The latest, "Jerusalem, " was co-authored by two of the restaurants' owners, chefs YotamOttolenghi and Sami Tamimi, both natives of the city the book celebrates.
One contender was Yotam Ottolenghi's vegetarian collection "Plenty" (Chronicle, 2011), which appears to be the cookbook-club flavor of the moment: Every group I interviewed had either cooked from it or put it on their short list.