Southern culinary historian and chef Michael W. Twitty’s "Rice" celebrates a global and Southern staple with recipes rooted in tradition and tweaked to meet the times. Rice, Twitty notes, “changes outfits well to suit the party.”... Read More

Arne and Carlos are known for their whimsical knitting designs, and their "Field Guide to Knitted Birds" is a colorful, inspiring introduction to a habit-forming knit genre. The book’s small bird projects are all worked in the same... Read More

In Ilaria Bernardini’s artful novel "The Portrait", Valeria is an author who needs a jacket picture for her new collection. This becomes her excuse to enter the house where her secret lover lays dying; there, his wife, Isla, will paint... Read More

"To Calais, In Ordinary Time" is a brilliant novel set in medieval times. In it, a group of travelers races against the Black Death on a journey that leads each to an unexpected destination. In 1348, as the Black Death sweeps into... Read More

“How many miles can a person walk for peace?” wonders a woman who wants to counter the world’s inclination toward war. She sets a goal—twenty-five thousand miles—and spends years reaching, then exceeding, it, reliant on kind... Read More

Every day, Corey wears a cape to school, and every day, Billy, the school bully, takes his cape away. When a curious classmate asks Corey why he persists, he is so inspired by Corey’s answer that a trend begins: now everyone wears... Read More

Informed by Kaiseki cuisine and Zen Buddhism, Malte Härtig’s "Vegan Recipes from Japan" is an elegant cookbook that reveres cooking rituals. Härtig writes: “Cooking with love. That’s the essence.” For him, minimalism is key in... Read More

"Creative Play with Crochet" illustrates twelve yarn projects that are appropriate for beginners. These projects require large size hooks and yarn; each can be completed with speed. Finger crocheting, which requires no hooks at all, is... Read More