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Roman Stuffed Tomatoes
Roman Stuffed Tomatoes

Roman Stuffed Tomatoes excerpted from Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking: Traditional Family Recipes From Italy’s Best Home Cooks by Vicky Bennison. Copyright photography © Lizzie Mayson.

Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking: Traditional Family Recipes From Italy’s Best Home Cooks

Spending time with our family and friends has never felt so important—and so often this means cooking for the ones you love.

Who better to take inspiration from than Pasta Grannies who have spent their lifetimes plating up comfort and connection? Vicky Bennison, the author of the bestselling Pasta Grannies cookbook, brings more heart-warming recipes and stories from our favourite Italian grandmothers in this easy-to-follow, crowd-pleasing recipe book shows you how to make authentic Italian food that everyone will enjoy.

Discover 91-year-old Pina’s chestnut gnocchi with walnut pesto, lovingly made with ingredients she grows around her home in Liguria; or 99-year-old Marietta’s special tagliatelle recipe, which is not really a recipe at all but a reflection of her vegetable garden, the Calabrian countryside and the changing seasons. As well as meat, seafood and vegetable pasta recipes, chapters cover pizzas, pastries and pies, rice and pulses, dairy and herbs, nuts and spices. (more…)

Garlic Shrimp Mafaldine
Garlic Shrimp Mafaldine

Garlic Shrimp Mafaldine, reprinted with permission from Simple Pasta by Odette Williams, copyright (c) 2022. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. Photographs copyright © Graydon Herriott.

Simple Pasta: Pasta Made Easy. Life Made Better. by Odette Williams

In Simple Pasta, Odette Williams makes homemade pasta easy, fun, and delicious. With just three base doughs, there are endless possibilities for creating memorable, transporting meals with friends and family. Of course, if you prefer (or just need the convenience of) store-bought pasta, that’s always an option too.

Discover new favourite and beloved classics, like:

• Beet and Carrot Agnolotti with Sage-Hazelnut Butter
• Creamy Wild Mushroom Gnocchi
• Cacio e Pepe
• Carbonara
• Beef Short Rib Ragù and Pappardelle
• Zucchini and Basil Casarecce
• Wicked White Bolognese
• Crispy Italian Sausage and Broccolini Orecchiette

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Eggplant and Vegetable Stew
Eggplant and Vegetable Stew

Eggplant and Vegetable Stew excerpted from Cooking alla Giudia by Benedetta Jasmine Guetta (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2022.

Cooking alla Giudia: A Celebration of the Jewish Food of Italy by Benedetta Jasmine Guetta

Cooking alla Giudia is the ultimate tribute to the wonderfully rich, yet still largely unknown, culinary heritage of the Jews of Italy. From Roman deep-fried artichokes (carciofi alla giudia) to Venetian sarde in saor (sweet-and-sour sardines), Apulian orecchiette pasta, and Sicilian caponata, some of Italy’s best-known dishes are Jewish in origin. But little is known about the Jewish people in Italy and their culinary traditions.

It was the Jews, for example, who taught Italians to eat the eggplant, and thus helped inspire the classic eggplant parmigiana and many other local specialties. With a collection of kosher recipes from all regions of Italy, including plenty of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options, author Benedetta Jasmine Guetta is on a mission to tell the story of how the Jews changed Italian food, to preserve these recipes, and to share with home cooks the extraordinary dishes prepared in the Jewish communities of Italy.

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Baked Zucchini with Italian Meat Sauce
Baked Zucchini with Italian Meat Sauce

Baked Zucchini with Italian Meat Sauce, excerpted from Mangiamo by Mark Perlioni and Angela Persicke. Page Street Publishing Co. 2022. Photo credit: Angela Persicke.

Mangiamo by Mark Perlioni and Angela Persicke.From delicious homemade pasta to spot-on risottos to fan favourite gelato, bring the best dishes of Italy to your own kitchen with the help of Italian-American chef Mark Perlioni and Angela Persicke’s standout recipes.

Mark’s journey to reconnect with his Italian roots and lifelong love of cooking combine for delicious results―like Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Rosemary Garlic Brown Butter Sauce, Italian Sausage Lasagna and Chianti Braised Beef with Creamy Cheese and Spinach Polenta. Foundational recipes for pasta dough, homemade sauces and condiments and more level up into full meal showstoppers that you’ll find yourself making again and again.

