Appetizers

Mustard Caviar Egg Bites
Mustard Caviar Egg Bites

Mustard Caviar Egg Bites excerpted from Gather Together: Delightful Décor and Simple Recipes for Every Occasion. Text and Photography © 2026 by Robyn Chubey

Gather Together: Delightful Décor and Simple Recipes for Every Occasion by Robyn Chubey

Dazzle your guests with enticing seasonal menus and eye catching décor all year round.

Packed with vibrant photographs and helpful tips for all your hosting needs, Gather Together takes the stress out of entertaining with more than 100 food and décor ideas for every holiday and occasion. From showstopping centerpieces to mouthwatering bites, this book is organized by season and offers recipes for appetizers, drinks, meals and desserts, along with beautiful DIY decorations.

Begin your hosting adventure by reviewing the foundational elements of a welcoming, stylish table, from linens and cutlery to essential tools and equipment. All can be affordably sourced at big box stores or supermarkets. Then dive into easy to create decorations and recipes for seasonal celebrations, including:

Picnic in the Sun

An elevated spread under dappled sunlight, complete with a blanket, basket and low table. The menu features creamy Coconut Custard and fruit served on Marvelous Mini Pavlovas, along with a refreshing Raspberry Mint Green Tea.

Al Fresco Dinner

An elegant open air affair that embraces the beauty of nature, featuring a table set with herb bouquet place markers. The menu includes Smoked Pineapple Pork Skewers drizzled with Chimichurri Sauce and a Rosemary Lemonade Fizz. (more…)

Zucchini Fritters
Zucchini Fritters

Zucchini Fritters excerpted from My Greek Mom’s Recipes: She Died. I Wrote This Cookbook by Gus Constantellis. Photography by Sheneur Menaker.

My Greek Mom's Recipes: She Died. I Wrote This Cookbook by Gus Constantellis

Classic Greek recipes with a side of humour and heart.

Stand up comedian Gus Constantellis draws inspiration for his material and online content from his family, especially his mother, Julia, who became a social media star and “Greek mother” to an entire online community. When she died suddenly in August 2023, that community mourned with him.

My Greek Mom’s Recipes is Gus’s deeply personal tribute to his mother, an immigrant who never learned English yet managed to achieve the American dream. Every dish comes with a story about Julia, making this cookbook as much a celebration of family as it is a collection of recipes.

Equal parts hilarious and heartfelt, the book offers a comedian’s candid look at grief and family. It will resonate with anyone who has ever had an overbearing but fiercely loving mother, the kind who expresses affection through food, tough love and a whole lot of opinions.

And the 75 recipes themselves are the real deal. Because if there was one thing Julia was known for, besides her razor sharp humour, it was her unforgettable cooking.

Recipes include:

  • A Greek Easter feast
  • Spanakopita (Spinach Pie)
  • Tzatziki (Yogurt Garlic Sauce)
  • Pastitsio (Baked Ziti)
  • Avgolemono (Chicken Lemon Soup)
  • Patates Lemonates (Lemon Potatoes)
  • Baklava
  • And much more!

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Ful Medames, Harissa Roast Tomatoes & Pickled Chilli Salsa
Ful Medames, Harissa Roast Tomatoes & Pickled Chilli Salsa

Ful Medames, Harissa Roast Tomatoes & Pickled Chilli Salsa excerpted from Centerpiece: Bold, vibrant recipes to put vegetables in the spotlight by Helen Graham. Photography by Yuki Sugiura.

Centerpiece: Bold, vibrant recipes to put vegetables in the spotlight by Helen Graham

A celebration of bold, vibrant vegetarian dishes designed to inspire, delight and put vegetables exactly where they belong: centre stage.

Drawing inspiration from the rich flavours of the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Helen Graham‘s Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, this cookbook features 100 inventive, vegetable based recipes that will transform your table. With accessible ingredients and simple methods, Graham’s flavour packed combinations of spices, herbs and sauces elevate vegetables into something truly showstopping.

