This generous compendium of crab know-how and dishes will make all crab scuttle furiously for cover. The author opens with a story about his first taste of crab at an adult sunset party. At age ten, “I was like a buzzard, swooping down... Read More

“It’s not as if the world never knew Daufuskie … But when I was coming up, the world was dancing, for the most part, without us.” The author, a native of Daufuskie, one of South Carolina’s sea islands and home of the Gullah... Read More

Dietary principles can be confusing. Some vegetarians don’t consume animal flesh; some (ovo-lacto vegetarians) will eat eggs and dairy products; others (pesco-vegetarians) will eat fish but not other meats. Vegans consume nothing... Read More

This unusual cookbook offers more than two hundred appealing “soft food” recipes with ingredients that are finely chopped, softened, or soaked. The recipes are sensibly organized by category: drinks and soups to desserts. The high... Read More

A journal that records matters of food for an ambitious and dangerous mission concerns sustenance more than culinary refinement, and this book is such an endeavor. Logically, the author starts at the beginning of the expedition, with... Read More

Cookbooks offer readers a number of ways to enjoy their forays into the kitchen, from exotic foreign cuisine to celebrity cooks to diet and exercise to sex. The author, a chef and cooking instructor, combines her dual passions of food... Read More

Cookbooks that are enticing, but specific, that are sensible, but exciting, are always welcome to a cook’s library. This is such a book. Its audience will include not only cooks who like to entertain, but also those who cook for... Read More

Abadi is of the new generation of Jews who share and celebrate their heritage with others. Her guardian angel of cooking is Grandmother Fritzie. Abadi dedicates her book to this Syrian grandmother who carried a bottle of Tabasco sauce in... Read More