Member Reviews: Coco: 10 World-Leading Masters Choose 100 Contemporary Chefs

Written by Chris Lehrer     CoCo is impossible to review, which is part of what makes it such fun. To put that differently, it’s a lot of fun because it’s so odd, which makes it hard to review.     Am I going around in circles? There’s good reason.     The idea of CoCo is that you’ve got 10 “master chefs,” and each picks 10 less-known hotshots and writes a brief blurb. The hotshots produce a few recipes, presented with pretty photographs. At the end, each “master chef” provides a recipe as well. The result is roughly 400 recipes by 110 chefs. There’s also a useful glossary and a mediocre index.     If you’re expecting the book to be coherent, forget it.     Who are the “master...