October 2022 New Cookbook Review

October 24, 2022 by
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Cookbook lovers call the period between August and the end of November Cookbooktober and we are in full swing with many new and exciting titles to read about, buy and/or add to your Wishlist. We are nearing the end of 2022 and have another big year planned for 2023. I will continue to update my 2023 preview listing to keep you in the loop.

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United States

Modern Classic Cocktails: 60+ Stories and Recipes from the New Golden Age in Drinks by Robert Simonson delivers 60+ recipes culled from today’s modern classics with entertaining backstories from the cocktail revival of the past thirty years. You will find recipes for the Espresso Martini, White Negroni, Death Flip, Old Cuban, Paper Plane, Siesta, and many more, all included here along with each drink’s recipe origin story.

Paachakam: Heritage Cuisine of Kerala by Sabita Radhakrishna: Step into this Indian state, nicknamed God’s Own Country, with Paachakam, a beautifully-illustrated cookbook that offers authentic insights into Kerala’s most popular recipes by drawing attention to the communities that cherish them – Syrian Christians, Namboodris, Cochin Jews, Nairs, and Maplas, to name but a few. In exploring their diverse foods and customs, interviewing community elders, and researching preferred spices and flavors, Radakrishna uncovers special commonalities between them that serve to define Kerala cuisine as a whole. With easy-to-follow recipes, Paachakam invites you to enjoy the many tastes of Kerala from the comfort of your own kitchen.

At Home by Gavin Kaysen: Kaysen is an award-winning chef and advocate for the culinary profession. In his debut cookbook he applies the lessons he’s learned in professional kitchens to feeding his family and friends. Each recipe goes deeper and wider than the typical cookbook, offering step-by-step photography as well as tips and insights that Gavin has collected during his years of running fine-dining kitchens and cooking with the world’s best chefs (and his grandmother, Dorothy). This collection of recipes marry his Midwestern roots with the elevated French cuisine that has earned the chef many awards and countless fans. The book can be purchased through the BUY BOOK link directly from the author – and it is in stock at Now Serving. Events

Babusya’s Kitchen: Recipes for Living & Eating Well in Ukraine by Returned Peace Corps Ukraine Volunteers: This title was published late last month (9/24) but I wanted to make sure our Members know about its existence. Returning Ukrainian volunteers created the original book to assist others in recreating the beloved meals prepared by their Ukrainian host families. It is a special book with 100 recipes and photos.

The Whole Duck: Inspired Recipes from Chefs, Butchers, and the Family at Liberty Ducks by Jennifer Reichardt: From the lauded multigenerational farming family behind Liberty Ducks, an all-encompassing guide for everything you need to know about preparing and cooking duck. Showcasing more than eighty recipes from the owners of the farm along with over fifty top chefs and butchers from around the country, this indispensable cookbook takes the mystery out of cooking the sometimes-intimidating waterfowl. Straightforward instructions will enable you to master the basics, including butchering, the secret to crispy skin, making stock, and rendering fat, and pairing the ideal drink with your dishes.

Vegan Pasta Night: A Modern Guide to Italian-Style Cooking by Brianna Claxton: From simple Cacio e Pepe to Fettucine with chanterelle mushrooms & shitake bacon, join chef Brianna Gallo for vegan recipes that will show you a whole new way to eat Italian. Start by learning how to make a variety of pastas from scratch. Whether you want straightforward semolina dough or more creative fare like activated charcoal “squid ink” pasta, you’ll learn how to do it. Brianna also covers techniques for filled pastas and shaped pasta. Then move on to complete recipes and techniques for the vegan cheeses and meats that are essential for cooking Italian. With amazing vegan versions of staples including Parmesan, mozzarella, and prosciutto.

The Betty Crocker Cookbook, 13th Edition: Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today by Betty Crocker: The fully updated and revised edition of the cookbook that generations of Americans trust, with more than 375 new recipes – including for air fryers, multi cookers, slow cookers, and more -everything the modern home cook needs to confidently cook today. A total of 1,300+ recipes!

Holday Cookies Collection: Over 100 Recipes for the Merriest Season Yet! by Brian Hart Hoffman: Celebrate the merriest season the best way we know how; baking in the kitchen! Over 100 recipes divided into mouthwatering categories. You’ll find everything from thumbprint cookies, sandwich cookies, holiday twists perfect for a cookie swap, chocolate decadence and everything in between. With tried-and-tested recipes and beautiful photography as your guide, explore the glorious world of holiday baking from your home kitchen.

New European Baking: 99 Recipes for Breads, Brioches and Pastries by Laurel Kratochvila: Gorgeous photography, featured bios on the bakers of Europe and their bakes such as Tourte de Seigle Auvergnate Rye Torte; Florian Domberger’s Zuckerkuchen German Sugar Cake; and Alberto Miragoli’s Maritozzi con la Panna. Find out more in our promotional giveaway post. Events

Sundays with Sophie: Family Recipes from Our Table to Yours by Bobby and Sophie Flay: Watching Bobby Flay and his daughter Sophie on Food Network – walking around a city and trying restaurants, then trying recipes inspired by their travels, is great fun. Now, here we get a look inside the Flay home to sample recipes that they cook together and enjoy. Chicken Milanese two ways, Bobby’s famous crispy rice; Corned beef with sweet and sour cabbage and creating a Falafel bar are a few examples of the recipes in their new book.

Via Carota: Vegetable-Centric Recipes from the Beloved Greenwich Village Restaurant: A Cookbook by Jody Williams, Rita Sodi and Anna Kovel: This stunning new book which celebrates the food of the popular Greenwich Village restaurant will make you want to hop on a plane (or subway) or into the kitchen to recreate these amazing looking dishes. Onion and bread soup (Carabaccia); Crushed potatoes and caramelized shallots (Patate all’ortolana); Roasted peaches in Amaretto (Pesche al forno) and Sweet ricotta cake (Torta di ricotta) are just a sampling of what is contained in this beautiful book. The title is seasonally organized with ingredient amounts given in both volume and weight.

BUDMO!: Recipes from a Ukrainian Kitchen by Anna Voloshyna: Budmo is Ukrainian for cheers and the vibrant cover reflects the beautiful dishes that are shared within its pages. The publisher says it best: “A gorgeous magenta pkhali comes alive with roasted beets and a tangy pomegranate molasses. Borscht is reinvented with green sorrel and semi-soft eggs. And Voloshyna even shares a personal recipe for her Ukrainian grandmother’s duck – roasted to a delicious crispy-brown perfection.” This is a stunning book that celebrates the beauty that is Ukraine.

