Sweetened Roasted Vermicelli excerpted from Pakistan: Recipes and Stories from Home Kitchens, Restaurants, and Roadside Stands by Maryam Jillani. Photography by Sanjeev Thakur.
Pakistan is a groundbreaking cookbook that explores the country’s many regional cuisines, making Pakistani food more accessible than ever to cook and enjoy at home. Thanks to shared borders with Afghanistan, China, India, and Ira, as well as a rich history of migration and trad, Pakistani cuisine draws upon a marvellous array of flavours and ingredients, making food one of the country’s finest qualities.
With recipes for sauces, chutneys, aromatic curries, and subtly spiced vegetables, Pakistan is the perfect introduction for readers new to the cuisine and a welcome reminder of beloved favourites for those already familiar. A showstopping cookbook to be read, savoured, and cooked from every night.
A few of the recipes that await: Spiced Chicken Dumplings, Lentil Fritters in Yogurt, Tangy Potato Curry, Slow-Cooked Lamb, Saffron-Infused Flatbread, and Parsi Wedding Custard.
Pakistan: Recipes and Stories from Home Kitchens, Restaurants, and Roadside Stands by Maryam Jillani is available at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Indigo.ca.
Chocolate Sorbet with Warm Salted Dates excerpted from Hot Date!: Sweet & Savory Recipes Celebrating the Date, from Party Food to Everyday Feasts by Rawaan Alkhatib. Photography by Linda Xiao.
“The most sumptuous cookbook I’ve ever encountered…. Savor this book with your sweetheart, take yourself out on your own date: Hot Date! is a joy.”—The Paris Review
The first comprehensive cookbook on an ancient superfood and the cultures that revere it. Mesmerising and art-packed, Hot Date! features 99 mouthwatering, date-centered recipes that are the perfect mix of traditional favourites and inspired new creations.
This is not simply a cookbook about dates. It is a love song, a celebration of food and culture from a global perspective. Every page is a surprise in this highly colourful volume, with recipes ranging from Brooklyn to Babylon.
Author Rawaan Alkhatib draws inspiration from her Middle Eastern and Indian cooking background to bring a unique perspective to her topic. As a global citizen who has lived and travelled throughout the world, she explores both the significance of the fruit and its chameleon-like characteristics in cooking.
Divided into six chapters, Hot Date! features recipes that are big on flavour and low on fuss, ranging from Party Food (stuffed dates of all kinds!) to Breakfast; Mains; Soups, Salads & Sides; Sweets; and Drinks & Condiments (the Date Chili Crisp is a life changer). Informative sidebars that read like a scrapbook, how-to content, timelines, and historical snippets feature Rawaan’s watercolour illustrations, patterns, and elegant hand-lettering, exploring such topics as:
Date-growing cultures, history, and visits to date farms in Palm Springs, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt
The evolution of the classic Palm Springs date shake
How date palms are pollinated (entirely by hand, to this day—millions of them!)
How to stuff dates
Dates at different stages of ripeness
Shopping and sourcing suggestions
Extensive suggestions for more reading to enter the world of the date
Hot Date! is doing away with the Western practice of viewing dates as a sugar-free substitute and instead gives the fruit the platform and profile it deserves: an entire book filled to the brim with praise, knowledge, and delicious recipes for date novices and connoisseurs alike. (more…)
Over 150 flavourful, everyday vegetarian recipes celebrating the ease and versatility of cooking with vegetables that will satisfy everyone, from award-winning chefs Lynn Crawford and Lora Kirk.
Two Chefs in the Garden is packed with vegetarian recipes inspired by country living, growing vegetables, and a desire to eat more plants. From the endless bounty of their garden—sweet cherry tomatoes, spicy arugula, earthy leeks, zucchini, eggplant, pumpkins, potatoes, and more—chefs and vegetable farmers Crawford and Kirk’s stunning collection of over 150 recipes coax the most out of vibrant seasonal produce in unique and exciting dishes: Pan-Roasted Asparagus with Sage, Shallot Cream, and Crispy Parmesan; Tempura Eggplant Tacos; Garden Ratatouille Pasta Salad; End-of-Summer Tomato Risotto; Celery Root Soup with Brown Butter Sunflower Seed Pesto and Hickory Sticks; Sweet Corn, Potato, and Leek Chowder; Spaghetti Squash Gratin with Leeks and Spinach; Beet Falafel with Lemony Tzatziki; Pumpkin Mac and Cheese; Apple Brown Sugar Pancake; Ginger Rhubarb Custard Tarts; Cherry Ruffled Milk Pie; and Summer Berry Spoon Cake with Vanilla Sauce.
