Today, husband and wife team Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman consider measuring spoons, windowpanes, and imaginary Canadian cousins. It's a true family affair deciding between Hot Bread Kitchen and A Bird in the Hand.
Read past judgments here, including Phyllis Grant's epic The Food Lab vs. Zahav showdown, Yotam Ottolenghi waxing poetic about The Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook, and that time Brooks Headley let his books battle it out during staff meals at Superiority Burger.
And see the Community Pick reviews—written by you!—right this way.
Listen to our podcast to hear how it works behind the scenes of The Piglet—i.e. how the sausage is made.
The Dynamite Chicken cookbook is here! Get ready for 60 brand-new ways to love your favorite bird. Inside this clever collection by Food52 and chef Tyler Kord, you'll find everything from lightning-quick weeknight dinners to the coziest of comfort foods.
I have a thing for most foods topped with a fried egg, a strange disdain for overly soupy tomato sauce, and I can never make it home without ripping off the end of a newly-bought baguette. I like spoons very much.
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