 PM on 08/25/2011

Food 52 also seems interesting, but the rest: yawn.

[plazmaorb]

06:57 PM on 08/25/2011

Im sure you dont even know the rest of the people on the list or been to any of their restaurants... so your comment is yawn.

[Cathazat]

06:49 PM on 08/25/2011

None of the covers are enticing at all. I would not buy any of these, except maybe for Lidia's Italian cookbook, but more because I am more of a family-based cook. Some are just too trendy to be keepers in my already vast collection. However, there are a few I would have added: Virginia Willis' upcoming book as well as The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Cookbook by "the Beekman boys" -- I'm looking forward to the Dutch still life-style photography, also.

[LewAshby]

05:49 PM on 08/25/2011

Mark Vetri's cooking is the real deal. He is one of the top chefs who is actually in the kitchen of his first place in Philadelphia (Vetri). Suspect that many of the recipes in this book are drawn from his more informal spot, Osteria, but that shouldn't imply that they won't be tasty.
To my mind, his is cucina autentica Italiana!

[Ayla McIntosh]

04:54 PM on 08/25/2011

Looks like some great reading!

[Ellen Kanner]

04:25 PM on 08/25/2011

Missing from the list -- Paula Wolfert's The Food of Morocco -- luscious and the last word in Moroccan cuisine.

[hippitydoodah]

06:14 PM on 08/25/2011

agreed but also her book on Southwest France

[N0NDescript0]

03:55 PM on 08/25/2011

I like Mario, but that cover picture is terrible. It's a subtle advertisement for his own cast iron cookware, and it's just a ridiculous photo! Why are there two giant stacks of plates? Why is the cookware resting on one set of plates, and why is Mario reaching over the other set? Where is that pasta going, or where did it come from? What color Crocs is he wearing? Too many questions!

[kareemachan]

03:30 PM on 08/28/2011

I agree. Also, as much as I like Lidia's recipes, she could really do with a makeover. Nothing much, just a little something.