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Strawberry Shortcake
Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake excerpted from The Hebridean Baker: The Scottish Cookbook by Coinneach MacLeod. Photography by Susie Lowe.

The Hebridean Baker: The Scottish Cookbook by Coinneach MacLeod

Internationally bestselling author Coinneach MacLeod takes you on a thrilling journey to Scotland―without leaving the comfort of your kitchen!

Join the Hebridean Baker on an irresistible culinary voyage to the heart of Scotland’s islands that will inspire you in the kitchen. From savoury pies to biscuit tin favorites, cakes for every occasion and forgotten culinary gems, these recipes are woven together with a delectable and captivating narrative.

The Hebridean Baker: The Scottish Cookbook is a celebration of tradition, innovation, and the sheer joy of sharing delicious food. Each chapter weaves a broad narrative of tradition, folklore, travel and the vibrant cultural tapestry of the Hebrides whilst inviting readers to savour the essence of Scotland, one delectable recipe at a time. With tales of island life, encounters with pioneering women, the musical influence of Gaelic across the Atlantic, and maritime adventures around lesser-known isles, this is not just a cookbook; it’s a cultural expedition.

What readers are saying about the Hebridean Baker: (more…)

Italian Hot Dogs
Italian Hot Dogs

Italian Hot Dogs excerpted from Food & Other Things I Love: More than 100 Italian American Recipes from My Family to Yours by Caroline Manzo. Photographs copyright © 2024 by Lauren Volo.

Food & Other Things I Love: More than 100 Italian American Recipes from My Family to Yours by Caroline Manzo

From her star turn on the hit series The Real Housewives of New Jersey to her family spin-off Manzo’d with Children, Caroline Manzo has long been a fan favourite. Here, for the very first time, Caroline shares her kitchen secrets in an abundant cookbook filled with over 100 recipes, including:

  • Ready-in-a-snap breakfasts like Baking Dish Frittata and Crab Cake Benedict

  • Lazy summertime lunches like her tried-and-true Down the Shore Smothered Corn Cobs

  • Warm and cozy meal staples like Roasted Red Peppers and Italian Wedding Soup

  • Late-night munchies such as Homemade Truffle Popcorn and Adult Root Beer Floats

  • Italian American classics done Caroline’s way, like her famous Taylor Ham (not to be confused with pork roll) & Cheese Sandwich, Slow-Braised Braciole, Deep Dark Chocolate Pudding Cake, and, of course, Sunday Gravy

Along the way, Caroline shares entertaining behind-the-scenes stories and helpful tips and tricks to making your kitchen, and home, a place for getting the most from what’s on hand, embracing the messy side of life, and celebrating all things big and small. (more…)

Deli Meat Ramen Sandwich
Deli Meat Ramen Sandwich

Deli Meat Ramen Sandwich excerpted from Insanely Good Ramen Meals: The Ramen King Ivan Cookbook by Ivan McCombs. Photography © 2024 David K. Peng.

Insanely Good Ramen Meals: The Ramen King Ivan Cookbook by Ivan McCombs

Learn from the one and only Ivan McCombs, aka Ramen King Ivan, one of the most beloved food creators on Earth, what the quickest, easiest, and most delectable path is from here to a truly spectacular dinner!

You want to eat fresh food, not canned or frozen food. You want to cook it fast—as in five to ten minutes fast. You want ingredient lists that are short and inexpensive. You want what you make to zing with bold, adventuresome flavors from all over the planet. That’s a tall order! But there’s more: You want to have crazy good fun while you cook!

