Soups and stews

Guinness Beef Stew
Guinness Beef Stew

Guinness Beef Stew excerpted from Passport to Flavor Copyright @ 2025 Abigail C. Cheshire. Photography by Kris D’Amico Photography.

Passport to Flavor Copyright @ 2025 Abigail C. Cheshire

Join social media sensation Chef Abby Cheshire on a culinary adventure on the high seas, in this internationally inspired, travel-infused cookbook with over 100 recipes from fourteen incredible locations around the world. No matter your location or kitchen setup, you can create delicious global cuisine right in your home with Passport to Flavor.

Yacht chef Abby welcomes you into her galley, sharing the international dishes that have delighted her passengers and guests for years—with menus imbued with regional flavour and fresh, local ingredients—from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean, from Asia to Europe and beyond.

Grab your passport (and spatula!) and get on board for this worldwide tour of flavour, which includes:

  • A full day’s menu, including breakfast, lunch, appetizer, cocktail, soup/salad, dinner, and dessert from fourteen different port cities around the world (locations like Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Cinque Terre, Italy; Mykonos, Greece; Mumbai, India; Phuket, Thailand; and Prince Edward Island, Canada)
  • Inspiring food and travel photography
  • Tips for cooking in small spaces and in minimally stocked kitchens, and how to shop for fresh ingredients in your local markets
  • Your go-to “galley” or pantry list for internationally inspired meals

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Black bean & squash soup / chili pesto / braised Swiss chard
Black bean & squash soup / chili pesto / braised Swiss chard

Black bean & squash soup / chili pesto / braised Swiss chard excerpted from Comfort Food with Spencer Watts by Spencer Watts. Photography by Steph Brown.

Comfort Food: with Spencer Watts by Spencer Watts

Chef Spencer Watts takes the very best of classic comfort food dishes and adds globally influenced flavours to make each dish new again. Chicken noodle soup becomes jerk rubbed duck noodle soup; mac and cheese becomes transformed with a rye crumble topping and chicken wings are dusted with dill pickle chips.

This new approach to comfort foods includes something for every kind of cook — some recipes are easy to follow, some more ambitious — all are delicious! Using readily available ingredients, Spencer Watts takes an imaginative approach to appetizers, bowls, main dishes, desserts and more! Recipes include Ham Hock and Pea Risotto, Wild Mushroom Soup, Caramel Popcorn Cake, Greek Style White Bean Ragu and more!

  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One: Forkless
  • Chapter Two: Fowl Language
  • Chapter Three: Bowls
  • Chapter Four: Carbaholic
  • Chapter Five: Any Given Sunday
  • Chapter Six: Sugar Coated

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Chili Beans
Chili Beans

Chili Beans excerpted from The Modern Navajo Kitchen: Homestyle Recipes that Celebrate the Flavors and Traditions of the Diné. Text and Photography © 2024 by Alana Yazzie.

The Modern Navajo Kitchen: Homestyle Recipes that Celebrate the Flavors and Traditions of the Diné by Alana Yazzie

Nourish your body and mind through food with these 60 recipes celebrating Navajo culinary traditions.

The Modern Navajo Kitchen​ takes you on an exhilarating journey for your taste buds. This beautifully photographed cookbook ties together traditional Navajo recipes as well as global recipes with a Navajo spin, creating a truly unique culinary experience! Choose from a plethora of drinks, breads, breakfasts, soups, mains, sides, and desserts—the sky’s the limit.

Incorporating traditional and modern ingredients, some of the deliciously nourishing and comforting recipes include:

  • Navajo Boba Milk Tea (Abe’ Boba Dééhk’azí)
  • Fry Bread (Dah Díníilghaazh)
  • Navajo Burgers (Atsį’ Yik’ą́ Náneeskadí Bił Ałch’į’ Át’éhí)
  • Sumac and Strawberry Greek Yogurt Ice Pops (Chiiłchin Yogurt Tiní)
  • and more!

This comprehensive cookbook also includes instructions for how to make such things as juniper ash, roasted cornmeal, and roasted chiles that will bring your Navajo cooking skills to the next level. A short history of Navajo culinary traditions is provided to provide cultural context behind your new culinary experiences, and sample meal plans will help you put together the perfect menus for the week ahead or for those special occasions with family and friends.

Reconnect to your cultural heritage or treat your palate (or both!) with The Modern Navajo Kitchen. (more…)

Yellow Pea Soup 

Disney Frozen: The Official Cookbook: A Culinary Journey through Arendelle by Daytona Danielsen and S. T. Bende  

Feel like you are visiting Arendelle with Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf in this cookbook inspired by Disney’s Frozen and Frozen 2, featuring open-faced sandwiches inspired by Anna, Christmas kransekake inspired by Elsa, beloved lefse, a giant cookie in the wavy shape of Norway, and more!

