July 2024 New Cookbook Review

Here we are at the end of July where the number of cookbooks published have dwindled – but have no fear, August through November will more than make up the numbers. You can keep track of what is coming this year with our 2024 Cookbook Preview and don’t forget that you can create a wishlist and share it with your loved ones. Our July 2024 EYB Cookbook Club Summary and August 2024 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary can be found at the links provided.

Last May we announced that we have connected the EYB database to ckbk’s library of digital cookbooks. ckbk is a cookbook subscription site where you can access the full content of 870 great cookbooks, the majority of which are indexed here on EYB (and more will be indexed every week). For all the details, please see Jane’s post. If any of this month’s books are a part of the ckbk library, we have identified them as such: ckbk.

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United States

Asian Vegetables – A Cook’s Bible: Descriptions and Illustrations of 139 Vegetables, Including Dried and Preserved Varieties with 145 Authentic Recipes by Wendy Hutton is a book by a leading food expert presenting everything you need to know about the rapidly-expanding list of Asian vegetables found in supermarkets, farmers’ markets, Asian grocers and specialty gourmet stores around the globe. With attractive watercolor illustrations and photos, Asian Vegetables: A Cook’s Bible helps you to identify 139 different Asian vegetables and plant products and presents 145 authentic recipes that you can prepare at home using these delicious ingredients.

Appetite for Change: Soulful Recipes from a North Minneapolis Kitchen by Appetite for Change and Beth Dooley shares delicious recipes and community spirit that have made Appetite for Change a force for good in North Minneapolis. There are approachable recipes here for everyone along with stories that demonstrate how multiple cultures can commingle.

Seasons at Lakeside Dairy: Family Stories from a Black-Owned Dairy, Louisiana to California and Beyond by Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins: Opened in 1907 in Shreveport, Louisiana, by Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins’ grandfather, Black dairy farmer Angus Bates, Lakeside Dairy was a rarity in the post-Reconstruction South. The dairy thrived despite the time’s challenging, racially oppressive, and hostile social and political climate. The author structures her narrative around familial creative storytelling heard as a child, supported by family ephemera about the dairy and the family’s social and community engagement. Family members’ voices are interwoven into each chapter with direct quotations, creative storytelling, historical contexts, ephemera, and healthier recipes based on family favorites.

New Camp Cookbook On the Trail: Easy to Pack Meals, Cocktails, and Snacks for Your Next Adventure by Emily Vikre shares dozens of all-new recipes as well as a few greatest hits and remixes from Camp Cocktails and The Family Camp Cookbook, so you’re sure to find just what you are craving for your next trip.

Jayaflava: A Celebration of Food, Flavour and Recipes from Sri Lanka by Tasha Marikkar is being published in the US and India. Born and bred Sri Lankan, Tasha Marikkar has spent most of her life between Sri Lanka and the UK. Through this book, Tasha introduces the reader to this wonderful cuisine. A mouthwatering culinary tour of Sri Lanka, she brings together the history and traditions, ingredients and spices, and their preparation and use. With clear step-by-step recipes, it guides the reader through the delightful process of creating a beautiful Sri Lankan meal.

A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France by Steve Hoffman: The author is a perfectly comfortable middle-aged Minnesotan man who has always been desperately, pretentiously in love with France, more specifically with the idea of France. To follow that love, he and his family move, nearly at random, to the small, rural, scratchy-hot village of Autignac in the south of the country, and he immediately thinks he’s made a terrible mistake. But through cooking what the local grocer tells him to cook, he feels more of this place. A neighbor leads him into the world of winemaking, where he learns not as a pedantic oenophile, but bodily, as a grape picker and winemaker’s apprentice. Along the way, he lets go of the abstract ideas he’d held about France, discovering instead the beauty of a culture that is as one with its landscape, and of becoming as one with that culture.

Salad Whisperer: Veggie-Forward Recipes for Mouthwatering Meals by Sarah Faris shows us how to master the salad, no matter what’s in season. Learn to blanch, roast, spiralize and grill everyday vegetables and grains to elevate them from sad side dishes into the most mouthwatering mains. Salads don’t always have to be over a bed of greens either and the entire chapter on chopped salads is so restaurant-level, every spoonful will leave you wondering why you ever paid for one before.