Inspiration from Mark’s family recipes, trips to Italy and experimentation in Mark and Angela’s home kitchen help favourites like Chicken Piccata with Lemon Caper Butter Sauce, Lemon Parmesan Orzo, Italian Wedding Soup and Hazelnut Tiramisu blend the best of tradition with new innovations for restaurant-quality meals sure to please a crowd.

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Tomato, Courgette and Olive Pasta
Tomato, Courgette and Olive Pasta

Tomato, Courgette and Olive Pasta, One-Pot Vegan: Easy Vegan Meals in Just One Pot by Sabrina Fauda-Rôle. Photography by Rebecca Genet.

ONE-POT VEGAN: EASY VEGAN MEALS IN JUST ONE POT by Sabrina Fauda-Role

Bringing together classic dishes and fresh recipe ideas, One-Pot Vegan teaches you how to cook over 80 vegan meals in just one pot.

From weeknight essentials to gatherings and celebrations, there’s something for every occasion. Start your day with Banana and Almond Pancakes, try your hand at a speedy Gnocchi and Spinach Pasta, ready in just 15 minutes, and cook up a rather impressive Dried Tomato Risotto.

Filled with inspiration for simple, healthy, delicious vegan meals, One-Pot Vegan contains a wide variety of ingenious recipes, perfect for any night of the week.

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Beer-Braised Beef Short Ribs
Beer-Braised Beef Short Ribs

Beer-Braised Beef Short Ribs, excerpted from Lidia’s a Pot, a Pan, and a Bowl by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali. Copyright © 2021 Tutti a Tavola, LLC. Photography by Armando Rafael. Published by Appetite by Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.

Lidia's a Pot, a Pan, and a Bowl: Simple Recipes for Perfect Meals Lidia Bastianich—”doyenne of Italian cooking” (Chicago Times)—makes Italian cooking easy for everyone with this new, beautifully designed, easy-to-use cookbook. Here are more than 100 homey, simple-to-prepare recipes that require fewer steps and fewer ingredients (not to mention fewer dirty pots and pans!), without sacrificing any of their flavour.

These are just a few of the delectable dishes that fill this essential book of recipes:

•  Spinach, Bread, and Ricotta Frittata
•  One-Pan Chicken and Eggplant Parmigiana
•  Roasted Squash and Carrot Salad with Chickpeas and Almonds
•  Penne with Cauliflower and Green Olive Pesto
•  Balsamic Chicken Stir-Fry
•  Skillet Lasagna
•  Braised Calamari with Olives and Peppers
•  Beer-Braised Beef Short Ribs
•  Apple Cranberry Crumble

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Giant Meatballs in Marinara
Giant Meatballs in Marinara

Giant Meatballs in Marinara, Trisha’s Kitchen: Easy Comfort Food for Friends and Family by Trisha Yearwood. Photography © 2021 by Ben Fink.

Trisha's Kitchen: Easy Comfort Food for Friends and Family Trisha Yearwood’s fans know that she can cook up a comforting, delicious meal that will feed a family! Like her earlier bestsellers, Trisha’s Kitchen will include new family favourites and easy-to-make comfort foods, with stories about her family and what’s really important in life.

The 125 recipes include dishes her beloved mother used to make, plus new recipes like Pasta Pizza Snack Mix and Garth’s Teriyaki Bowl. Every recipe tells a story, whether it’s her grandma’s Million Dollar Cupcakes or her Camo Cake that she made for her nephew’s birthday.

As Trisha says: “I love to cook now more than I ever have because, for me, cooking is about love. It’s sharing a meal with family and friends and talking about our lives. It’s working out thoughts in my head about what I need to conquer or accomplish while I’m working on a homemade pastry crust. Sometimes the feel of cold butter in my hands working through the flour just makes me see things more clearly.”

Trisha’s Kitchen: Easy Comfort Food for Friends and Family is available at Amazon.com and Indigo.ca.  (more…)

Italian Brioche Croissants
Italian Brioche Croissants

Italian Brioche Croissants, Torta della Nonna: A Collection of the Best Homemade Italian Sweets by Emiko Davies. Photography © Lauren Bamford.

