5 Modern Creative Cookbooks To Bring A New Energy To Your Kitchen

What comes to mind more than eggs when you think of breakfast? The humble egg, a timeless staple, has woven its way through history and culture. The Gourmand’s Egg, published by Taschen, delves into the culinary phenomenon of this versatile food with exclusive new photography and artwork. As the first volume in a series merging food and art, this book celebrates the egg through recipes and storytelling. Featuring artistic interpretations by Dalí, Basquiat, Hockney, and Kahlo, it offers the perfect creative alternative for your cookbook shelf.

Imported from Japan, beautifully printed and bound, evocatively written and photographed, Kissa by Kissa is a book about walking 1,000+km of the countryside of Japan along the ancient Nakasendō highway, the culture of pizza toast (pizza toast!), and mid-twentieth century Japanese cafés called kissaten.

Walking, Mod says, “forces you to directly engage with the cultural and human geography of a place,” and in Kissa by Kissa he engages with kissaten, old-style cafes which are slowly vanishing as their owners and customers age.

Cooking with Scorsese – The Cookbook presents an eclectic collection of savoury, sweet, and drink recipes from 46 celebrated chefs, inspired by film moments that evoke culinary joy. The book features pages illustrated with film stills, immersing readers in the scenes that influenced each recipe, from Wong Kar-wai’s evocative imagery in ‘In the Mood for Love’ to Wes Anderson’s intricate pastries in ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’.
This series has evolved beyond books into clothing lines, film nights, and occasional supper clubs, highlighting the symbiotic relationship between food and film. Over time, Cooking with Scorsese has illustrated how the two mediums feed into each other, enriching both cinematic and culinary experiences.