Pretty Simple Cocktails: Margaritas, Mocktails, Spritzes, and More for Every Mood and Occasion by Julianna McIntosh delivers 85 deliciously dreamy cocktails, mocktails, and simple syrup mixers from the beloved social media drinks specialist Join Jules. With practical guidance for batching up, serving, and stocking your home bar, too, this title is the new go-to for drinking with style.

Preserving with a Purpose: Next-Generation Canning Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom by Sarah Thrush: In this next-gen guide to canning and preserving, get all the classic techniques and recipes plus global flavors, meal-prep tips, and green-living wisdom for today’s world. In 125 scrumptious and foolproof recipes, the author shows you the best and tastiest ways to put up the traditional canning foods, from tomatoes and green beans to apples and peaches, just like mama and grandma did. But she also ranges widely in the more robust flavor profiles that come from the best cuisines from all over the world – all of which earlier preserving books neglect.

Cooking Greens on Fire: Vegetarian Recipes for the Dutch Oven and Grill by Eva Helbæk Tram and Nicolai Tram is being published in Germany and the US. Embrace the back-to-basics nature of open-fire cooking, and be introduced to dozens of vegetarian campside recipes. This title introduces 60 recipes for vegetarian campfire dishes in various degrees of difficulty. Learn how to build and light a fire, and get to know the equipment, safety, and cooking methods best suited for enjoying vegetables over the open flames.

VEG: Fresh, Vibrant, Delicious by Laura Sorkin is a beautifully crafted book that features 150 innovative recipes showcasing the unique flavors and textures of everything from artichokes to zucchini. Ideal for both experienced cooks seeking to broaden their culinary horizons and novices eager to explore nature’s bounty.

Grillo’s Presents Pickled: 100 Recipes to Brine, Fry, and Eat by Raphael Jacob Khutorsky is a love letter to the humble pickle, long relegated to the side of the plate or the supporting role of occasional hamburger topper. With 100 exciting and delicious recipes, this cookbook is perfect for pickle lovers! Including recipes from innovative chef, Raphael Jacob Khutorsky, this book will cover the many delicious ways you can make your own Grillo’s Pickles at home with special recipes for brine and canning tips, and how to build pickles into your favorite meals, snacks, and cocktails.

Homemade-ish: Recipes and Cooking Tips That Keep It Real by Lauren McDuffie is a sassy, no-guilt cookbook, with more than 100 quick-and-easy recipes, that support busy folks wanting to provide healthy home-cooked meals to their family. The recipes here make use of store-bought shortcuts and quick-fix tricks for breakfasts; appetizers and snacks; soups; salads; pastas, grains, and meatless mains; meats and fish, and desserts. From jazzed-up bagged salads to improved-upon casseroles to faked and fabulous sweets, you can feed your family well, and have time to sit down and enjoy the meal together.

Other titles of interest:

• One Bake, Two Ways: Fifty Bakes with an All-plant Option Every Time by Ruby Bhogal – US release
• Milk Into Cheese: The Foundations of Natural Cheesemaking Using Traditional Concepts, Tools, and Techniques by David Asher
• Dinner Tonight: Simple Meals Full of Mediterranean Flavor by Meliz Berg – US release
• More, Please: On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing, and the Lust for “Enough” by Emma Specter
• Tempted to Taste It: 50+ Flexible Recipes for Vegan and Non-Vegan Home Cooks by Cierra Johnson Terry and Esa Hughes

United Kingdom

Let’s Cook: Fun and Easy Recipes for Kids from the BBC Show Cooking Buddies by Buddy Oliver: Featuring 60+ exciting recipes that are fun to make, delicious to tuck into and written with beginners in mind, Let’s Cook is a fantastic tool for building kitchen confidence through flavour-packed food that the whole family can enjoy. Buddy’s cookbook takes children (and parents!) on a real adventure through a whole rainbow of tasty dishes, and builds on their cooking skills, supported by simple recipe methods and enticing food photography.

Café Cooking: From The Parlour to Cambo Gardens by Gillian Veal: The Parlour Café Cookbook won awards when it was published over 10 years ago and went on to become a cult classic. This new, updated edition transports us to the lush Georgian walled garden at Cambo House in Fife and features over 30 new recipes as well as revisiting many of the old favourites to reflect how Chef Gillian’s cooking has evolved.

