I’ve been a bit of a tear lately annotating cookbooks for recipes I might want to make. I’ve intentionally avoided doing this for the big “encyclopedic” cookbooks, like Joy, which are more for reference than for inspiration, but I’m about halfway through the big glossy theme cookbooks with lots of pictures. Here are some more:

• Lori Longbotham, Luscious Chocolate Desserts
• Clifford A. Wright, Real Stew
• James Villas, Southern Fried
• Stephen Collucci with Elizabeth Gunnison, Glazed Filled Sugared & Dipped
• Alice Medrich, Seriously Bitter Sweet
• Martha Holmberg, Modern Sauces
• Emily Luchetti, A Passion for Desserts
• James Villas, The Bacon Cookbook

Once again, hope this proves useful.