What’s Inside

The Meal Before the Meal
Mushrooms with Tamari & Pomegranate Skewers
Halloumi Ricotta Fritters with Spiced Lemon ‘Honey’

The Main Event
Harissa Roast Carrots, Mango Labneh & Mint
Hispi Cabbage with Date Butter & Tahini

On the Side
Potato Salad with Basil Zhoug & Coconut Crunch
Hawaij Roast Potatoes with Preserved Lemon Roast Shallots

Something Sweet
Za’atar & Cherry Chocolate Refrigerator Cake Bars
Poppy Seed & Orange Blossom Babka

About Helen Graham

Helen Graham was Executive Chef at the renowned London restaurant Bubala for five years, following roles at critically acclaimed restaurants including The Palomar and The Barbary, as well as the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen.

Praise for Helen Graham

Meera Sodha: “Helen’s recipes are the most exciting thing to have happened to vegetables since Ottolenghi.”

Anna Jones: “Original, do-able, unquestionably delicious vegetable recipes. I love this book.”

Jay Rayner: “Helen Graham has a thrillingly unique way with flavours, which makes you look at familiar ingredients anew. Her bold plant based cookery takes the Middle Eastern repertoire and shakes it by the scruff of the neck.”

Yotam Ottolenghi: “Helen carries the torch for all the ingredients I love most. Vegetables behaving exactly as they should. A cook after my own heart.”

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Silky roasted garlic hummus + courgette bowl
Silky roasted garlic hummus + courgette bowl

Silky roasted garlic hummus + courgette bowl excerpted from Bold Beans Full of Beans: Delicious Beany Recipes to Obsess Over by Amelia Christie-Miller. Photography by Sam A. Harris.

Bold Beans Full of Beans: Delicious Beany Recipes to Obsess Over by Amelia Christie-Miller“Beans are quite simply one of the best foods you can eat, so get stuck in!”
– Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall

“This book is the PR beans have always deserved!”
– Yotam Ottolenghi

Get ready to become bean obsessed.

Back by popular demand, this book features 70 brand new, individually photographed recipes from the trailblazing Bold Beans company. Following the Sunday Times bestseller Bold Beans: Recipes to get your Pulse Racing, a growing community of so called bean champs emerged across social media, supermarkets, independent food stores and word of mouth – all calling for more brilliant bean recipes.

Organised by type of bean and showcasing the brand’s newly launched black beans, borlotti beans, queen carlin peas, and queen red beans, the book introduces fresh ideas like beanottos and tray bakes. The result is food that is super healthy, totally unprocessed, planet friendly, and deeply satisfying.

Recipes include:
– Sausage and butter bean stew
– Chickpea, sweet potato and peanut butter curry
– Spiced onion and borlotti bean frittata
– Crispy chorizo and red bean shakshuka with charred padron peppers (more…)

Tamarind Barbecue Chicken Wings
Tamarind Barbecue Chicken Wings

Tamarind Barbecue Chicken Wings excerpted from Eat Jewish: Over 100 Recipes That Blend Jewish Heritage, Modern Flavors, and Family Traditions by Melinda Strauss © 2025 by Quarto Publishing Group USA, Inc. Photography by Schneur Menaker.

Eat Jewish: Over 100 Recipes That Blend Jewish Heritage, Modern Flavors, and Family Traditions by Melinda Strauss

Carry on the rich customs and flavours of Jewish food culture with over 100 comforting kosher recipes, both traditional and modern.

Food serves as a bridge connecting us to our ancestral roots and shared heritage. When we share food, we’re also sharing our culture and history. In Eat Jewish, Jewish social media influencer Melinda Strauss (@therealmelindastrauss) embraces this connection by pairing kosher recipes with key stories and insights into Jewish life, history, and heritage.

Addressing commonly asked questions about Jewish customs along the way, Melinda identifies and celebrates regional flavours drawn from thousands of years of Jewish wandering across the globe. Including easy-to-follow recipes for challah breads, dips, soups, dairy and non-dairy dishes, desserts, and holiday recipes, this is your warm, welcoming companion to Jewish cooking at home.

Packed with mouthwatering photos, learn how to make:

  • Sweet and Fluffy Challah
  • Schmaltz Matzah Balls
  • Barbecue Brisket Soup
  • Classic Potato Latkes
  • Panko-Crusted Gefilte Fish
  • Israeli Chicken Sofrito
  • Butternut Squash Kugel
  • Spaetzle with Mushroom Sauce
  • Turkish Cheese Borekas
  • Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookie Sticks
  • Cinnamon Bun Challah Bread Pudding
  • Cold Brew Cheesecake
  • and more!