Desserts Illustrated: The Ultimate Guide to All Things Sweet 500+ Recipes by America’s Test Kitchen: Part cookbook, part handbook, Desserts Illustrated far expands previous explorations of the world of sweets, teaching about all types of candies, custards, frozen treats, and fruit desserts in addition to a bounty of baked goods, and upping the ante on flavor. With 500+ recipes, you’ll find modern desserts for bakers and non-bakers.

The Stay at Home Chef Family Favorites Cookbook by Rachel Farnsworth is a complete cookbook that includes all of Rachel’s family and fan favorites. Featuring traditional favorites like smothered pork chops and baked meatloaf as well as less-traditional favorites like lasagna-stuffed chicken and brown butter garlic angel hair pasta, this complete cookbook will cover every meal for every occasion — from breakfast to dinner and everything in between. With recipes for main dishes along with salads, sides, breads, soups and stews, as well as cakes, cookies, and other sweet treats, current fans and new followers alike will find everything they expect from one of YouTube’s most popular home cooks.

Indian for Everyone: 100 Easy, Healthy Dishes the Whole Family Will Love by Hari Ghotra, former chef at the Michelin-starred restaurant Tamarind, as well as a creator of a popular line of curry kits and sauces, Ghotra’s mission is to demystify Indian cooking so everyone can enjoy its benefits. She explores the many perks of traditional Indian spices – including reducing inflammation, lowering blood pressure, and easing pain – and shows how to stock your pantry with the most versatile ingredients. She covers basics like biryani and rogan josh, as well as street food, snacks, drinks, and holiday specialties. Many of the recipes are naturally vegan or vegetarian, but can easily be made with meat as well, as detailed in the substitutions section. And she even includes some flavorful Indian twists on beloved American foods like mac and cheese and chicken wings.

60-Second Cocktails: Amazing Drinks to Make at Home in a Minute by Joel Harrison: Mixology in a minute! This cocktail recipe book from award-winning drink experts offers 60 delicious cocktails you can create in 60 seconds or less. Whether you have classic or adventurous taste, this guide to easy cocktail creation is the perfect addition to your home bar. The recipes include original drinks as well as tasty twists on the classics. The authors prove that mixing cocktails at home doesn’t have to be time-consuming or complicated; it’s fun, simple, and affordable!

Mamacita: Recipes Celebrating Life as a Mexican Immigrant in America by Andrea Pons: A love letter to the author’s native Mexico, this beautiful cookbook weaves stories of her family’s immigration to the U.S. with 75 delicious recipes from three generations of women in her family. Author and food stylist Andrea Pons started the Mamacita project in 2018 to document the recipes she grew up eating in Mexico, and she found it quickly became a way to reconnect with her family and Mexican heritage.

Savory Baking: Recipes for Breakfast, Dinner, and Everything in Between by Erin Jeanne McDowell: I am not exaggerating when I state that this season’s books are must-haves. Erin is back with a collection of savory bakes from French onion muffins to perfect crepes. Along with the base recipes are variations, Erin’s helpful tips to boost flavor (roasting garlic, crispy onions etc) as well as tutorials in understanding yeast, rise times and more including step-by-step technique photos that will have you creating dishes that will have your family and friends clamoring for more. Also included are the author’s favorite soup and salad recipes – you need something to dip those French onion muffins in (or maybe that is gilding the muffin?) or a salad to balance out a mushroom topped toast – this book has it all. Measurements are given in weight and volume. Events

Delectable: Sweet & Savory Baking by Claudia Fleming:  is everything and more that one would expect from the author of the iconic The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern. Filled with a plethora of step-by-step technique photographs and Claudia’s wealth of information, this book is an impressive love letter to the craft of baking. You will find a delightful array of breads such as Prosciutto bread and North Fork focaccia as well as layer cakes including Devil’s food cake with Earl Grey cream) and Ginger stout layer cake with ermine frosting. But Claudia also includes cookies, muffins, doughnuts, pies, custards and European inspired desserts to round out this book that screams utter perfection on every page. Measurements are given in weight and volume.

The Instant Kitchen Cookbook: Perfectly Timed, Fast and Easy Family Meals using your Electric Pressure Cooker and Air Fryer Oven by Coco Morante – please see our promotion and giveaway for more information about this book.

Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things by Noor Murad and Yotam Ottolenghi: Ottolenghi and his superteam are back, with flexible, flavour-packed dishes that all lend a little something to the next meal. It’s harissa butter on a roasted mushroom, then tossed with steamed veg or stuffed into a baked potato. It’s tamarind dressing on turmeric fried eggs, then drizzled over a steak the next day. This title is rounded off with a chapter on the ‘Dessert one basics’ for you to perfect and then adapt with your favourite flavour combinations, such as ‘one basic mousse’ transformed into coffee mousse with tahini fudge. This is playing it forward, Ottolenghi style, filling your cupboards with adaptable homemade ingredients to add some oomph to every mealtime. This title was published in the UK in September and in the US and Canada this month. Events (UK)

The Social Food: Home Cooking Inspired by the Flavors of the World by The Social Food: Here the style of e.e. cummings meets a cookbook with a melting pot of global dishes. My mom’s canned sardine Banh mi; Corn tortillas; and Chocolate verbena aquafaba mousse are a few examples of the dishes here. There is a photo of every recipe and the quirky style of font and layout is oddly pleasing.

Go-To Dinners by Ina Garten: Even America’s most-trusted and beloved home cook sometimes finds cooking stressful. To make life easy she relies on a repertoire of recipes that she knows will turn out perfectly every time. Cooking night after night during the pandemic inspired her to re-think the way she approached dinner, and the result is this collection of comforting and delicious recipes that you’ll love preparing and serving. You’ll find lots of freeze-ahead, make-ahead, prep-ahead, and simply assembled recipes so you, too, can make dinner a breeze. Events

Comfort Baking: Feel-Good Food to Savor and Share by Stephanie Wise: This gorgeous book is indeed pure comfort. Glazed lemon-raspberry loaf, Chocolate chip sheetpan pancake, London fog slice and bake cookies, and Frosted cookie butter brownies are just four of the many, many recipes in this book that will have you rushing to the kitchen to preheat the oven.