Real Healthy by Melissa Hemsley provides simple, doable, and delicious recipes to help you tackle those tricky problem areas – on-the-go breakfasts, working lunches, snacks and sweet treats – as well as chapters on batch cooking, traybakes and 30 minute meals. She also includes tips on what to look out for when trying to avoid UPFs, making this your new go-to book for everyday cooking.

One Pot, One Portion: Simple, Speedy Recipes Just for You by Eleanor Wilkinson takes the stress out of solo cooking – no more dividing a recipe by four or surviving on leftovers for three days. This is easy, effortless food that won’t leave you with a sink full of dirty dishes. Whether you live alone, or just find yourself cooking for one, this is easy, effortless food that will have you eating well whatever your mood.

The Veggie Family Cookbook: 120 Recipes for Busy Families by Claire Thomson is the new essential kitchen bible for year-round family cooking. Claire Thomson writes foolproof, delicious recipes that will please everyone around the table – as a professional chef and mum of three (two of which are vegetarian), she understands the challenge of whipping up tasty, crowd-pleasing dishes with vegetables center stage, and all with minimum fuss at the end of a busy working day.

Agak Agak: Everyday Recipes from Singapore by Shu Han Lee is a Malay phrase best translated as ‘more or less’ or ‘to guess’ – it’s a way of thinking that’s ingrained in Singaporean cooking, using intuition and creativity to curate a delicious meal. Shu’s book is an extension of this, sharing how simple it is to bring punchy Singaporean flavours into simple home cooking.

Tacos: Over 50 Recipes that Bring All the Flavour and Fun by Nud Dudhia and Chris Whitney delivers over 50 recipes for the ultimate taco experience. London Street food legends turned restaurateurs Nud Dudhia and Chris Whitney, of Breddos Tacos fame, have travelled the Americas in pursuit of the perfect taco. Now, they’re bringing their greatest ever flavour combinations to your kitchen, including salsas and condiments – so you can create your very own taquería at home.

For the Love of Food: Recipes for Life’s Delicious Moments by Paul Ainsworth invites you into a world of warm, welcoming, and joyfully crafted dishes that redefine everyday enjoyment. This cookbook is a treasure trove for those seeking an elevated dining experience at home. Timeless table favourites are packed with gourmet flavour, effortlessly bridging the gap between traditional home cooking and restaurant quality-food. Think hearty mains with steaming, rich gravy and nostalgic desserts to be laden with custard – achievable for both seasoned chefs and aspiring home cooks alike.

Easy Indian Vegetarian: Delicious Recipes for Every Day by Chetna Makan shares over 70 simple and delicious vegetarian recipes from the queen of Indian home cooking. Chetna’s newest book takes inspiration from the incredible vegetarian food that India has to offer. From deliciously spiced Gujarati thepla to indulgently sweet balushahi, Chetna’s recipes celebrate the vibrant flavours of vegetarian Indian cuisine. Enter our giveaway to win a copy here.

Exploding Tomatoes and Other Stories: The Food and Flavors of Southern Italy by Sophie Grigson: Having moved to a small town in Puglia over two years ago – a place she now calls home – Sophie Grigson felt ready for another adventure. Driving along the coastal ‘instep’ of southern Italy in her trusty purple car, she travels between little fishing ports and explores Puglia’s gay capital, then heads into the wild hills of Basilicata and Calabria’s high Sila famed for its chestnuts and mushrooms, and ends her journey in the bergamot orchards clustering around Reggio. In this book, Sophie charts the local delicacies, ingredients and producers; through recipes and stories, she immerses you in the beauty, culture, food and characters of southern Italy.

Vegetables: Easy and Inventive Vegetarian Suppers by Mark Diacono showcases almost 100 inventive vegetarian recipes that encourage you to celebrate the seasons, switch up your diet, upgrade your sense of vitality and health and tread more lightly on the planet. Learn more in our promotion/giveaway here.

Cucina del Veneto: Delicious Recipes from Northeastern Italy and the Region’s Capital Venice by Ursula Ferrigno: Discover a captivating region in Northern Italy which offers the most delicious food, through 75 authentic recipes, cooked with care and attention using the best ingredients.