To get all that, there’s only one kitchen companion you want by your side, and that person is the big-spirited, funny-to-the-bones star of TikTok and YouTube known to his millions of fans as Ramen King Ivan. Ivan does not reveal his recipes online. But now at last he has done so, in the pages of this fun, funny, and eminently useful book. The recipes include:

  • Chicken Honey Ramen
  • Fried Chicken and Waffles the Ivan Way
  • Wagyu Beef Ramen
  • Shrimp and Rice Cake Ramen
  • Ramen Deviled Eggs
  • Ramen Breakfast Burrito
  • Thai Chile Rice Cakes
  • Boba Ramen

Sure, Ivan has fun while he cooks, but he takes the quality and flavor of what he cooks one-hundred-percent seriously. You’ll know it when you cook and enjoy any of the recipes in this, his first book, dishes that will keep you well-fed and delighted, 24/7, for years to come. (more…)

Tandoori Wings
Tandoori Wings

Tandoori Wings excerpted from Southern Get-Togethers: A Guide to Hosting Unforgettable Gatherings―Plus Entertaining Inspiration, Tips, and 100+ Recipes by Kelsey Barnard Clark. Photography by Antonis Achilleos.

Southern Get-Togethers: A Guide to Hosting Unforgettable Gatherings―Plus Entertaining Inspiration, Tips, and 100+ Recipes by Kelsey Barnard Clark

Southern Grit author, Top Chef winner, TV personality, and queen of Southern hospitality Kelsey Barnard Clark presents more than 100 irresistible recipes perfect for a crowd, plus all the expert wisdom and inspiration you need to host exceptional gatherings.

“A perfect guide for planning gatherings of any size; great for any collection.”—Library Journal, starred review

Call some friends, arrange some flowers, and whip up a quick bite. Let’s get the party started, y’all!

Chef Kelsey Barnard Clark catered her first wedding at age fifteen and has been hosting events ever since. In these pages, Kelsey distills her hard-earned party-planning wisdom into practical advice for newbie and experienced hosts alike: “I’ve made all the mistakes already, lived to tell the tale, and want to give you the benefit of my experience so you can stop worrying and start celebrating. This is a self-help book for throwing the damn party.”

With more than 100 crowd-pleasing recipes, this book has everything you need to do just that, demonstrating how easy it can be to host anything from a casual stop-by, low country boil, or BYO burger night to a bridal shower brunch, formal French dinner, or hunting season feast. No matter the event, Kelsey’s wide-ranging and accessible recipes make entertaining a joy, never a chore. Recipes include such gems as:

  • NOLA Barbecue Shrimp
  • Southern-Style Ramen
  • KBC’s Smoked Brisket
  • Zucchini Gratin
  • White Sparkling Sangria
  • Bananas Foster
  • And many more Southern classics with a twist (and classics with a Southern twist) like Jambalaya, Hot Honey Chicken, Green Pickled Tomatoes, and Beignets

Helpful tips on tablescaping, flower arranging, menu planning, food buying, and more ensure you have the confidence and know-how to pull off a memorable celebration of any size. Brimming with beautiful food and lifestyle photography, Southern Get-Togethers is a must-have manual on Southern hospitality and a lively, delicious, all-around cookbook that’s calling for a space on your shelf. (more…)

Sugared and Peppered Plum Galette
Sugared and Peppered Plum Galette

Sugared and Peppered Plum Galette excerpted from Galette! by Rebecca Firkser (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2025. Photographs by Jessica Marx.

The genius galette—unfussy, easy to make, and fully customisable—is presented in 50 mouthwatering recipes in a book that every baker needs in their library. 

The galette is a rustic, free-form tart. It requires a few simple ingredients, and minimal equipment, meaning that with some pantry basics, a home cook can put one together for no more than the cost of fresh (or frozen!) produce. A galette can be sweet or savoury, filled with any imaginable combination of fruits or veggies, meats, cheeses, and spices. Great for a party, they can be prepared in advance, but they also come together quickly when you’re in a pinch—and galettes can be made year-round with whatever produce is available.