Milk Street: Cook What You Have: Make a Meal Out of Almost Anything by Christopher Kimball: Here, the Milk Street team solves the problem of making dinner, starting with what you have on hand in the kitchen. Focusing on two dozen key kitchen ingredients such as couscous, tomato paste, canned beans, lentils, breadcrumbs or yogurt, the 225 featured recipes will demonstrate the endless possibilities that can be fashioned from just the ingredients you already have at home.

Somebody Feed Phil the Book: The Official Companion Book with Photos, Stories, and Favorite Recipes from Around the World by Phil Rosenthal presents never-before-heard stories from every episode of the first four seasons of the Netflix series of the same name, along with more than sixty of viewers’ most requested recipes from acclaimed international chefs and local legends alike (including Rosenthal’s favorite sandwich finds from San Francisco to Tel Aviv), so you can replicate many of the dishes from the show right at home. There are also “scripts” from some of Rosenthal’s video phone calls from the road with his family making this the ultimate companion guide for avid fans of the show as well as armchair travelers and adventurous at-home chefs. Events

Preppy Kitchen: Recipes for Seasonal Dishes and Simple Pleasures by John Kanell delivers his fan-favorite recipes and baked goods so everyone can create them at home. Organized by season so you can shop at peak freshness and embrace new traditions, the dishes featured in Preppy Kitchen are inspired by well-loved staples updated with a touch of Kanell’s signature sophistication.

The Cookie Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum: As you will recall, the shipment of Rose’s bible devoted to cookies was delayed last year and in an effort to get the title out in prime cookie baking time moved to this month. See my peek inside preview. Measurements are given in weight and volume. We will be baking from Rose’s cookbook this November in our EYB Cookbook Club. Events

The King Arthur Baking School: Lessons and Techniques from the Baker’s Classroom by King Arthur Baking Company: Baking is a craft, one that has been celebrated by King Arthur Baking Company for more than two centuries. Their Baking School is now a book bakers can rely on in their own kitchens. It reflects a curriculum that has been honed and refined over the years, with instructors who are experts not just at baking, but at teaching baking. The recipes, notes, instructive photographs, and thoughtfully organized chapters here reflect this depth of experience. Throughout the book tips are provided in red font to guide you: for example a recipe states to roll out the dough to 12 x 16. A red tip with a “balloon” icon states: “this isn’t exact, just try to roll the dough as thin as you can”. Measurements are given in weight and volume.

Justice of the Pies by Maya-Camille Broussard: The author launched her social mission-based bakery, Justice of the Pies, as a way to honor her father’s memory and their shared passion for pie – and justice. She also gives back to her community through teaching, donating, and empowering others. This book celebrates the pies and other mouthwatering creations that have put her on the map, including her famous Salted caramel peach pie, Brandied banana butterscotch pie, and Churro whoopie pies. There are also additional recipes for pie sides, crusts, and toppers to bring your bakes over the top. Maya-Camille wants to be inclusive of all dietary choices and restrictions, meaning vegans and gluten-free bakers will find lots of inspiration and recipes too. Measurements are given in weight and volume. Also included are profiles of people who the author deeems as stewards for world hunger, white allyship and more.

The Pain D’Avignon Baking Book: A War, An Unlikely Bakery, and a Master Class in Bread by Uliks Fehmiu and Kathleen Hackett: For thirty years Pain d’Avignon has been pursuing an excellence in the art of the bread making inspired by the old-world methods while partnering with New York’s top chefs to bring a five-star bread to our everyday life. As a baker who had an unorthodox bread education, Uliks has learned over time that practice and patience is the most important part of the journey, and here, he shares this important lesson with home bakers everywhere, while giving them an accessible, step-by-step primer on mastering the fundamentals. With 60 recipes including their iconic Cape Cod-inspired Cranberry and Pecan bread, Classic Sourdough, Thyme Baguette with a Touch of Lemon, and Plum Galette with Pistachio Paste, The Pain d’Avignon Baking Book is a tried-and-true collection of must-make breads and pastries, with extraordinary and immersive storytelling. Measurements are given in weight and volume.

Bigger Bolder Baking: Every Day by Gemma Stafford: The pastry chef, cookbook author, and creator of the hit online show Bigger Bolder Baking presents her follow-up to her popular first book Bigger Bolder Baking. Her new title features 125 new recipes for any home baker to bake with confidence every day. Delicious desserts and impressive baked goods don’t have to be reserved for special occasions. Measurements are given in weight and volume. Events

Cooking from the Spirit: Easy, Delicious, and Joyful Plant-Based Inspirations by Tabitha Brown, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Feeding the Soul, presents her first cookbook – full of easy, family-friendly vegan recipes and stories from the spirit, inspired by her health journey and love of delicious food. After experiencing chronic pain, Brown, along with her family, tried a 30-day vegan challenge inspired by the documentary What the Health. With the change in diet healing her of the pain, Tabitha remained on the vegan path and began sharing her favorite plant-based recipes in her signature warm voice to thousands and now millions of online fans. Since then, she has become a Target brand ambassador, created her own spice blend for McCormick, joined the cast of Showtime’s The Chi, written a #1 New York Times bestselling book of inspirational self-help, and much more.

Sheet Pan Sweets: Simple, Streamlined Dessert Recipes by Molly Gilbert, a professional trained pastry chef, takes her trademark sheet pan method to desserts. This book has 85 recipes from cookies, cakes to galettes in this book that will have dessert on the table in no time. Events

The Art of Modern Cakes: Contemporary Decorating Techniques and Recipes for Couture Confections by Heidi Holmon: This is the book for the cake artist (or cake artist wannabe). There are an assortment of recipes but the book focuses on making beautiful flowers and decorations as well as everything one needs to know about stacking a cake, icing, decorating and more.

