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Breakfast Naan Pizza
Breakfast Naan Pizza

Breakfast Naan Pizza excerpted from The Chutney Life: 100 Easy-to-Make Indian-Inspired Recipes by Palak Patel. Photography by Emily Dorio.

The Chutney Life: 100 Easy-to-Make Indian-Inspired Recipes by Palak Patel

On her blog, The Chutney Life, Palak Patel breaks down the intricacies of Indian cooking into accessible recipes for all home cooks. From the importance of a good tadka—a means through which whole spices are tempered in oil to increase their flavour profile—to countless easy hacks such as upgrading a classic can of Campbell’s Tomato Soup with a little ginger, garlic, and coriander, these recipes are fresh, inventive, and irresistible.

With Patel’s signature snacks—spreading lasan ni chutney (a spicy spread made by pounding together fresh garlic cloves and chili powder in a mortar and pestle) inside of a quesadilla or adding just a touch of cumin and coriander powder to cream of cauliflower soup—you’ll never get bored or see the same old stuff.

The 100 easy-to-make recipes in this cookbook not only celebrate the Indian food Patel grew up eating but also the loving hands that made that food. Filled with anecdotes, love notes to Patel’s favourite kitchen tools, and many time-saving tips, Patel’s recipes find inspiration in resourcefulness. Busy moms and curious cooks alike will find new, exciting flavours here, inspired by souvenirs of Patel’s travels, makeovers of classics, and Indian remakes of favourites, including: Coconut Shrimp Po’ Boys with Panang Curry Remoulade; Crispy Barbecue Chicken Keema Tacos; Masala Pot Pies covered in beautiful delicious golden puff pastry; and secret recipes for Patel’s unbeatable chutneys. (more…)

Orange and Cardamom French Toast
Orange and Cardamom French Toast

Orange and Cardamom French Toast excerpted from Maman and Me: Recipes from Our Iranian American Family by Roya Shariat and Gita Sadeh. Photographs © 2023 Farrah Skeiky.

Maman and Me: Recipes from Our Iranian American Family by Roya Shariat and Gita Sadeh

You will fall in love with Roya Shariat and her mother, Gita Sadeh, as they welcome you into their home and share their favourite cherished family recipes that include soups and stews, main dishes, desserts, beverages, and so much more. The book takes a unique approach to Iranian cuisine, with recipes and twists that celebrate the evolution of Iranian food in America. Lush, full-colour photographs accompany these stunning recipes, many of which are vegetarian, vegan, and/or gluten-free, and include:

  • Garlicky Eggplant Dip (Kashk Bademjoon)
  • Chilled Yogurt and Herb Soup (Ab Doogh Khiar)
  • Split Chickpea Stew with Crunchy Potatoes (Gheymeh)
  • Sweet and Sour Pomegranate and Walnut Stew (Fessenjoon)
  • Syrupy Semolina Cake (Cake-e Sharbati)
  • Rice! Tahdig three ways, in addition to dishes like Crunchy Baked Saffron Rice with Chicken (Tahchin)
  • And many more

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Simple Dutch Oven Omelet
Simple Dutch Oven Omelet

Simple Dutch Oven Omelet excerpted from Hearty Cast-Iron and Skillet Cooking: 101 Easy-to-Make, Feel-Good Recipes (Fox Chapel Publishing) Comfort Food Cookbook – Cinnamon Rolls, Mac and Cheese, Eggplant Parmesan, Chicken, Chili, and More by Anne Schaeffer.

Hearty Cast-Iron and Skillet Cooking: 101 Easy-to-Make, Feel-Good Recipes (Fox Chapel Publishing) Comfort Food Cookbook - Cinnamon Rolls, Mac and Cheese, Eggplant Parmesan, Chicken, Chili, and More by Anne Schaeffer.

Bring your home cooking anywhere with cast iron!

  • Over 100 recipes using Dutch ovens, skillets, and cast-iron cookware for every meal of the day
  • Easy-to-follow instructions and high-quality photography for each recipe
  • Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and desserts that are real crowd pleasers, including chicken pot pie, a crab bake, pan-seared steak, and more
  • Nostalgic meals for those seeking classic comfort foods made with cast-iron cookware, a timeless classic for modern kitchens

Simmer, sauté, and stew hearty mouthwatering meals in one pan with your cast iron cookware!