Mediterra: Recipes from the Islands and Shores of the Mediterranean by Ben Tish shares more than a hundred mouth-watering Mediterranean dishes from Spain to Syria and everywhere in between. In Mediterra, renowned chef and author Ben Tish gives the tour of a lifetime. With seven-spice falafel from Lebanon, pork belly gyros from Greece, classic tiramisu from Italy, and grilled smoky sardines from Crete, the full flavours of the region are on glorious display for recipes that work across diets and seasons.

The Good Chicken Cookbook: Over 100 Delicious and Sustainable Recipes by Marcus Bean is the go-to cookbook for sustainable chicken recipes, with advice on using the whole bird, preparation techniques and tips on chicken care. This cookbook reclaims chicken, showing how it can be incorporated into good, sustainable cooking. This title is a reprint of Chicken: The New Classics. Please note that while the recipes are in the same order, the page numbers are slightly different.

Tapas: Delicious Little Plates to Share from Spain by Ryland, Peters & Small: Served in bars all over Spain, tapas are the ultimate in bar snacks. From a simple bowl of olives to a mouthwatering selection of seafood, there is always something for everyone. This book contains all of the recipes you need to discover a new way of eating and entertaining.

Australia

Beer Food: Great Food to Eat with Beer by Ross Dobson is the perfect recipe book and beer-matching guide to the flavours you love with a brew. The book features 80 relaxed, authentic dishes drawing from cuisines internationally, and sprinkled with features on favourite beers from around the world. According to a Member this book is a reissue of Food + Beer.

One Pan: No Fuss Dinners Less Dirty Dishes by Australian Women’s Weekly: Cooking can be a time-consuming process, and when you have a family to feed, have returned from a busy day at the office, or just can’t be bothered, the last thing you want to do is spend hours in the kitchen making dinner. One-pan cooking makes cooking an effortless experience. Including all your favourite family meals, these recipes have been developed with minimal prep and to be cooked all in the one saucepan, casserole dish or baking tray. You’ll spend less time cooking and washing up, meaning more time for relaxing and doing the things you love.

Maggie’s Recipe for Life: Over 200 delicious recipes to help reduce your chances of Alzheimer’s and other lifestyle diseases by Maggie Beer is an updated edition of Maggie’s Recipe for Life published in 2017. With over 200 delicious recipes and the latest scientific research, bestselling author Maggie Beer and leading Alzheimer’s researcher Professor Ralph Martins show us how to eat and live well to promote optimum brain health to help fight one of the most debilitating diseases of our later years. This second edition contains a new introduction and 13 recipes from the ABC TV series Maggie Beer’s Big Mission.

Tarts Anon: Sweet and Savoury Tart Brilliance by Gareth Whitton and Catherine Way: Tarts Anon does one thing well – tarts – and this book reveals the secret to making the perfect tart, featuring 50 different recipes from the classic to the experimental. The beautifully designed and photographed hardback contains all the knowledge and inspiration you need to become a tart master, from pastry pitfalls to the ultimate trimmings. Formerly a pastry chef at Heston Blumenthal’s Dinner by Heston, author Gareth Whitton started Tarts Anon as an online side hustle which soon spawned a successful bakery in Melbourne’s Cremorne. This is one stunning title that is guaranteed to level up your tart game! 

Chae: Korean Slow Food for a Better Life by Jung Eun Chae is not just a cookbook but an essential guide to Korean slow food and fermentation.  Chae follows the seasons of a calendar year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each season forms its own chapter with approximately 15–20 recipes and foundations, presenting traditional Korean technique with locally sourced produce. Forget the usual Korean cookbooks of fried chicken, barbecue and bibimbap. This is a radical, restorative journey into the heart of an ancient cuisine.

New Zealand

More From a Quiet Kitchen by Nici Wickes invites you back to her quiet kitchen for a second helping of uncomplicated, delicious recipes. Throughout the global pandemic, Nici shared her recipes and personal stories of dealing with life’s challenges during lockdown on social media, and how she found joy in this uncertain time through the act of cooking good food. Now with climate change affecting her daily coastal life, Nici once again turns to her kitchen and cooking to soothe her mind and indulge her passion for food. Here, the author shares her wisdom on many of the challenges we all face in modern living – being too busy, navigating middle age, grappling with loneliness – accompanied by incredible recipes to ensure you get the most out of life, both in and outside of the kitchen.