Plant-Based India: Nourishing Recipes Rooted in Tradition by Dr. Sheil Shukla: Here is vegan Indian food like you’ve never seen it before, with over 100 beautifully photographed plant-based recipes and filled with health tips from a doctor who shows that food is the best medicine. Each recipe in this book includes an explanation of its ingredients’ health benefits (and the benefits of eating a fully plant-based diet), drawn from scientific evidence. Here are nutritious, exciting recipes for each component of a balanced meal in the thali tradition: vegetables, grains, flatbread, salad, pickles, and snacks, along with condiments, spice blends, sweets, and drinks

The Way Home: A Cookbook Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family by Kardea Brown shares her multi-generational “passed down” recipes and innovative takes on Gullah classics with home cooks everywhere. “Gullah” and “GeeChee” refer to a distinct group of African Americans living in the coastal areas of South Carolina and Georgia who have preserved much of their West African language, culture, and cuisine. The Way Home is an unabashed love letter to her family’s roots, packed with dishes that combine West African herbs, spices, and grains with traditional Southern cooking. “Gullah people laid the foundation for Southern cooking. Before farm-to-table was a fad, it was what Gullah people did,” Kardea explains. “I want to show the world that soul food is not monolithic. It’s so much more than fried chicken and vegetables cooked in pork. It’s seasonal, fresh and delicious! ”

The Delmonico Way: Sublime Entertaining and Legendary Recipes from the Restaurant That Made New York by Max Tucci is a brilliantly done tribute to a NY institution. The book has a retro feel – mid century modern with a wealth of photographs that narrate the history of the restaurant. We are allowed to take a look inside the “rooms” of the restaurant such as the Hunt or Palm room with photographs and stories of the A-list stars who dined and/or performed there including Gypsy Rose Lee and Debbie Reynolds. Recipes include Max’s wedge salad, Flaming baked Alaska cupcakes, and many cocktails! Menus for special occasions such as “dinner in style” are shared in this book that is as much about the history of Delmonicos as it is about the food served there. The author has an event scheduled at Rizzoli’s Book Store in NYC on November 15th.

Bar Menu: 100+ Drinking Food Recipes for Cocktail Hours at Home by André Darlington: Craft unforgettable happy hours at home with this globally inspired collection of 100+ crave-worthy bar bites and cocktail pairings from the bestselling author of Booze & Vinyl and The New Cocktail Hour. Events

Cure: New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ’Em from the Award-Winning Bar by Neal Bodenheimer and Emily Timberlake is a beautiful book devoted to the cocktails of New Orleans with many photographs. Examples of the drinks you will find here are: The banana stand; Nervous light of Sunday; and Holy ghosted. The book is organized by types of drinks – bittered slings; Manhattans; martinis and so forth.

Rice is Life: Recipes and Stories Celebrating the World’s Most Essential Grain by Caryl Levine, Ken Lee and Kristin Donnelly is a love letter to the humble grain which features 65 recipes for all its glorious possibilities.
Rice is so much more than just a pantry staple. It’s the foundation of cuisines across the world, a grain that sustains half the world’s people, and the start of a delicious meal at home. This cookbook captures the diversity of flavors and helps transform simple, gluten-free pantry staples into flavorful and nourishing dishes. Along the way, it offers essays on rice culture and sustainable rice agriculture, showing how rice plays a part in uplifting people across the globe. With its bright and colorful interior, this title finds the joy and freshness in the everyday beauty of rice not just as a pantry staple, but a staple of life.

First Generation: Recipes from My Taiwanese-American Home by Frankie Gaw is a tribute to Taiwanese home cooking. With dishes passed down from generations of family, Frankie introduces a deeply personal and essential collection of recipes inspired by his multicultural experience, melding the flavors of suburban America with the ingredients and techniques his parents grew up with. This book will teach you to master bao, dumplings, scallion pancakes, and so much more through stunning visuals and intimate storytelling about discovering identity and belonging through cooking. Through step-by-step photography and detailed hand-drawn illustrations, the author offers readers not just the essentials, but endless creative new flavor combinations, for the fundamentals of Taiwanese home cooking.

The Modern Hippie Table: More Than 60 Recipes for Eating Simply and Living Beautifully by Lauren Thomas invites you to slow down and create a sanctuary at home, using food and conversation to bring people together, strengthen family bonds, and forge lifelong friendships. The more than 70 recipes are elevated, yet simplified, with a mix of fresh fruits and vegetables plus quality prepared ingredients, ensuring the host has plenty of time to enjoy the gathering too. Gorgeous, doable decorating ideas for the tabletop include the use of flowers, linens, and surfaces in a unique way to set the scene quickly and economically and create an atmosphere of laid-back elegance. With an array of menus to help plan any meal, big or small, this lifestyle cookbook encourages everyone to use their inner Modern Hippie to find joy in the art of cooking and entertaining in a fun, relaxed, and approachable way. Events

The Apricot Lane Farms Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Biggest Little Farm by Molly Chester: Seasonally-inspired food, with more than 130 recipes, from the chef, farmer, and star of The Biggest Little Farm. This debut cookbook brings the bounty of the farm to readers’ kitchens. As a chef who has long understood that flavor and healthy food go hand in hand, Molly is passionate about farm-fresh ingredients, and her cooking celebrates the tree-ripened fruits, seasonal vegetables, pastured eggs, and grass-fed meats for which the farm is known. With sections divided by season, and insider tips for sourcing the best produce, this a must-have cookbook for home cooks looking for inspiration for their farmers’ market hauls, and anyone looking to create a closer connection to their food.

Tanya Holland’s California Soul: Recipes from a Culinary Journey West by Tanya Holland shares 80+ comfort-filled recipes that trace the roots of modern California soul food to the Great Migration that brought African American culture to the West Coast – from the acclaimed chef and author of Brown Sugar Kitchen. The book is organized seasonally and printed on a rainbow of colored pages. Included are maker profiles – famous black restaurant owners and chefs as well as Black food entrepreneurs. The recipes are spectacular looking. Tanya has a few events: October 29th at Archestratus Books in Brooklyn NY and November 3rd at Bold Fork Books in Washington DC.

Feed These People: Slam-Dunk Recipes for Your Crew by Jen Hatmaker is the debut cookbook from the inspiring and hilarious New York Times bestselling author and beloved podcaster, jam-packed with easy recipes, big flavors, and Southern wit. With five children and a close-knit community of family and friends, bestselling author, podcaster, and inspirational speaker Jen Hatmaker has been sharing her love of cooking and food with her fans for years. Now she’s compiled all her favorite sure-thing recipes into one personal and highly entertaining cookbook, including chapters like Food for Breakfast (or brunch so you can drink), Food for Your Picky Spouse or Spawn, and Food for When You Have No More Damns to Give.

Dynamite Kids Cooking School by Sara Kate Gillingham delivers delicious recipes and lessons from The Dynamite Shop, the premier cooking school for young cooks, from beginners to budding chefs. The Dynamite Shop is where kids from 7 to 17 have a blast learning fundamental cooking skills that they carry into their home kitchens and real life. From their Brooklyn school and in online classes, they’ve taught thousands of kids how to make dinner (and breakfast, and lunch including dessert) with their signature mix of food kids really want to make, and detailed guidance.