Galette! celebrates this humble pastry, offering easy-to-follow and customisable recipes. With one basic crust recipe, endless galette possibilities are within reach. Incorporate summer’s bounty into a galette with peaches and granola or use pantry items in a galette with marinated artichokes and tomatoes. Brown-Buttered Apples and Honey, rolled out and baked like a slab pie, is the perfect dessert for a crowd, while individual Lemony Spinach and Rice galettes work well for a family dinner.

No matter the filling, galettes are the ideal, foolproof bake for home cooks. (more…)

Dark Chocolate Tart
Dark Chocolate Tart

Dark Chocolate Tart excerpted from My Vegan Kitchen: Delicious plant-based recipes for every day by Dunja Gulin. Photography by William Reavell.

My Vegan Kitchen: Delicious plant-based recipes for every day by Dunja Gulin

The perfect collection of recipes to equip and inspire anyone starting out on their vegan journey.

60 deliciously achievable recipes from creative chef, teacher, and nutritionist Dunja Gulin that will convert even non-vegans!

Clear, accessible information about key vegan ingredients, getting all the essential vitamins and minerals on a vegan diet, making clever substitutions and how to make and buy everyday store cupboard basics.

Recipes range from tasty breakfast and brunch ideas to simple, fun food for every day, including spicy burgers with sweet potato wedges, tofu sandwiches and a versatile pizza base.

Stylish dishes such as warm spelt and asparagus salad, minestrone with pearl barley, hazelnut panna cotta and cheat’s ice cream make delicious vegan entertaining easy. (more…)

Ricotta and Pistachio Cannoli
Ricotta and Pistachio Cannoli

Ricotta and Pistachio Cannoli excerpted from Disney Enchanted Baking by Thibauld Villanova. Photography by Nicolas Lobbestaël.

Disney Enchanted Baking Hardcover by Thibauld Villanova

Celebrate your love of Disney and Pixar with 33 delicious recipes for you to bake and enjoy! Step-by-step instructions guide you to create savoury breads, irresistible cookies, and party cakes.

BRING THE WORLD OF DISNEY INTO YOUR KITCHEN: Dive into enchanted worlds as you create enticing and delicious recipes that celebrate your favourite characters and movies.

EXPLORE 30+ RECIPES: Create Mousse for Jack-Jack (Incredibles 2), Royal Wedding Cake (The Little Mermaid), Bananas Foster for Louis (The Princess and the Frog), and many more delicious treats for you to enjoy with your family and friends. The step-by-step instructions are illustrated with beautiful photos of completed recipes to help ensure success!

FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS: Perfect for kids, adults, and families, this book has easy-to-follow recipes, making it perfect for fans who want to extend their Disney and Pixar love through baking.

GREAT GIFT IDEA: Perfect for every occasion, Disney fans of all ages will adore this deluxe cookbook.

ADD TO YOUR DISNEY COLLECTION: This delightful book pairs beautifully with the Disney Enchanted Recipes Cookbook. And you can continue to cook with Disney with Insight Editions’ full line of Disney cookbooks, including Disney Villains: Devilishly Delicious Cookbook and Disney Princess: Healthy Treats Cookbook. (more…)

Knobbly Chocolate Oat Cookies
Knobbly Chocolate Oat Cookies

Knobbly Chocolate Oat Cookies excerpted from Small Batch Cookies: Deliciously easy bakes for one to six people by Edd Kimber. Photography copyright 2024 © Edd Kimber.

Small Batch Cookies: Deliciously easy bakes for one to six people by Edd Kimber

“A brilliant idea for a book and a must-have.” – Nigella Lawson

There are times when nothing but a warm chocolate chip cookie will hit the spot. Bad day at work? Chocolate chip cookie. A great day at work? Chocolate chip cookie.

The need for an emergency solitary cookie or two can strike at any time, but baking recipes typically serve large groups, which is perfect for a party, a celebration or a crowd, but not when there’s just one (or two) of you and you would rather not spend the money on making a big batch or be faced with eating the same thing all week.

