Next showcases the work of 22 rising stars on the Danish culinary scene. Elegant color photography presents their imaginatively plated dishes. Detailed recipes appear on the opposite pages—no thumbing to the back of the book to identify an ingredient or understand a technique.

This is an unusual opportunity to experience the latest in Danish food imagination, curated by an authority who is on the ground in Denmark, eating at key restaurants, and observing and ranking the the new names to know.

The chefs have been selected by Bent Christensen, a Danish food writer and publisher who has created numerous books in conjunction with the likes of Ferran Adrià, Thomas Keller, and Rasmus Kofoed.

The featured chefs are:

Jonathan Berntsen
Nicolai Ellitsgaard
Patrick Godborg
Wassim Hallal
Kasper Hasse
Mads Kongsted
Patrick Lieffroy
Mark Lundgaard
Brian Mark
Daniel Mcburnie
Jonas Mikkelsen
Rasmus Munk
Nicolaj Møller
Jakob De Neergaard
Thomas Pasfall
Lasse Paulsen
Daniel Ditman Pedersen
Morten Sandvej & Lars Eiskjær
Vivi Schou
Per Thøstesen
Eric Vildgaard
Torsten Vildgaard