Baking By Feel by Becca Rea-Tucker is all about the therapeutic benefits of baking. The author shares bakes for every mood from happy to angry in an effort for us to identify and process emotions in the kitchen. There are 65 recipes here along with Becca’s advice for breathing exercises, avoiding swallowing your emotions and more.

Diasporican: A Puerto Rican Cookbook by Illyanna Maisonet delivers over 90 delicious, deeply personal recipes that tell the story of Puerto Rico’s Stateside diaspora from the United States’ first Puerto Rican food columnist, award-winning writer Illyanna Maisonet. This is a beautiful book filled with recipes that are approachable.

The Siete Table: Nourishing Mexican-American Recipes from Our Kitchen by Miguel Garza, Veronica Garza, Alexandra Janss Garza and Bayley Wiltshire: From the family behind the popular Siete Family Foods brand comes a welcoming and flavorful collection of all-around nourishing Mexican-American recipes. The Garzas share their delicious grain-free Mexican-American dishes with you, and honor the culture and traditions that inspire them. All dishes can be made dairy free, and many others can be adjusted to be vegetarian or vegan.

Love to Eat: 75 Easy, Craveworthy Recipes for Healthy, Intuitive Eating by Nicole Keshishian Modic: The author’s lifelong battle with an eating disorder led her to find healing in the most unlikely place for her at the time – the kitchen – as she turned former binge-foods into healthy but indulgent standards. In Feel Good Food, she shares her philosophy on food freedom, her mainstay recipes to feel great inside and out, and advice on how to carry that positive attitude into other aspects of your life.
The feel-good food philosophy is centered around food freedom and intuitive eating—two principles that the wellness industry tries to uphold but tends to undermine by labeling food as “no guilt” or “guilty” and promoting restrictive, trendy diets.

Listen To Your Vegetables by Sarah Grueneberg and Kate Heddings, Michelin star– and James Beard Foundation Award–winning chef/owner of Monteverde Restaurant in Chicago, delivers a vegetable focused cookbook of more than 180 Italian-inspired recipes.

Castle Rock Kitchen: Wicked Good Recipes from the World of Stephen King by Theresa Carle-Sanders: Explore 80 classic and modern recipes inspired by Stephen King’s Maine, featuring dishes from the books set in Castle Rock, Derry, and other fictional towns—with a foreword from the legendary author himself.

¡Viva Desserts!: Traditional and Reinvented Sweets from a Mexican-American Kitchen by Nicole Presley is a scrumptious collection of traditional Mexican desserts and American desserts Mexicanized. With dessert items like conchas, churros, empanadas, and flan, all your favorite traditional Mexican treats are here. Then add in classic American cakes and pies with a Mexican twist and other Mexican treats with an American twist, and all your cravings will be covered!

The Miracle of Salt: Flavor, Ferment, Transform by Naomi Duguid, the author behind numerous cookbooks that have become classics is back with a tome devoted to salt. Packed with historical details about salt as well as recipes for flavored salts, Acadian salted scallions, Quick salted egg yolks, Breton-salted butter cake, Miso caramel sauce, Miso cookies with dark chocolate and loads more – this impressive book will be a guide for cooks for years to come. Events

Ghetto Gastro Black Power Kitchen by Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao and Lester Walker is a powerful collection of recipes that range from Roasted breadfruit gnocchi to Jade’s Palace General Tso’s chicken. The book is packed with stunning artwork, illustrations and photographs. Events

Simple Small Batch Baking Book: 60 Recipes for Perfectly Portioned Cookies, Cakes, Bars, and More by Mike Johnson: On the heels of his successful debut cookbook, Even Better Brownies, Mike Johnson is back with an irresistible collection of sweet and savory treats that prove that good things really do come in small packages. From dainty cakes to small-scale batches of cookies to the perfect pies and tarts for two, these small batch recipes are sure to be staples in your household.

Noodle Worship: Easy Recipes for All the Dishes You Crave from Asian, Italian and American Cuisines by Tiffani and Larone Thompson shares the secret recipes for 50 of the social media stars all-time favorite noodle dishes.

Other titles of interest include:

Canada

Make Every Dish Delicious: Modern Classics and Essential Tips for Total Kitchen Confidence by Lesley Chesterman: Recipes, perfected. A repertoire of reliable, classic recipes and fundamental techniques that deliver gorgeous results, every time, for cooks of every ability, in the tradition of Genius Recipes and Barefoot Contessa Foolproof. Stop searching the web for what to cook for dinner. From the best roast chicken to the most sumptuous brownie, Lesley Chesterman’s perfected recipes have you covered—tonight, and always.

Fish for You: Inspired Seafood Recipes from Market by Spencer Watts: This long-awaited seafood cookbook features fun, exciting and globally influenced recipes with one-of-a-kind twists on seafood and fish. Spencer makes the ordinary not so ordinary and provides recipes that are celebrated by beginners and culinary superstars alike. Be inspired to love seafood and be a fun food maker with Chef Spencer Watts’ Fish For You.
Separated into 6 different sections including Happy Hour, Salads, Hand-helds, Pasta and more, Fish for You includes a wide variety of recipes including: Crispy Fried Oysters, Brioche Shrimp Toast Bites, Warm Lobster/Potato Salad, Creole Shellfish Bisque, Jerk Rubbed Mahi Mahi Tacos, Nashville Style Crispy Fried Halibut Sandwich, Steamed Mussels and Clams, Salt Cod Filo Pie, Shellfish Cassoulet, Dungeness Crab Croquette, Baked Halibut in Puff Pastry, Miso Honey Glazed Salmon Rice Bowls and more!

The Edgy Veg Easy Eats: Quick * Tasty * Vegan by Candice Hutchings: She’s back! In her follow-up to the bestselling The Edgy Veg, Candice Hutchings, the face of the Edgy Veg YouTube channel returns with The Edgy Veg Easy Eats, a collection of 106 brand-new recipes that don’t sacrifice creativity or bold flavor for ease or time.

Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things by Noor Murad and Yotam Ottolenghi: See blurb above in the US section.

Enebla: Recipes from an Ethiopian Kitchen by Luladey Moges is a collection of 65+ recipes including vivid photography and family anecdotes making it an accessible, authentic introduction to Ethiopian cuisine. Learn to make injera, wot stews, hearty tibs, and more.

