Mina Stone's Essential Cookbooks: From Alice Waters to Salvador Dalí
In CULTURED, chef Mina Stone presents eight indispensable cookbooks that showcase her Greek and Middle Eastern culinary heritage. Among these, Suzanne Goin's Sunday Suppers at Lucques (2005) significantly influenced her career. Reem Kassis's The Palestinian Table (2017) introduced her to the use of pomegranate molasses, while Marlene Matar's The Aleppo Cookbook (2017) offers classic Syrian dishes. Alice Waters's The Art of Simple Food (2007) is recognized for its thorough recipe testing. Stone also references her own work, Cooking For Artists (2015). Sevtap Yuce's Turkish Flavors (2012) provides easy-to-follow recipes, and Salvador Dalí's Les dîners de Gala (1973) showcases imaginative culinary creations. The list concludes with Michael Rakowitz's A House with a Date Palm Will Never Starve (2019), which emphasizes date syrup recipes.
Key facts
- Mina Stone is a chef, author, and food editor for CULTURED.
- She has written two cookbooks: Cooking For Artists (2015) and Lemon, Love & Olive Oil.
- Her selections include Sunday Suppers at Lucques by Suzanne Goin (2005).
- The Palestinian Table by Reem Kassis (2017) is included.
- The Aleppo Cookbook by Marlene Matar (2017) is included.
- The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters (2007) is included.
- Turkish Flavors by Sevtap Yuce (2012) is included.
- Les dîners de Gala by Salvador Dalí (1973) is included.
- A House with a Date Palm Will Never Starve by Michael Rakowitz (2019) is included.
- Stone's criteria: books she opens every week, with a Greek/Middle Eastern slant and art-adjacent picks.
Entities
Artists
- Mina Stone
- Suzanne Goin
- Reem Kassis
- Marlene Matar
- Alice Waters
- Sevtap Yuce
- Salvador Dalí
- Michael Rakowitz
- Gala Dalí
Institutions
- CULTURED
- Knopf
- Clarkson Potter
- Taschen
- HarperCollins
Locations
- Akyaka
- Turkey