Italian Brioche Croissants, Torta della Nonna: A Collection of the Best Homemade Italian Sweets by Emiko Davies.

Torta della Nonna brings together the best Italian sweets recipes from Emiko Davies’ books, Florentine, Acquacotta, and Tortellini at Midnight, plus five brand new recipes.

Across eight chapters, this stunning collection features classic well-known recipes, as well as family recipes passed from generation to generation.

Recipes include sweet Italian breakfasts (including Lemon and ricotta cake, Italian brioche croissants, and Little custard and quince jam pies); classic treats from nonna’s oven (Hazelnut cake, Chocolate and amaretti flan, Stuffed peaches); snacks (Rosemary and sultana buns, Sweet breadsticks, Strawberries and wine); biscuits (Red crown biscuits, Almond biscotti, Polenta biscuits); recipes for celebrations (Florentine cake; Honey and nut pastries; Chocolate-filled sponge roll); treats to eat with a spoon (Baked rice pudding; Coffee-laced ricotta; Zuppa Inglese); frozen treats (Milk gelato; Plum sorbet; Gianduia semifreddo); and five essentials any Italian cook needs up their sleeve.
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Asparagus & ricotta agnolotti in brown butter
Asparagus & ricotta agnolotti in brown butter

Asparagus & ricotta agnolotti in brown butter, The Pasta Man: The Art of Making Spectacular Pasta – with 40 Recipes by Mateo Zielonka. Photography by India Hobson.

he Pasta Man: The Art of Making Spectacular Pasta – with 40 RecipesThe Pasta Man, Mateo Zielonka, makes the most spectacular, original pasta you’ve ever seen. Striped, spotted, red, purple, green and black, and every shape imaginable, Mateo’s pasta is prettier than a picture.

Now in The Pasta Man, Mateo reveals for the first time how you too can make his incredible creations. With “how to” sections guiding you through every shape and effect, from spots and stripes (using all-natural colouring), lasagne sheets and pappardelle, ravioli pillows, tortellini and other spectacular filled pastas, he then offers 40 delicious recipes with which to hone your new skills. Illustrated with beautiful photography and clear step-by-step instructions, let yourself be guided by a master and make your own pasta a work of art.

The Pasta Man: The Art of Making Spectacular Pasta – with 40 Recipes is available at Amazon.com and Indigo.ca.  (more…)

Tuscan-Style Salad with Buffalo Mozzarella
Tuscan-Style Salad with Buffalo Mozzarella

Tuscan-Style Salad with Buffalo Mozzarella, We Can All Eat That!: Raise healthy, adventurous eaters and help prevent food allergies by Pam Brook. Photography © Alan Benson 2021.

We Can All Eat That!: Raise healthy, adventurous eaters and help prevent food allergies | 95 wholefood recipes for the family that eats together A must for parents of babies and toddlers (four to twenty-four months), We Can All Eat That! gives you everything in one place: a demystified understanding of the latest food allergy research and how changes over the past twenty years in the way we live, shop and eat have led to a food allergy crisis; eighty delicious recipes for the whole family developed in conjunction with leading chefs Sarah Swan and Sam Gowing; Royal Prince Alfred Hospital dietician Dr. Anne Swain’s extensive knowledge of nutrition and the interplay with allergic disease, food reactions and dietary restrictions; and everything you need to know about major food allergies and allergic reactions.

More than simply a book about allergies, the meals and ideas in We Can All Eat That! are created by a cook who takes great satisfaction in creating and sharing delicious, unprocessed food, and whose mission is to spark that joy in others. She does so in this book across nine beautifully photographed chapters: Breakfast; Soups & Salads; Pasta & Rice; Asian & Gentle Curries; Sides & Vegetables; Mains; Cakes, Puddings & Desserts; Dips & Snacks; and Saucy Sauces.

We Can All Eat That!: Raise healthy, adventurous eaters and help prevent food allergies | 95 wholefood recipes for the family that eats together is available at Amazon.com and Indigo.ca. (more…)