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I love cooking almost as much as I love reading, and, in my opinion, a well-written cookbook can be as much fun to read as literary fiction. LA Son, Well Fed, and Back to Basics are three very different cookbooks that are all a great read in different ways. With me today are the hosts of my new favorite show, the Three Kitchens podcast. Sarah Somasundaram, Erin Walker and Heather Dyer are longtime friends and passionate home cooks. On their weekly podcast they take listeners along for a deep dive into a recipe. They talk - and laugh - through the challenges, successes and failures along the way as they tackle recipes from around the world with locally found ingredients, right in their own home kitchens. Sarah, Erin and Heather joined me today for a cookbook-palooza – each of them shared their personal favorite cookbooks and what they’ve learned from them. I guarantee you’re gonna be starving by the end of this one. They told me about Butter Tarts (!) and I showed them a naked picture of Anthony Bourdain. It got weird. Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website This episode is sponsored by Lover’s Moon by Mark Leslie and Julie Strauss Do you have a book you want to tell me about? Go HERE to apply to be a guest on the Best Book Ever Podcast. Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram Guest: Sarah, Erin, and Heather of the Three Kitchens Podcast Podcast/Facebook/Instagram/Pinterest Discussed in this episode: Back to Basics: 100 Simple Classic Recipes with a Twist by Michael Smith L.A. Son by Roy Choi Well Fed: Paleo Recipes for People Who Love to Eat by Melissa Joulwan Julie’s Guest appearance on the Three Kitchens Podcast Three Kitchens Date Night Episode Three Kitchens Babka Episode Three Kitchens Oma’s Strudel Episode Three Kitchens Bánh Xèo Episode The Chef Show on Netflix (with Roy Choi and Jon Favreau) Chef Movie Broken Bread My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals by Melanie Dunea Absent in Spring by Mary Westmacott The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman The Lost Boys: Inside Muzafer Sherif’s Robbers Cave Experiment by Gina Perry CONTEST INFORMATION In celebration of the Best Book Ever 100th Episode, I’m going to invite you to join me in supporting Charnaie Gordon’s work. I’m donating $100 from the Best Book Ever podcast. If you want to help, here’s how to do it. 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