Evergreen Kitchen: Weeknight Vegetarian Dinners for Everyone by Bri Beaudoin is bursting with beautiful, flavourful recipes (that just so happen to be vegetarian). The recipes provide much-needed inspiration for delicious weeknight mains, including a sprinkling of simple, yet scrumptious, desserts for those who like to end their meal with something sweet. Whether you want to cook a vegetarian meal one night a week – or every night – Evergreen Kitchen is packed with over 100 recipes to make it happen with dishes that satisfy the heartiest of appetites.

A Bartender’s Guide to the World: Cocktail Recipes and Stories from 50 Countries by Lauren Mote & James O. Fraioli: A must-have collection of 100 cocktail recipes to transport you around the globe, from one of the world’s most award-winning bartenders. Chapters are organized by ingredients such as vodka, whisky or gin, so it’s easy to find just what you’re craving.

Little Critics: What Canadian Chefs Cook for Kids (and Kids Will Actually Eat) by Joanna Fox shares how our top chefs please even the most suspicious, judgmental or fastidious of early eaters, with recipes including Jeremy Charles’s go-to stew, Suzanne Barr’s Cauliflower Cheese Bake, Susur Lee’s favourite childhood chicken, Danny Smiles’s Italian family dinner, Dyan Solomon’s Green Hulk Risotto, Vikram Vij’s Butter Chicken Schnitzel, Ryusuke Nakagawa’s Cheesy Chicken Katsu, Billy Alexander’s Frybread Stuffed Pizza, Chuck Hughes’s Pappardelle Pesto and Michael Smith’s showstopper pancakes, Tara O’Brady’s hearty oat waffles, and Anna Olson’s Gourmet Goo Skillet Brownies.

United Kingdom

Great British Chefs: Kitchen Twists by the Great British Chefs: Who says you shouldn’t mess with the classics? Simple twists can give tried and tested recipes a new lease of life. Brought to you by the team behind Great British Chefs, Kitchen Twists contains all the inspiration you need to inject fresh, bold flavours into your cooking, whether it’s jazzing up a weeknight favourite or pulling out all the stops. With recipes suited to every occasion – from small plates and seasonally inspired platters to Sunday lunches and wow-factor desserts – Kitchen Twists is full of tips, techniques and fun, creative recipes that will make you a more confident, flexible cook.

Taco-Tastic!: Over 60 Recipes to Make Taco Tuesday Last All Week Long by Victoria Elizondo: Specializing in vibrantly colourful, authentic Mexican fare using only fresh ingredients, chef Victoria Elizondo focuses on Mexican guisos – the type of food that makes you feel you are home. There are quick and easy recipes to rustle up on weekday nights, with vegan and veggie alternatives, a vast range of salsas and sides, as well as slow-cooking specialities enriched with aromatic spices. So, whether you are looking for family or after-work meals, planning a fiesta, or anywhere in between, here are creative inventions to stimulate your palate and enrich your dining experience.

Bras, the Tastes of Aubrac by Sébastien Bras, son of legendary French chef Michel Bras, invites us through the doors of Le Suquet, his three Michelin star restaurant with dramatic views over the breath-taking countryside.
Through never-before-published recipes and specially commissioned photography, Bras tells the story of his family, where cooking is not only passed from generation to generation but is constantly reinvented and imagined. Grounded and shaped by the terroir of his home in Aubrac, Bras’ cuisine is internationally recognized as one of the most influential in the world, particularly for having raised vegetables and herbs to an art form. Featuring 40 iconic recipes along with sumptuous and evocative images of the restaurant and surrounding landscape, Bras: The Tastes of Aubrac opens the Bras family album, showcasing the amazing story of a culinary tradition passing through generations of world-class chefs.

Giuseppe’s Italian Bakes: 60 Inspired Recipes Like Papa Used to Make by Giuseppe Dell’Anno, who won hearts the world over when he was crowned winner of the Great British Bake Off in 2021. In his first cookbook, Giuseppe shares his skill, knowledge and love of baking through over 60 new sweet and savoury recipes. Growing up in Italy and learning to cook at the side of his beloved chef-father, Giuseppe has mastered everything from focaccia to amaretti , each with his own signature twist on the classics of Italian baking. Through his step-by-step recipes, Giuseppe guides you through many other delectable treats including Seven pot cake with apples; Hot milk and coffee sponge cake; and many other unique and flavorful offerings. With gorgeous colour photos throughout and tips and tricks from the master of the technical challenge, bring a taste of the Italian bakery to your home with this gorgeous book. Events

JapanEasy Bowls & Bento: Simple and Satisfying Japanese Recipes for All Day, Every Day by Tim Anderson shows you how you can build your own delicious bowl from scratch as well as how you can construct your very own bento (Japan’s beloved and beautiful lunch boxes) from the comfort of your own home. JapanEasy: Bowls & Bento celebrates the versatility, simplicity and joy of Japanese food. Recipes include soups, sauces, loads of rice dishes and plenty of dishes that put a twist on an original. For example, Cauliflower karaage instead of the chicken karaage we are all use to. Tim’s books never disappoint.

Stagioni: Modern Italian Cookery to Capture the Seasons by Olivia Cavalli Williamson: In Italian “stagioni” translates to “seasons” and this book is devoted to the fruits and vegetables of Italy and the dishes that celebrate them. Forget the connotations attached to the word ‘seasonal’: the simple truth is that eating with the seasons is the tastiest way to eat and no one knows this better than the Italians. From the sweetest tomatoes of August, anointed only with the very best olive oil to the beautifully bitter radicchio arriving in October, its purple leaves pepping up risottos and hearty salads all winter long.

Showstopping Cakes by Rahul Mandal: The debut cookbook from the GBBO winner is here. From advice on stacking a tier cake to piping flowers, creating the perfect flavour pairing and avoiding a curdled cake batter or buttercream, Rahul shares his scientific knowhow on achieving sublime bakes – as well as advice on how to fix things when they go wrong. Featuring everything from mirror glaze, meringue, genoise and caramel to drip, fault-line and geode cakes, these are jaw-droppingly beautiful bakes that will wow everyone who is lucky enough to be around your table. Rahul starts with chapters on fillings, frostings, decorations, caramels, marzipan and more before delivering one astounding cake after another. Measurements are given in weight and volume.

