Reddit reviews Coi: Stories and Recipes

Some cookbooks that I use or are on my wishlist:

• The Fat Duck
  
  
• The French Laundry
  
  
• Alinea
  
  
• Eleven Madison Park
  
  
• Quay: food inspired by nature
  
  
• Room for Dessert
  
  
• Murgaritz: A Natural Science of Cooking
  
  
• Saison
  
  
• Rasoi: New Indian Kitchen
  
  
• Le Cinq
  
  
• Coi: Stories and Recipes
  
  
• Massimo Bottura: Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef
  
  
• Atelier Crenn: Metamorphosis of Taste
  
  
• El Celler De Can Roca
  
  Great British Chefs also has some recipes from Michelin starred restaurants.

Coi by Daniel Patterson. One day..

http://www.amazon.com/Coi-Stories-Recipes-Daniel-Patterson/dp/0714865907

I asked a similar question on /r/cooking a while back and got some good responses, especially some good Youtube channels - try wbpstars or Staffkitchen.

To me, inspiration is more important and difficult to find than exact recipes, which can be adapted. In my experience restaurant cookbooks remain the best answer, for better or worse. I just picked up the ones from Atelier Crenn and Coi, which are both stunning (and fantastically difficult). At a certain level of cooking you're basically looking at a bunch of recipes for individual components that are combined and formed into final dishes any number of ways.

Instagram is actually a decent source of visual inspiration as well - tons of high end chefs/restaurants maintain active accounts.

ChefSteps has some interesting modernist recipes, especially back in their early days; these days it's more accessible fare for a broader audience.

Here's a thought from one of my favorite chefs Daniel Patterson. Beef encrusted in lichen. His book is also awesome.

As mentioned, dirt, mushrooms, forest is sort of playing with that aroma. And there are a couple more flavor profiles for you in the video that might be fun to play with.