In Small Batch Cookies, Edd Kimber showed that good things really can come in small packages. For this new book he wants to focus on cookies, probably the easiest – and arguably most popular – kind of baking there is. Nothing has quite the allure of a cookie straight out of the oven! The classic cookie is chocolate chip, but there is no one single perfect version – the variations are endless and range from double and triple chocolate to dark chocolate and cherry, and white chocolate and lemon. Other less familiar but no less delicious types of cookie include vanilla, peanut butter, ginger, oat and raisin and coconut. The recipes also include vegan cookies and cookies for those with allergies and intolerances. (more…)

Isaan-Style Grilled Wings
Isaan-Style Grilled Wings

Isaan-Style Grilled Wings excerpted from Tony Tan’s Asian Cooking Class Hardcover by Tony Tan. Photography by Mark Roper.

Isaan-Style Grilled Wings excerpted from Tony Tan's Asian Cooking Class Hardcover by Tony Tan

“You’ll always leave Tony’s classroom full – both of dim sum and a new perspective on Asian cooking. In this book, he’s sharing his lifetime of expertise and experience with the world. Let Tony be your teacher.”
– Yotam Ottolenghi

“Tony Tan is an Australian national treasure.”
– Helen Goh

“An irresistible journey… where global spices and stories collide in some of the world’s most scintillating flavours.”
– Fuchsia Dunlop

“Tony Tan isn’t an authority on Asian food in Australia – he’s the authority on Asian food in Australia.”
– Pat Nourse

Tony Tan has been cooking, eating, teaching and writing about the foods of Asia for more than four decades. In Tony Tan’s Asian Cooking Class, he shares for the first time more than 150 of his most cooked, beloved and personal recipes from his vast collection. A book for beginners and connoisseurs alike, Tan teaches his contemporary, sometimes adventurous approach to the most important inspirational and evergreen dishes from Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and beyond. From wok sensations to more elaborate dishes, street foods and original creations, Tan’s warmth, erudition and rigour set his food apart. He moves seamlessly between traditionally distinct cuisines, contextualising them for the home cook. (more…)

Green Chermoula Chicken with Yogurt and Radishes
Green Chermoula Chicken with Yogurt and Radishes

Green Chermoula Chicken with Yogurt and Radishes excerpted from Sunlight & Breadcrumbs: Making Food with Creativity & Curiosity by Renee Erickson and Sara Dickerman. Photography by Renee Erickson.

Sunlight & Breadcrumbs: Making Food with Creativity & Curiosity by Renee Erickson and Sara Dickerman

James Beard Award-winning chef Renee Erickson explores the surprising wonder and satisfaction you can find in making everyday food, inspiring us all to cook creatively

After more than 25 years running award-winning restaurants, acclaimed chef Renee Erickson realised that she had started to lose touch with her creative side, which she had nurtured in art school and had always considered as key to her approach to cooking. She decided to reconnect with her creativity by painting, taking photographs, making ceramics, and, of course, cooking.

Sunlight and Breadcrumbs highlights the beauty and creativity in making everyday food at home. To accomplish this, recipes are the jumping-off point―and there are more than 100 of Renee’s best here. But there are also essays that connect the dots between creative practices and the food she cooks. “Work in Progress” sidebars zoom in on the creative decisions made when cooking―the seasonal ingredients, textures, shapes, and colours that help make each meal a more thoughtful expression of life at that moment.

As this book shows, cooking can provide an outlet for meaningful personal expression, even when making decidedly straightforward preparations. Renee highlights the little, easy things that take a simple dish from nice to memorable―like the rich crunch of olive oil–toasted breadcrumbs on top of a hearty escarole salad―and persuades us to seek out and celebrate these details.

While offering a joyful look at creative expression, at its heart this is an approachable cookbook, filled with ideas for weeknight dinners, as well as more leisurely weekend meals. There are also celebratory snacks, including dips and go-to crostini toppings, and easy desserts. (more…)