Sunday Suppers: Recipes + Gatherings by Karen Mordechai
(Clarkson Potter, October 2014)
In the spring of 2009, a group of friends and neighbors
began gathering in a loft in Brooklyn to create and share a meal communally, a
tradition that evolved into a communal cooking center and food website
encouraging the sharing of cooking and dining together as a community: Sunday
Suppers was created. With an emphasis on
farm-fresh, local ingredients, the recipes are often tried and true with a
little bit of a surprise, watermelon salad with lemon and coriander seed
dressing, for example, but all are accessible. The recipes are gathered by the
time of day (Morning, Noon, Afternoon and Evening) and then subdivided into
special events, [Morning] In Bed, a noontime Spring Forager’s Lunch, and
Afternoon Taqueria and an Autumn Dinner for Evening. Easy to read and follow recipes, with
relatively easy to locate ingredients make these meals as easy to create as
they are special. Karen Mordechai, a
photography rand stylist has help to create a beautiful book that is as
beautiful, with plenty of white area on the pages and lovely photos of not only
the finished dishes, but the preparation make the book a pleasure to look at as
well, as it is useful and inspirational.
Cook’s notes help with sourcing some of the harder to find ingredients
and explain the trickier techniques; each occasion begins with a testimonial as
to why each meal should be created and shared and what made it special for the
person. Even though Sunday Suppers is
Brooklyn based, the book and the recipes have a laid back, relaxed feel to
them, much like a lazy Sunday morning, afternoon or evening.
FTC Disclaimer: I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for this review.
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