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Potato Knishes
Potato Knishes

Potato Knishes excerpted from RUSS & DAUGHTERS: 100 Years of Appetizing by Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper. Copyright © 2025 by Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper. Reprinted with permission from Flatiron Books. All rights reserved. Photography by Gentl & Hyers. Illustrations by Jason Polan, LLC.

Russ & Daughters: 100 Years of Appetizing by Niki Russ Federman, Josh Russ Tupper, Joshua David SteinFrom the legendary New York destination for Jewish appetizing, a beautiful and inspiring cookbook that encompasses history, tradition, and absolutely delicious food

In 1907, a Jewish immigrant named Joel Russ landed in New York City, where he took a pushcart of herring and built a legacy that would pass down through fathers and daughters (and sons and husbands and wives) for more than a hundred years. Four generations later, the ancestral heart of Russ & Daughters continues to bustle on the Lower East Side, with three more locations throughout the city.

Over the course of a century, Russ & Daughters has fed hundreds of thousands of customers, many considering a visit to the original shop on East Houston a family tradition, weekly ritual, or New York experience. Now, for the first time, Russ & Daughters brings its world-famous institution into readers’ homes. Its rich history is told through insider anecdotes from the family and characters on both sides of the counter; illuminating guides to its most famed offerings―smoked salmon, sable, sturgeon, herring, and caviar; and more than 100 cherished recipes for favorite foods like latkes, matzo ball soup, babka, and bagels, among many others.

Nothing can ever replace the experience of taking a number, kibbitzing with a slicer, waiting in line, and ordering your whitefish or belly lox. Yet this book captures some of that infectious Russ & Daughters appetizing spirit, and most importantly, brings families and friends together around the table. (more…)

Warm and Spicy Shrimp, Mango, and Avocado Salad
Warm and Spicy Shrimp, Mango, and Avocado Salad

Warm and Spicy Shrimp, Mango, and Avocado Salad excerpted from Trust Your Gut: Anti-Inflammatory Recipes for Feeling Unstoppable by Jennifer Fisher. Photographs copyright © 2025 Quentin Bacon.

Trust Your Gut: Anti-Inflammatory Recipes for Feeling Unstoppable by Jennifer FisherFrom Jennifer Fisher, the cult-favourite jewelry designer and creator of Jennifer Fisher Kitchen, a must-have cookbook with 100 recipes designed to maximize your energy, stay clear-headed, and look hot at any age

Since being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease in high school and learning how to listen to her body as an adult, Jennifer Fisher has completely transformed her life through what she consumes. She now has more energy. Her body feels more efficient, and it’s easier to think—and move.

Through her journey, Fisher found that it wasn’t just eliminating one thing or following one diet, as she had tried so many times before, but practicing all of these things in tandem.

She has made it her mission to demystify how to live healthfully—it’s not by following a diet but instead discovering a holistic approach to changing your life through food. Fisher knows firsthand how daunting it is to live with chronic illness, and Trust Your Gut offers quick and easy recipes that are simple but always deliver on flavor.

The book is filled with recipes that include easy swaps to fit anybody’s dietary needs as well as ideas for how to eat out while still understanding what your body needs. Trust Your Gut is a cookbook designed for anyone wanting to eat healthily but not compromise on taste. (more…)

Fig, Prosciutto, and Burrata Salad
Fig, Prosciutto, and Burrata Salad excerpted from Sookie’s Recipe Book: Gilmore Girls: An Official Cookbook (Gilmore Girls: Official Cookbooks) by Elena Craig, Elizabeth Fish, and Micol Ostow. Photography by Ted Thomas.

Fig, Prosciutto, and Burrata Salad excerpted from Sookie’s Recipe Book: Gilmore Girls: An Official Cookbook (Gilmore Girls: Official Cookbooks) by Elena Craig, Elizabeth Fish, and Micol Ostow. Photography by Ted Thomas.

Sookie's Recipe Book: Gilmore Girls: An Official Cookbook (Gilmore Girls: Official Cookbooks) by Elena Craig,  Elizabeth Fish, and Micol Ostow

Straight from the Dragonfly Inn’s executive chef, Sookie’s Recipe Book teaches fans how to make iconic recipes as only Sookie St. James can!