Hoppers: The Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from Sri Lanka and Beyond by Karan Gokani showcases signature recipes from the cult London restaurants, while also going beyond their four walls to explore the dishes, places and people that inspired them. The book celebrates both home cooking and the food served at roadside shacks, kitchens and stalls across Sri Lanka. Karan Gokani explores the classics as well as new recipes developed at Hoppers restaurants. Stunning location photography, glorious food, warmth, personality and generosity suffuse the pages of this cookbook – join the Hoppers family in a personal and vivid journey exploring and celebrating the food from this extraordinary island.

It’s All About Dinner: 100 No-think Delicious Dishes by Nicky Corbishley is a collection of 100 favorite recipes from the successful blog and YouTube channel Kitchen Sanctuary. While Kitchen Sanctuary’s online presence is still extremely in-demand, searching for what you want when you don’t really know yourself can be hard. Having the recipes gathered in one place makes them easier to follow in the kitchen and also brings them to a whole new audience who are yet to find them online.

The Food Almanac: Volume Two by Miranda York is an annual, seasonal collection of recipes and stories celebrating the joy of food – a dazzling, diverse mix of memoir, history, short stories and poems alongside recipes, cooking tips, menus and reading lists. Following on from The Food Almanac, which was shortlisted for the Jane Grigson Trust Award and the Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink Awards and received a tranche of stunning reviews, the second in the series offers another fascinating collection of recipes and stories.

The River Cafe Look Book: Recipes for Kids of All Ages by Ruth Rogers: This highly anticipated cookbook is more accessible than any other to have come from the kitchen of Ruth Rogers’ legendary Michelin-star restaurant The River Cafe, set on the banks of the Thames in London. With more than 50 iconic recipes, each of which has been masterfully adapted and revised by the River Cafe chefs specifically for those new to cooking, the fabulous dishes in this collection bring the warmth, beauty, and sumptuous ease of Italian family home-cooking to cooks of all levels of kitchen expertise – including your kids!

Ballymaloe Desserts: Iconic Recipes and Stories from Ireland by JR Ryall: Ballymaloe House, in County Cork, Ireland, is heralded as the birthplace of modern Irish cuisine. There, visitors are treated to acclaimed pastry chef JR Ryall’s daily array of seasonally inspired treats, wheeled through the dining room on a vintage dessert trolley. Here, Ryall presents 130 recipes for his award-winning confections, tested and perfected for the home baker. From jams to pastry, puddings to cakes, this stunning book will draw you into the kitchen to create impressive, yet approachable desserts. Measurements are in weight and volume.

Peter’s Baking Party: Fun & Tasty Recipes for Future Star Bakers! by Peter Sawkins: With step-by-step guides to easy first recipes and showstopping cakes, even the youngest of cooks can begin cooking and become a star baker in no time. Using Peter’s famous tricks and tips, aspiring chefs can learn to make anything from breakfast pancakes to healthy savoury dishes, giving them confidence in the kitchen. Kids can find their favourite flavours and ingredients in the handy index and even invent their own creations and silly surprises. It’s a brilliant way to inspire kitchen confidence, learning new skills that will last your young people a lifetime.

Snow Food: Warming Winter Alpine Dishes by Lindor Wink: Inspired from the heart of snowy alpine winters, Lindor’s recipes are simple and easy for anyone to follow. These are winter warmers that are perfect to share with family and friends, or just for a cosy night in front of the fire. From nut loaves and crispbreads, to winter soups and salads, to hearty roasts and pasta plates, Snow Food’s extensive range of dishes will please from morning to night. Gorgeous imagery fills this book.

Tava: Eastern European Baking and Desserts From Romania & Beyond by Irina Georgescu: This book is outstanding. Filled with vibrant imagery and recipes to inspire you like no other baking title before. A must-have. Recipes include: Transylvanian griddle breads with cheese and honey; Folded curd cheese pies; Armenian Kurabia shortbread with mahlep and Cherry and basil sour cream cake. I honestly have goosebumps looking at the pages and content in this book.

Supper: Recipes Worth Staying in For by Flora Shedden is a showstopping collection of Flora’s best-loved recipes for transforming the often-mundane dining-in experience into something worth staying in for. Featuring over 70 delicious and doable recipes, alongside sample menu suggestions, drink ideas and guidance on how to make the most of your leftovers, this book will show home cooks how to elevate even the most ordinary dinners at home, into something joyful and celebratory.

Is This a Cookbook by Heston Blumenthal  shares 70 inventive recipes along with the chef’s brilliant thoughts, stories, insights and hacks, turning each cooking session into a exciting culinary journey. The journey is guided by Heston’s arrows and trails that lead to his comments. The book is filled with fantastical illustrations by Dave McKean, Heston’s long-term collaborator who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest illustrators at work today. The illustrations make this book – but there are also gorgeous photographs. Do not be frightened of this title – these recipes are approachable and do not require a food lab. A few examples are Pea and ham soup in a sandwich, Creamy tomato soup, Popcorn popcorn chicken and Tortilla and three tacos. I am loving this book!

The Little Library Parties by Kate Young draws on the author’s experience catering for weddings and events, and her love of cooking for friends, to provide 50 sensational new recipes for entertaining. From dinner party feasts and canapes for a crowd, to barbeques, tea parties, house parties and that all important morning-after tonic, Kate provides delicious and joyful recipes – as always, inspired by her favourite literature – to ensure your get-together tastes delicious. With beautiful photographs throughout and in a gorgeous, giftable format, this is the perfect book to help you kick off the party season.

The Cocktail Edit: Everything You Need to Know About How to Make All the Drinks that Matter by Alice Lascelles is built around a ‘capsule collection’ of 12 classic cocktails – each of these is followed by six twists, plus tips and inspiration for creating many more. The book also offers essential advice on getting your home bar set up – and shows how easy it is to make amazing cocktails with just a few basic tools, ingredients and techniques. It’s a guide brimming with trade secrets on everything from choosing the best-value spirits to making cocktails for a party; written in a conversational style, and illustrated with beautiful photography, The Cocktail Edit is practical, opinionated and fun.

Borough Market: The Knowledge: The Ultimate Guide to Shopping and Cooking by Clare Finney and Angela Clutton provides stories, skills and expert advice from the market’s traders, plus over 80 exciting recipes from award-winning food writer Angela Clutton that will help you make the most of their exceptional produce. With stunning atmospheric photography, this is the definitive guide to shopping and cooking for every kitchen.
Find intriguing in-depth features and unmissable Q&As with traders, along with visual step-by-step guides to preparing ingredients and lists of interesting seasonal produce. Moving through meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, dairy, bakery and store-cupboard ingredients, each chapter shares a collection of tantalising recipes that will teach you how to make the most of your produce, inspired by the incredible seasonal offerings from Borough Market traders.