Crawford and Kirk take readers on a culinary tour through a stunning array of recipes, showcasing the abundant rewards of their garden throughout the seasons. You’ll discover new and approachable ways to cook with vegetables and make plant-based foods the central part of your meals. Featuring beautiful photography throughout, Two Chefs in the Garden celebrates the ease and versatility of cooking with vegetables that will satisfy everyone. (more…)
Imperial Cookie dough Cups excerpted from Jenna Rae Cakes at Home: Our Favourite Recipes to Enjoy with Family and Friends by Ashley Kosowan and Jenna Hutchinson. Photography by Ashley Kosowah.
In the second book from celebrated Canadian bakery Jenna Rae Cakes, Jenna and Ashley offer vibrant recipes and inspiration to create new memories in the kitchen with family and friends. Drawing on time spent baking at home, Jenna and Ashley put their signature spin on their most beloved bakes. Think of all your classic favourites, then picture them sprinkled with a little Jenna Rae Cakes magic: Birthday batter waffles flecked with all the colours of the rainbow get piled high with a scoop of birthday batter whip on top, a simple loaf of bread turns psychedelic with its blue and pink swirls, and thumbprint cookies explode with Blue Razz flavour that will leave you wanting more.
Known for their step-by-step approach that makes even the most elaborate presentations achievable, these recipes do not sacrifice style. With less time spent fussing over the baking, you’ll have more time to turn your creations into cookie crumble, strawberry glazed, red velvet, cotton candy delights your friends and family will enjoy with their eyes as much as their taste buds. Even modest treats like Lemon Crinkle Cookies and Crispy Rice Squares will dazzle. And for those who want to level up, recipes for Strawberry Shortcake Cannoli or Lime Cheesecakes Danishes teach techniques that will make your baking look professional.
Ashley and Jenna have written recipes for all the home bakers out there looking for ways to transform everyday moments and simple desserts from run of the mill to inspired, sweet favourites you’ll find yourself returning to again and again. Take a look inside…you won’t be disappointed! (more…)
Scottish Cranachan excerpted from A Taste of Disney: Snacks: Bite-Size Recipes in a Snack-Size Book by Insight Editions.
Enjoy a taste of Disney with this pocket-size cookbook of snacks inspired by your favourite animated adventures!
Celebrate your love of Disney films with this adorable cookbook filled with the most delicious snacks from Insight Editions’ bestselling Disney and Pixar cookbooks.
BITE-SIZE AND DELICIOUS: Tempt your tastebuds with these simple recipes featuring everyday ingredients. Enjoy White Rabbit’s Garden Crudité (Alice in Wonderland), Merida Cranachan (Brave), Bare Necessities Banana Muffins (The Jungle Book), Mug of Meat (The Emperor’s New Groove), Icicle Cookies (Frozen), and so many more delicious creations to munch on!
GREAT GIFT: Perfect for holidays, party hosts, birthdays—and un-birthdays, of course! It’s sure to be a delight for any Disney fan
BEAUTIFUL AND CUTE: This fully licensed cookbook features gorgeous recipe photos, beautiful styling, and artful appearances of the characters you love
A Taste of Disney: Snacks: Bite-Size Recipes in a Snack-Size Book by Insight Editions is available at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Indigo.ca.
Turn your kitchen into the world’s best bakery with this “comprehensive [and] extraordinarily useful” collection of 200 sweet and savory baking recipes from the James Beard Award-winning team at Milk Street.
The American baking repertoire may be unparalleled in our claim to pies, biscuits, and cakes. But step off a plane in London, Mexico City, Istanbul, or Paris, and you realize how much more there we can learn about the art of simple, delicious baked goods.
We found a simple Spanish almond cake that uses no wheat flour. Loaf cakes that balance the sugar with slightly-bitter rye. Super-creamy Basque cheesecake that requires no water bath. Mexican sweet corn cake made in a blender. Or Catalan biscotti, sticky chocolate cake from Sweden, and crispy spinach and cheese borek from Türkiye.
We also include forgotten American recipes such as maple-glazed hermits and new classics such as peanut butter banana cream pie. And we go beyond sweets to include yeasted breads, savoury tarts, pizzas, and flatbreads (some made in a skillet in minutes).
Most of these recipes are easier than you’d think, from beer pretzels to Danish dream cake. But in baking, the little things count—so Milk Street is here to help you avoid pitfalls with recipes that you can count on.
Our promise to you is that you will become the best baker you know!
Spiced plum, red wine and amaretti crumble excerpted from The Wine Lover’s Kitchen: Delicious recipes for cooking with wine by Fiona Beckett. Photography by Mowie Kay.
Over 70 recipes that showcase delicious ways of cooking with wine—the magic ingredient.
Author Fiona Beckett is the Guardian’s wine writer. She is also a cookery writer and a contributing editor to Decanter and Fork magazines and a leading authority on food and wine matching.
In this beautifully photographed book, featuring more than 70 delicious recipes, she expands on the idea that cooking with wine is an easy way to make meals special. Included is a detailed introduction to wine, plus a section covering ’10 Things You Need to Know About Cooking with Wine.’ Each dish also includes a wine pairing to ensure every meal will be a perfect marriage of food and wine.
