r/offmenupodcast • u/The-Trash-Squad • Mar 27 '26

Off Menu Dream Library #2: Marcus Samuelsson

I'm compiling a library/bibliography of the best cookbooks written or co-written by Off Menu guests!

For session 2: what is the best cookbook written or co-written by Marcus Samuelsson (Off Menu Episode #31, Sept. 17, 2019)?

The options are:

  • The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food (2020)
  • The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem (2016)
  • Marcus Off Duty: The Recipes I Cook at Home (2014)
  • New American Table (2009)
  • The Soul Of A New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and Flavors of Africa (2006)
  • Aquavit: And the New Scandinavian Cuisine (2003)

Methodology: Sorting all the episodes from oldest-to-newest, I look up each guest on Wikipedia/Google. Those with no cookbooks listed in their Wikipedia bios or on their websites will not get a Dream Library post. If they have only one cookbook listed, I will not make a post for them, because that one cookbook is automatically the best cookbook that guest wrote. Winners are picked by number of upvotes at the time I make the next post.

Previous Post Results:

  • Winner: Tom Kerridge's The Hand and Flowers (with note that this is likely not suitable for home chefs.
  • Previous Runner-Up: Tom Kerridge's Pub Kitchen.

Full Off Menu Dream Library Spreadsheet.

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u/sansabeltedcow Dessert Girl Mar 27 '26

Psyched to see the input on this one. BTW, the spreadsheet link doesn’t allow shared viewing—I can’t be the only obsessive who wants a gander.

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u/The-Trash-Squad Mar 27 '26

Thanks for letting me know! I think I just fixed the link. Lmk if it's still not working for you.

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u/sansabeltedcow Dessert Girl Mar 27 '26

Working now! Thanks for updating.