Danube: Recipes and Stories from Eastern Europe by Irina Georgescu
Georgescu’s family is from locations across Eastern Europe, so whenever they make everyone’s favorite dishes, their food tells a story. Georgescu’s cookbook centers around the Danube River that borders Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia. Her recipes are comforting, rich in flavor, and hearty, perfect for these long winter months. Throughout the book, she includes essays about how her culture has influenced her cooking and inspired these recipes. Plus, the book itself as an object is gorgeous.
