Cookbooks Out Right Now: “Wicked Good Burgers” and “The Chef’s Collaborative Cookbook”

Looking to spruce up your recipe collection? Have a look at these two new books, which feature standout dishes from local chefs.

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Wicked Good Burgers

By Andy Husbands, Chris Hart, and Andrea Pyenson

Tremont 647 toque Andy Husbands and his barbecue-championship teammate, Chris Hart, follow up on their first cookbook, Wicked Good Barbecue, with a tome devoted solely to the burger. These are anything but tame patty-on-bun combinations: wrapped in tortillas, smothered in pastrami, and fashioned into banh mi sandwiches.

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The Chefs Collaborative Cookbook

By Chefs Collaborative and Ellen Jackson

Michael Leviton, of the local restaurants Lumière and Area Four, is the chair of this sustainability-minded national-chef organization’s board of overseers. Its cookbook is just as packed with local talent, with contributions from Hungry Mother’s Barry Maiden, Taranta’s Jose Duarte, and Henrietta’s Table’s Peter Davis.