Carolyn Jung

Food and wine writer

Biography

Carolyn Jung is a James Beard Award-winning food writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work has appeared in numerous local, national and international publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Food Arts, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Coastal Living, Wine Spectator and Edible Marin-Wine Country. She is the creator of the blog, FoodGal.com, and the author of the cookbook, “San Francisco Chef’s Table.’’ She regularly hosts cooking demos with chefs at Macy's and Chefs' Holidays in Yosemite.

How to Cook Everything

Mark Bittman

It's the perfect go-to resource book when you're in the middle of cooking something and have a question.

Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef

Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman

A chef-y book that home-cooks can actually cook from. The recipes work, enlighten, and teach that restaurant flair and flavor don't always have to mean complicated and intimidating.

The Hakka Cookbook

Linda Anusasananan

This is the taste of my childhood, captured in dishes wonderfully similar to that of which my Mom and my relatives used to make.

Into the Vietnamese Kitchen

Andrea Nguyen

The ultimate authority on Vietnamese cooking. Period.

The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen

Grace Young

The real way to make Chinese food the way it should be.

The Complete Meat Cookbook

Bruce Aidells and Denis Kelly

Packed with information about every cut of meat around, as well as the best ways to cook each of them.

Baking for All Occasions

Flo Braker

Fool-proof baking recipes that you'll make again and again.

The Art & Soul of Baking

Cindy Mushet

It teaches you the "why's'' when it comes to baking -- why something has a particular texture, and how adding more yolks or more whole eggs or more sugar will change it in different ways.

Stars Desserts

Emily Luchetti

I've never made one of her recipes that didn't fail to impress.

Flour: Spectacular Recipes from Boston's Flour Bakery & Cafe

Joanne Chang

I've yet to make it to her famed Boston bakery, but I'm able to "eat" vicariously through her recipes for these perfect homespun treats.