For the first time in forever, fans of Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf will get to experience sights, smells, and tastes of Arendelle. This all-new cookbook features Scandinavian recipes celebrating some of the people and cultures that inspired Disney’s Frozen and Frozen 2.

The Tastes of Arendelle: The Official Frozen Cookbook features step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs so chefs of any age or skill level can learn to prepare traditional Scandinavian treats. Featuring more than fifty-five recipes with historical tie-ins to each recipe’s significance in the films and culture, this comprehensive cookbook brings the tastes of Arendelle into your very own hus.

Disney Frozen: The Official Cookbook: A Culinary Journey through Arendelle by Daytona Danielsen and S. T. Bende is available at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Indigo.ca.    (more…)

French Onion Soup with Comté Toasts
French Onion Soup with Comté Toasts

French Onion Soup with Comté Toasts excerpted from Melted Cheese: 60 gorgeously gooey recipes.

Melted Cheese: 60 gorgeously gooey recipes.

Whether you are hangry, hungover or just longing to indulge in a little greediness, Melted Cheese is the book to turn to!

From alpine-inspired raclette and tartiflette to grilled cheese toasties, deep-fried croquettes, unctuous pasta bakes, creamy potato gratins and more, you could never have imagined there were so many inspired ways to serve your cheese melted.

With recipes for everything from solo nacho bowls to fondue parties, there is no shame in enjoying melted cheese on your own, but equally it is good to share the love too!

Melted Cheese: 60 gorgeously gooey recipes by Ryland Peters & Small is available at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Indigo.ca.   

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Creamy Pinto Bean and Tomato Soup
Creamy Pinto Bean and Tomato Soup 

Creamy Pinto Bean and Tomato Soup  excerpted from MILK STREET: COOK WHAT YOU HAVE by Christopher Kimball. Copyright © 2022 by CPK Media, LLC. Photograph by Connie Miller of CB Creatives.

MILK STREET: COOK WHAT YOU HAVE by Christopher Kimball. Copyright © 2022 by CPK Media, LLC. Photograph by Connie Miller of CB Creatives. Used with permission of Voracious, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company. New York, NY. All rights reserved.

Make a meal out of almost anything.

Stop shopping and start cooking what you have. Your pantry’s possibilities are endless. Milk Street will help you transform whatever you already have into bright, bold meals from around the world.

Got a can of chickpeas? It can become anything from a quick hummus to a curry spiked with sweet carrots, from a garlicky chickpea soup to a bowl of crispy canned beans with lemon and scallions.

Or grab that can of tomatoes from the back of the cabinet. It can become spicy one-pot pasta all’arrabbiata, chilaquiles rojos, a rich shakshuka with poached eggs or a chicken and tortilla soup.

Turn to the refrigerator, where eggs and leftover vegetables are the start of cheesy migas, a Spanish tortilla with potato chips or a quick fried rice. Chicken breasts or thighs from the freezer become Hungarian chicken paprikash or hearty chicken salad with green tahini. Cooks in Amalfi, Italy, taught us to turn a wedge of Parmesan and lemons on the counter into a light yet flavorful pesto. And that’s just the start. Desserts, too, come together easily with ingredients everyone keeps on hand. (more…)

Sumac Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons
Sumac Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons

Sumac Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons excerpted from Taste Buds by Nikki Fotheringham. Copyright © 2024 Nikki Fotheringham. Photographs by Laura Berman.

Taste Buds by Nikki Fotheringham. Copyright © 2024 Nikki Fotheringham.

Many garden-variety flowers are not only lovely to look at, they’re also unique additions to any meal. Curious to learn how? Just ask Nikki Fotheringham—gardener, home cook, and forager—who grows flowers in the meadow behind her house and turns them into edible products that she sells in her farm store.

In Taste Buds, Nikki shares her recipes for baked goods like the Lemon Elderflower Cake, preserves like the Rose Jam (perfect on scones or alongside a charcuterie board), savoury dishes like the Flower Pasta with Marigold Pesto, and wildflower drinks like the Lavender Love Martini. Inside, you’ll find:

  • Over 90 Recipes Featuring Flowers: Each recipe highlights the natural flavours of flowers, all organized in stunning colour-coded chapters.
  • A Guide to 15 Flower Varieties: Learn to identify and forage different flowers, from well-known favourites like hibiscus, lavender, peonies, and roses, to unexpected novelties like sumac, cornflowers, cattails, and more.
  • Tips and Tricks for Growing Flowers: Make sure your garden sets you up for success in the kitchen, with plenty of info on how to grow and care for your plants.

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Spicy Noodle Soup
Spicy Noodle Soup

Spicy Noodle Soup excerpted from Vegan Vietnamese: Vibrant Plant-Based Recipes to Enjoy Every Day by Helen Le. Photography by Detas Studio

Vegan Vietnamese: Vibrant Plant-Based Recipes to Enjoy Every Day by Helen Le

Learn how to make 70 classic dishes from every region of Vietnam—vegan-style—from Helen Le, the creator of the most popular Vietnamese cooking channel on YouTube, Helen’s Recipes!

