Readings about cooking that only seek true love. Norman Douglas, Isabel Allende or Laura Esquivel, and their recipe books without a recipe, whet the appetite and open the heart.

Great ideas arise sitting at a table or rubbing shoulders at a bar, with a drink in hand and mouth full. We eat and talk about food. Or something related to the act of eating. And from that passion for food, recipe books are born. Some simply pursue the perpetuity of a tradition. Others are clinging to trends: this 2024, for example, is the year of Chinese cookbooks.