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Australia

RecipeTin Eats: Dinner by Nagi Maehashi: The food you want to cook, eat and share, night after night. Through her phenomenally popular online food site, RecipeTin Eats, Nagi Maehashi talks to millions of people a year who tell her about the food they love. Now, in her first cookbook, Nagi brings us the ultimate curation of new and favourite RecipeTin Eats recipes – from comfort food (yes, cheese galore), to fast and easy food for weeknights, Mexican favourites, hearty dinner salads, Asian soups and noodles, and special treats for festive occasions. Featuring a photo and how-to video for every recipe (follow the QR code), readily available ingredients, Nagi’s famously helpful notes, and Dozer, her dog aka Australia’s best-loved food tester, this is a kitchen-shelf must-have for the novice cook, the expert seeking to perfect technique (straight to the Beef Wellington!), and everyone in between. Look for this book to be released in the US in February of 2023. Events

The Joy of Better Cooking: Life-changing skills & thrills for enthusiastic eaters by Alice Zaslavsky is another vibrant offering from the author of  In Praise of Veg. Recipe after recipe offers inspiration and excitement to get into the kitchen and find the joy in cooking. Potato fritters that glitter, Lady marmalade melting moments; Salt and pepper creme caramel flan and Coffee pecan babka scrolls are just a few examples of Alice’s fun recipe creations.

Bake My Day by Katherine Sabbath is a playbook of recipe ideas, from simple to outrageous, to help you bring joy to others and show you care. Now you have the sweet tools at your fingertips to make connections – whether it’s whipping together Crack for Chocolate Lovers, Hunky Chunky Shortbread or going the whole nine yards with a Surprise Bauble Cake or Terrazzo Dream.

The Food Saver’s A-Z by Alex Elliott-Howery and Jaimee Edwards: From the leading voices in the war on household food waste comes the ultimate reference guide to using up and making the most of every ingredient in your fridge or pantry. Covering around 150 of the most common produce and pantry items, this is your go-to manual for how to use up a lot or a little of something – from a solitary stem of asparagus to a bucketload of zucchini. Ingredient by ingredient, you’ll discover practical tips on prep and storage; quick-fire ideas for ‘ways with’/ how to use up the jar/what to do with the last one; simple, everyday recipes; and advice on how to substitute other ingredients.

First Nation’s Food Companion by Damien Coulthard and Rebecca Sullivan is a food-lover’s guidebook offering a comprehensive guide to 70 of the most accessible Australian First Nations ingredients, with information on their flavour profiles, how to buy or grow them and how to store them. Learn to swap this for that with 100 recipes, including Cinnamon Myrtle Tea Cake, Wild Green Pesto, and Macadamia Poached Chicken. Every recipe includes substitutions for native ingredients so you can take it one step at a time. Finally, check out the section on growing and using an indigenous medicine garden as well as how to set up your cupboard and freezer with native ingredients to make it easy.

The Fast Five by Donna Hay is the ultimate bible of fast, delicious recipes for busy families. From bestselling cookbook author Donna Hay comes the recipes you’ve been waiting for. The Fast Five is all about taking your favourite recipes and reimagining them in faster, more delicious ways.

What I Cook When Nobody’s Watching: Recipes & Musings for a Simple Life by Poh Ling Yeow: Poh believes that the simpler we eat, the happier we are, and in this book she shares all the things she cooks when nobody’s watching. Reconnect with the simple pleasure of cooking for yourself and others with proper quickies, nourishing bowl food, comfort combos and crowd-pleasing feasts that take everyday ingredients to new and delicious places. Poh also shares hard-won wisdom, musings on the garden and cheeky household tips.

New Zealand

Simple Fancy: Inviting Recipes for All Eaters & Occasions by Margo and Rosa Flanagan: The Two Raw Sisters are back with a stunning collection of plant-based recipes that are inspiring and easy to make, whether you are entertaining a crowd or cooking for one. Simple Fancy puts fruits and vegetables first, with more than 89 recipes using familiar, everyday whole food ingredients packed with sweet and savoury flavours. Offering everything from savoury brunch ideas, centrepiece mains, snacks and sides, and their famous salads. Whether you are vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian or a die-hard meat lover, there is something for everyone; all eaters are welcome. For extra inspiration, Rosa and Margo have created 24 menus for different occasions to take the guesswork out of entertaining.

The Homemade Table: Seasonal recipes, preserves and sourdough by Nicola Galloway expands on the respected food writer’s approach to cooking, which is more than just about preparing homemade meals. It encompasses an inspired way of living and thinking about food that not only feeds the body but also the mind and soul. With many new seasonal recipes, and in-depth sections on sourdough bread, preserves and fermentation, this is a substantial, beautifully illustrated cookbook that the reader will be able to return to again and again. Made to be used, it is Nicola’s hope that The Homemade Table will become a well-thumbed favourite, with food-splattered pages and personalised notes in the margin.

Dish: Summer by Sarah Tuck and Claire Aldous is the second book from the team at Dish Magazine. It brings more simple and elegant design, stunning full-colour photography paired with delicious fast summer meals. There are recipes perfect to be quickly prepared for that “pop-in drink”, last minute dinner invitations, barbecues and of course burgers and desserts.

Whanaukai: Feel-good Baking to Share Aroha and Feed Hungry Tummies by Naomi Toilalo shares more than 70 of the author’s tohutao reka – delicious recipes, all made without fancy equipment or hard-to-find ingredients. Bursting with bold flavours, this cheekily indulgent cookbook shows you how to make amazing sweet treats to create memories and celebrate life with the people you love. Featuring breads, slices, biscuits, cakes and pastries, Whanaukai is a window into the whakapapa that inspired Naomi’s passion for baking, where feeding people has been part of her life for as long as she can remember. From her South Otago farming roots to the manaakitanga of Te Araroa marae and raising a household of four energetic daughters, kai brings together friends, family and neighbours. With options to simplify recipes or go all out, Whanaukai includes fan-favourite creations such as: everyday ‘hero buns’ marshmallow slice cinnamon scrolls banoffee pie tropical cake alongside smoko classics like peppermint slice, lamingtons and cheese scones.

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