Hearty Cast-Iron and Skillet Cooking is filled with tasty and easy Dutch oven and skillet meals that will wow your friends and family, from delicious breakfasts like bacon and potato pancakes or biscuits and gravy to a thick and hearty beef stew for lunch, a chicken marsala dinner, and even a pineapple upside-down cake for dessert!

Cooking with cast-iron can be intimidating for some. This 152-page cookbook takes the mystery and fear out of using a cast-iron skillet or Dutch oven, walking you through the basics of understanding how to use them and take care of them through seasoning, cleaning, and storing. If you like to take your cooking outdoors, you’ll find campfire safety tips, how to build a perfect cooking fire, food temperature safety, cooking tips, and more!

Perfect for bringing home cooking with you to a relaxing camping or cabin getaway, this cookbook presents 101 delicious cast-iron skillet and Dutch oven recipes that are sure to please everyone’s appetite around your table or campfire all day long! Ranging from cinnamon rolls with blueberries and creamy mac and cheese to eggplant parmesan, Italian beef stew, and so much more, you’ll have plenty of wholesome cooking ideas for breakfast, starters, sides, lunches, dinners, and desserts to make.

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Prosciutto Gruyère Croissants
Prosciutto Gruyère Croissants

Prosciutto Gruyère Croissants excerpted from 100 Morning Treats: With Muffins, Rolls, Biscuits, Sweet and Savory Breakfast Breads, and More. Text and photographs © 2023 by Sarah Kieffer.

100 Morning Treats: With Muffins, Rolls, Biscuits, Sweet and Savory Breakfast Breads, and More by Sarah Kieffer

One hundred morning treats to start your day with smiles: These baking projects will bring delight to your family breakfast, a Sunday brunch or bake sale, a morning at the office, or kids’ soccer practice. Whatever your preference alongside your morning cup of coffee or tea—sweet or savory, buttery or flaky, hot off the griddle or taken to go—you’ll find a recipe for it here, from coffee cakes to danishes, doughnuts, scones, quick breads, quiches, and muffins galore!

Filled with more than 120 inspiring photographs, including how-tos for doughs and shaping, and instructions for prepping the night before and baking in the morning, 100 Morning Treats is truly a cookbook for all bakers and a must-have for lovers of 100 Cookies and Sarah’s inventive recipes. (more…)

Frittata
Frittata

Frittata excerpted from In Praise of Home Cooking: Reasons and Recipes by Liana Krissoff. Photography by Chaunté Vaughn.

In Praise of Home Cooking: Reasons and Recipes by Liana Krissoff

Trusted cookbook author Liana Krissoff is back. Previously, she showed you fresh, clever canning recipes; modern slow-cooker recipes; and easy vegetarian crowd-pleasers. Now, Krissoff brings you In Praise of Home Cooking—fit for anyone looking to perfect the staples, parents who want to whip up something tasty, curious kids who want to learn grandma’s secret recipes, and everyone who has gotten tired of those absurdly labor-intensive recipes.

To Krissoff, developing resourceful habits and perfecting uncomplicated dishes––a pot of fluffy rice and one of creamy beans, a seared steak and a colorful salad––are integral to living with great pleasure, and so she shows us the way. Krissoff explores these simple but vital subjects—ranging from how to start a fire in a clearing in the woods to making a simple but celebration-worthy layer cake, and even remembering to make a mug of hot cocoa just because it’s the first cold, gray day of fall—reminding us that appreciating these moments is key to a life well-lived. (more…)

Banana Bread with Brandy Butter Icing
Banana Bread with Brandy Butter Icing

Banana Bread with Brandy Butter Icing excerpted from Sundays: A Celebration of Breakfast and Family in 52 Essential Recipes by Mark Pupo. Copyright © 2023 Mark Pupo.

Sundays: A Celebration of Breakfast and Family in 52 Essential Recipes by Mark Pupo.

A cookbook with a memoir at its heart—about breakfast, the joy of a father and son cooking together, and how we show love through food.

Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day, but it’s also the most intimate and personal. It’s when we’re in our pyjamas and with our families, not quite ready to face the world. It’s what we crave when we want comfort and it’s the easiest way to turn us back into kids again.

Mark Pupo got into the habit of preparing big breakfasts every Sunday with his neurodivergent kindergartener, Sam. Everything else in life was tough and complicated, but making breakfast together was weirdly easy. (It turned out Sam loved to crack eggs, and he was really good at it.) In the kitchen, the pressure was off and they had all the time in the world to goof around. This book is a record of that first year of a father and son cooking together—of what became their weekend ritual. (more…)

Masa Harina Waffle
Masa Harina Waffle

Masa Harina Waffle excerpted from Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple by Jorge Gaviria. Photography by Graydon Herriott.

Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple by Jorge Gaviria MASA is your guide to making authentic, high-quality masa from scratch and cooking with it in your home kitchen.

It’s time to learn the way to a perfect taco, and it all starts with the masa. Like sourdough before it, craft masa is on the brink of a global culinary movement. Jorge Gaviria’s company, Masienda, has become a proxy message board at the center of the swelling masa conversation. With this cookbook, he completes the story of how to create this special building block from scratch.

Brimming with history, replicable techniques, and reflections from masa authorities, including third-generation tortillerxs and acclaimed chefs, MASA reveals the beauty and longstanding traditions behind this elemental staple. In addition to teaching how to make masa from dried corn kernel into a fully realized dish, this book also shows cooks how to use masa in 50 base recipes for tortillas, pozole, tamales, and more, empowering chefs of any level to think creatively and adapt recipes confidently for their own use. (more…)

Overnight Spiced Challah French Toast
Overnight Spiced Challah French Toast

Overnight Spiced Challah French Toast excerpted from Simple Fancy by Jason Santos. Page Street Publishing Co. 2022. Photo credit: Ken Goodman.

Simple Fancy by Jason Santos

Turn your kitchen into the swankiest spot in town with these incredible recipes for any day of the week. Known for his mouthwatering food served up with a side of sass on Hell’s Kitchen and Bar Rescue, Jason Santos is back with a bang―presenting his latest series of restaurant-quality meals fit for any home cook.

With just a few ingredients and easy-to-follow techniques, you can whip up homemade cuisine with all the standout flavors and unique presentation of a professional kitchen. Recipes include: Pan-Seared Sea Scallops, a signature dish from Hell’s Kitchen with the key technique for perfect seared scallops every time Jalapeño, Cheddar, and Bacon Hush Puppies, with Jason’s glowing endorsement: “God, I love these things” Cajun Rotisserie Chicken Dip, which is so good, it’s been featured in just about every publication in Boston Mama Le’s Egg Rolls, a dish so special, Jason once received a bag of them for Christmas Hot Honey Chicken Mac ’n’ Cheese, the perfect comfort food with a twist. (more…)

All-Day Brunch Sheet pan
All-Day Brunch Sheet pan

All-Day Brunch Sheet pan excerpted from Grazing & Feasting Boards: 50 fabulous sharing platters for every mood and occasion by Theo A. Michaels. Photography by Mowie Kay.

Grazing & Feasting Boards: 50 fabulous sharing platters for every mood and occasion by Theo A. Michaels.

In this exciting follow-up to SHARE, Theo Michaels’ new book provides everything you could possibly need to delight a crowd with beautiful boards and platters. Designed for effortless entertaining, this book contains the perfect combination of how-to instructions, shopping lists, and recipes to create sharers for unforgettable snacks, meals and social events.

The cheese board is often the most anticipated delight of any festivity, and here the concept is taken to the next level, with recipes to suit all tastes and occasions. These beautiful boards are both aesthetically pleasing and easy to put together; picture an “Indian Thali Board”, with chutneys, curries, and sundries on a banana leaf, or “Summer Garden” treats of crudités, dips, and edible flowers brightening up any outdoor get-together. (more…)

Fried Egg Salad
Fried Egg Salad

Fried Egg Salad excerpted from Kin Thai: Modern Thai Recipes to Cook at Home by John Chantarasak. Photography by Maureen M. Evans.

Kin Thai: Modern Thai Recipes to Cook at Home

Kin Thai translates as ‘Eat Thai’ and is a collection of 80 delicious recipes that shine a light on lesser known Thai cuisine as well as more popular Thai food classics.

Chapters are structured by type of dish, from snacks and relishes to curries, stir-fries and salads, so you can easily find your favourites – from Roast Duck and Lychee Red Curry (gaeng daeng bpet) and Langoustine and Rhubarb Hot and Sour Soup (dtom yum goong) to Red Fire Greens with Yellow Soybean Sauce (pak kheo fai daeng) and Assorted Flavour One-bite Royal Snack (miang kham).

As well as using ingredients native to Thailand, Chef John Chantarasak explores the origins of the western ingredients, explaining their place in Thai cuisine, and how the competent home cook can use them to achieve Asian flavours. (more…)