Join Sookie in the kitchen for an in-world culinary journey through Gilmore Girls featuring easy-to-follow recipes for all her elaborate creations, including Famous Peach Sauce, Rocky Road Cookies, each course of the Bracebridge Dinner, and her iconic Hot House Tomato Salad. In this official cookbook, you’ll find the lovable chef’s uniquely enthusiastic (and perhaps a little frenzied) take on dozens of memorable gastronomical moments in the show. The more than 75 recipes include:

Breakfast: “I Have My Standards” Omelets, Blueberry-Lemon Pancakes, Belgian Waffles with Famous Peach Sauce, Shirred Eggs with Chive, Currant and Spice Scones

Starters: The Original Onion Dip, Rory’s Birthday Angel Wings, Walnut Arugula Gorgonzola Crostini, “The Lettuce is Dry” BLT Soup

Sandwiches, Sides, and Salads: Jackson’s Vegetables Carpaccio, Not Jackson’s Vegetables Ratatouille, Warm Potato and Chorizo Salad, Sweet Potato Biscuit Sandwiches

Mains: “Four in Four” Coq au Vin, Chicken and Dumpling Casserole, Pasta a la Sookie, Butternut Squash Pasta Purses, Bracebridge Dinner “Peacock” Pie (more…)

Heirloom Tomato Toasts
Heirloom Tomato Toasts

Heirloom Tomato Toasts excerpted from Brunch Season: A Year of Delicious Mornings from the Buttermilk Kitchen by Suzanne Vizethann. Photography by Kelly Berry.

Brunch Season: A Year of Delicious Mornings from the Buttermilk Kitchen by Suzanne Vizethann 

From the Buttermilk Kitchen, a beautiful, year-round, go-to cookbook highlighting more than 60 made-from-scratch brunch recipes incorporating fresh fruits and vegetables at their peak times of year.

Brunch is a lovely way to celebrate a meal with friends and family, and a great way to make any midday or mid-week dining special. The recipes in Brunch Season: A Year of Delicious Mornings from the Buttermilk Kitchen include both sweet and savoury dishes, drawing ideas from Buttermilk Kitchen breakfast favourites, and adding seasonal soups and salads, as well as drinks. Chef Suzanne Vizethann’s fresh farm-to-table approach to this cookbook, divided into spring, summer, fall, and winter chapters, reflects her commitment to providing high-quality meals made with ripe, flavourful ingredients.

All of the recipes are simple yet refined, and the seasonal section openers include a list of peak ingredients for that season. For spring, you will find recipes such as Young Garlic and Radish Focaccia and Rhubarb Cobbler; for summer, Heirloom Tomato Toasts and Watermelon Mimosas; for fall, Roasted Squash Oatmeal with Crispy Rosemary Seeds and Chocolate Hazelnut Sticky Cake; for winter, Coddled Egg with Creamed Kale and Winter Citrus with Whipped Ricotta and Honey. The home cook can expect balanced dishes that are as beautiful as they are delicious. (more…)

Mussels in Red Sauce with Fried Garlic Bread
Mussels in Red Sauce with Fried Garlic Bread

Mussels in Red Sauce with Fried Garlic Bread excerpted from Out There: A Camper Cookbook: Recipes from the by Lee Kalpakis. Photography by Brittany Barb.

Out There: A Camper Cookbook: Recipes from the by Lee Kalpakis

“This cookbook helps you cook luxuriously with the simplest kitchen set-up…tempting recipes and hard-won wisdom.”
– The Wall Street Journal

“A beautifully illustrated cookbook with over 50 recipes much more sophisticated than grilled hot dogs and s’mores…”
– The Huffington Post

An adventure-rich collection of easy, flavourful, beautiful recipes to make over a campfire and enjoy in the great outdoors.

Out There: A Camper Cookbook presents the story and recipes of Lee Kalpakis, a professional cook who returned home to the Catskill Mountains after 14 years in New York City to live in an off-grid camper in the woods.

Along with delicious, sophisticated recipes, Lee shares how to get the most out of an unconventional kitchen. This is a guide for pairing down kitchen clutter and stocking up a versatile pantry while maximising the efficiency of any small cooking space.

75 RECIPES: Delicious and beautiful recipes for entertaining–in the wild–from a professional chef and food stylist (more…)