"A Year of Picnics" is a thoughtful antidote to often hurried times. Ashley English presents twenty inspired picnics in A Year of Picnics: Recipes for Dining Well in the Great Outdoors. This charming guide packs savory comfort foods in a... Read More

This helpful and highly informative cookbook will be a boon to both new cooks and experts. "One-Pan Wonders" presents more than 140 carefully tested recipes that can be made using a single cooking vessel. The recipes are all relatively... Read More

Reading this book will transform any ordinary barfly into the most knowledgeable and interesting person at the bar. Clearly written and meticulously organized, "Distilled Knowledge" is packed with interesting facts about the science of... Read More

The book shows that the popularity of the cuisine is due, in part, to the fact that it was never strictly Chinese. Anne Mendelson’s Chow Chop Suey: Food and the Chinese American Journey is a thoughtful and absorbing study of how... Read More

An experienced chef provides plenty of fuel for many hours of trial, error, and triumph in the kitchen. "Teens: A League of Their Own" by Christine Burton is encyclopedic, the accumulation of a very skilled caterer’s large repertoire... Read More

Beyond recipes, the book imparts something of the spirit of Egypt itself. Adventurous cooks looking to broaden their repertoires will want to get a copy of Dyna Eldaief’s The Taste of Egypt: Home Cooking from the Middle East. Author... Read More

The heel of Italy’s stilettoed boot, Apulia is a peninsular region with ancient roots that plunge deep into both land and sea. "Puglia in cucina" is a heavily visual survey of traditional Apulian cuisine, which features an abundance of... Read More

Controlling her own chronic illness through diet led Australian Sophie Manolas to a career as a clinical nutritionist. Manolas’s zeal for good food and good health drives this book in its exploration of sixty common superfood... Read More