Every fall, a glut of shiny new cookbooks hits the shelves. With hefty covers and beautiful photography, they make reliable gifts — though inevitably, some are better for coffee table display than actual kitchen use. These three new Bay Area cookbooks manage to be aesthetically pleasing objects, engaging reads, sources of inspiration and full of achievable, tasty recipes. Chinese Enough: This follow-up to Kristina Cho’s James Beard Award-winning…