Starting with Soups, Salads & Appetizers, there are recipes such as Warm Scallop Salad with Crispy Pancetta and Parsnip Crisps, Radicchio and Blue Cheese Salad. The next chapter, Pasta and Grains, includes Sticky Pork Mac’n’Cheese and Slow-cooked Ragu. Fish & Seafood has recipes for Moules Mariniéres with Muscadet and Fine Wine Fish Pie. Meat and Chicken features a classic Coq Au Vin and a delicious Duck Casserole with Red Wine, Cinnamon and Olives. Try recipes in the Vegetable Dishes and Pulses/Legumes section, such as Caponata and Chestnut, Mushroom and Madeira Tarts. The book rounds off with delightful Sweet Things & Baking with Peaches in Prosecco and Chocolate & Cabernet Pots, then concludes with Sauces, Butters & Relishes.
The Wine Lover’s Kitchen: Delicious recipes for cooking with wine by Fiona Beckett is available atAmazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Indigo.ca.
Crown Pavlova excerpted from Christmas at the Palace: A Cookbook: 50+ Festive Holiday Recipes by Carolyn Robb.Photography by John Kernick.
The former royal chef to TRH The Prince & Princess of Wales, Prince William, and Prince Harry shares 50 of her best-loved Christmas recipes, set against a backdrop of historical royal Christmas traditions.
Some of Britain’s best-loved Christmas traditions are brought to life in this colourful collection of recipes. Former royal chef Carolyn Robb presents 50 festive ideas that will inspire cooks and ‘lovers-of-Christmas’, of all ages. Set against a backdrop of historical royal traditions and 8 splendid palaces, the recipes in this book offer an authentic, yet contemporary, taste of the timeless tradition of a British Christmas; featuring everything from a Gingerbread Village to Bramble Vodka, Blue Cheese and Walnut Biscuits to Tomato and Sweet Red Pepper Relish.
ROYAL INSIDER: Carolyn Robb served as a personal chef to the Royal Family for 13 years, creating everything from intimate family meals to formal events.
50 RECIPES: This collection includes something for everyone including a breakfast menu fit for a King, magical edible creations for children and even Christmas preserves.
INSPIRING IMAGES: Filled with beautiful food photography and inspiration for creating a festive feast fit for a Queen! (more…)
In Nature’s Candy, award-winning cookbook author Camilla Wynne welcomes you into the magical world of candying fruit—the classic tradition of imbuing fruit with sugar to preserve it as a glistening confection—and tempts curious bakers to work with this fascinating ingredient in a choose your own adventure–style masterclass. Will you candy the whole fruit (cherries, anyone?) or just pieces (hello, orange peel!)? And which of Camilla’s classic and contemporary baking recipes will you select to let it shine? Will it be the Stollen Pound Cake or maybe the Ginger Cashew Caramel Corn? Or perhaps the Banana Split Blondies?
As Camilla’s previous cookbook, Jam Bake, was for baking with jam, Nature’s Candy is a game-changing cookbook for baking with candied fruit, thanks to its:
Foundational Candying Methods: With nine streamlined techniques to candy your fruit—and a handy chart to guide you on which candied methods are best for each type of fruit—you will create artisanal, jewel-like confections in no time.
Decadent Recipes for Bakers of All Levels: Level up your baking and confection-making by using candied fruit (and its syrup) in accessible recipes for cakes, cookies, pies, and even more fruity desserts. Enjoy Red Currant Cupcakes, Fruitcake Cookies, Candied Fig & Walnut Baklava, and many more.
Helpful Tips, Simplifications & More: Thanks to Camilla’s FAQ section, tips, and substitutions, candying fruit is now as easy as baking cookies. And if you don’t feel like candying, don’t let that stop you baking—just follow Camilla’s helpful advice on using store-bought candied fruit instead.
Los Angeles native Vanessa Seder lived in Brooklyn and Boston before she landed in Maine—a place where this chef, food stylist, and recipe developer learned to love the culinary upside of raising a family in a place where it’s so cold, for so long.
In this book, Seder shares seventy-five of her favorite recipes that take the edge off any chill, from long, slow braises and simmers perfect for a winter afternoon at home to weeknight meals that draw on ingredients and nutrients that will power you and your family through a cold snap to recipes and menus for holidays and cozy gatherings. The book also includes recipes for sweets like homemade caramels and invigorating grapefruit-flavored cookies; warm drinks like teas, toddies, and several versions of hot chocolate; and pantry staples like marmalades and flavored salts. The style and imagery of the book is bright and inviting, designed to combat any winter blues.
Warm Your Bones is perfect for at-home cooks who have an interest in international cuisines, for those who practice hygge, and for individuals who generally enjoy the coziness of winter.
Warm Your Bones: 75 Cozy Recipes for Chilly Days and Winter Nights – A Cookbook by Vanessa Seder is available at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Indigo.ca.
