Joshua David Stein. Artisan, $19.95 (208p) ISBN 978-1-57965-934-9
Stein, editor-at-large for the website Fatherly, compiles 40 stories by sons and daughters about their well-known fathers. Giving a glimpse of the men outside the public eye, these compositions present their subjects in a whole new light—ultracool...
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Joshua David Stein. Phaidon, $39.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-83866-252-3
Stein (Il Buco) draws on his chops as a food writer and father of two in this spirited look at the ways professional cooks feed their families. The dishes reflect a cross-section of cultures, as well as an enviable willingness among the budding...
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Joshua David Stein, illus. by Julia Rothman. Phaidon, $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7148-7140-0
In a series of linguistically playful questions and answers about food, journalist and restaurant critic Stein suggests an exchange between an insatiably curious child and a good-humored parent. “Can I eat... a potato? ... a tomato? ... a tornado?!”
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Joshua David Stein, illus. by Julia Rothman. Phaidon, $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7148-7631-3
Both playful and sophisticated, this picture book from the creators of Can I Eat That? and What’s Cooking? combines an architectural tour with an existential quest in a story with an unusual protagonist: a small red brick. Growing up in the city,...
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Joshua David Stein, illus. by Dominique Ramsey. Rise x Penguin Workshop, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-593-38443-5
Many titles acquaint readers with terms of venery, but this book additionally celebrates the fact that not all species appreciate a crowd. While a water hole attracts “a parade of elephants” and “dazzle of zebras,” writes Stein (The Invisible...
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Joshua David Stein, illus. by Jing Li. Rise x Penguin Workshop, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-5933-8445-9
The contributors credited in this picture book, Niki Russ Federman, Ray Garcia, Preeti Mistry, and Mina Park, are all professional chefs, but they were also once kids encountering peers—and the “lunchbox moment”—when each brought their family’s...
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Joshua David Stein and Augustus Heeren Stein, illus. by Elizabeth Lilly. Rise x Penguin Workshop, $16.99 (56p) ISBN 978-0-593-52179-3
The father and son authors of this picture book survey hug types gentle, rambunctious, and in-between, humorously detailing variations of the embrace for an array of situations. In each spread, the name of a particular hug style appears alongside...
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Daniel Burns and Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø. Phaidon, $49.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7148-7105-9
This book’s simple title is not due to lack of imagination; rather, it reflects that each of the authors has his own area of expertise, and, more importantly, suggests that within the realm of fine dining there exists an alternative to the classic...
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Kwame Onwuachi, with Joshua David Stein. Knopf, $26.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-5247-3262-2
Chef and former Top Chef contestant Onwuachi wonderfully chronicles the amazing arc of his life, beginning with his challenging Bronx childhood in the 1990s with his African-American mother and his absentee Nigerian father. As a teen he began...
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Kwame Onwuachi, with Joshua David Stein. Knopf, $35 (304p) ISBN 978-0-525-65960-0
Chef Onwuachi (Notes from a Young Black Chef) brings his ancestry and formal training at the Culinary Institute of America to bear on the flavors of Nigeria, Louisiana, and the Bronx in this inspiring celebration of soul food recipes. He foreshadows
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Joe Campanale, with Joshua David Stein. Clarkson Potter, $35 (320p) ISBN 978-0-593-13614-0
“It’s time to reexamine what Italian wine is now, and, importantly, what it could be,” urges sommelier and restaurateur Campanale in this ambitious debut. He begins by arguing that the hierarchical “pyramid” used to measure the quality of Italian...
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