Whether you’re vegan, plant-based, vegetarian, or just looking to eat less meat, Vegan Vietnamese is for you. Let Helen Le guide you through seventy satisfying, traditional recipes for tasty plant-based versions of popular Vietnamese condiments, salads, rolls, soups, noodles, rice dishes, dumplings, desserts, and more, including:

  • Pho
  • Bánh Mì
  • Crispy Spring Rolls
  • Rice Pyramid Dumplings
  • Spicy Tofu
  • Thick Noodle Soup
  • Broken Rice Plate
  • Three-Color Sticky Rice
  • Banana Cake with Raisins
  • Roasted Garlic Chili Peanuts
  • Vegan Fish Sauce

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Chickpea Noodle Soup with Lemon & Dill
Chickpea Noodle Soup with Lemon & Dill

Chickpea Noodle Soup with Lemon & Dill excerpted from Every Season is Soup Season: 85+ Super-Adaptable Recipes to Batch, Share, Reinvent, and Enjoy By Shelly Westerhausen Worcel © 2023.

Every Season Is Soup Season: 85+ Souper-Adaptable Recipes to Batch, Share, Reinvent, and Enjoy by Shelly Westerhausen Worcel

Every day is a good day for soup! From broths and gazpachos to chowders and chilis, this flexible cookbook is overflowing with scrumptious soups for every season. These simple base recipes for healthy, yummy soups are easy to prepare and so satisfying. And the best part? You can riff on them endlessly with toppings and fixings—add mini meatballs, grilled cheese croutons, or a handful of grains. Or transform yesterday’s soup into an entirely new dish: Carrot-Orange-Ginger Soup becomes a savory breakfast oatmeal; leftover Tomato-Watermelon Gazpacho makes a pitcher of Bloody Marias; French Onion Soup is reinvented as a bubbling, golden strata!

Soup lovers, healthy eaters, and busy parents and professionals will love these veggie-forward recipes that never get old and make weeknight cooking a breeze. Tips for batching and freezing soups and instructions for using an Instant Pot or a slow cooker ensure stress-free meals, with less time in the kitchen and more time at the table. With gorgeous photography and a bonus section on soup accompaniments (think breads, salads, and slaws), Every Season Is Soup Season is a one-stop-shop cookbook. Everyday soups have never been so simple—or so incredibly delicious. (more…)

Sunday Pot Roast
Sunday Pot Roast

Sunday Pot Roast excerpted from Comfort Food Essentials: Over 100 Delicious Recipes for All-Time Favorite Feel-Good Foods (Fox Chapel Publishing) Cozy Cookbook – Banana Bread, Mac and Cheese, Chicken Noodle Soup, Pizza, and More by Kim Wilcox. Photography by Chris Grove.

Comfort Food Essentials: Over 100 Delicious Recipes for All-Time Favorite Feel-Good Foods (Fox Chapel Publishing) Cozy Cookbook - Banana Bread, Mac and Cheese, Chicken Noodle Soup, Pizza, and More by Kim Wilcox

A delicious, down-home cookbook of all your favourite comfort foods!

  • Over 100 recipes, some sweet and some savoury, for today’s most beloved, cozy, and nostalgic comfort foods.
  • Breakfast ideas, lunch, dinner, dessert, side dishes, soups, breads, toppings, beverages, and more.
  • Family-friendly favorites including banana bread, Christmas Eve chili, pizza, mac and cheese, chicken noodle soup, lasagna, and many more.
  • Tried-and-true recipes from the author’s own restaurant and childhood, as well as a selection of offerings from other chefs.
  • Author Kim Wilcox is the owner of It’s All So Yummy in Knoxville, Tennessee, author of The Great Book of Grilled Cheese, and her recipes also appeared in The Ultimate Spam Cookbook.

Grilled cheese and tomato soup. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Macaroni and cheese. Nothing beats a warm, cozy meal that feels like a hug, and Comfort Food Essentials is here to provide you with endless ideas for everyone’s favourite kind of food!

From breakfast, lunch, and dinner to sides, breads, desserts, and even toppings, this comfort food cookbook features over 100 hearty recipes the whole family is sure to love. These are dishes from the author’s own restaurant, as well as family recipes that she has tweaked over the years. She even features a chapter of the favorite comfort food recipes of her chef friends!

Packed with recipes like beef stew, meatloaf, chicken salad, sausage gravy, stuffed French toast, beans and rice, and so much more, each all-time favourite, down-home recipe is sure to warm your heart and soul as you gather around the table and dig in! Here is just a small sampling of the many recipes included in this book: (more…)