Holiday Vernil
Holiday Vernil

Holiday Vernil excerpted from Black Rican Vegan: Fire Plant-Based Recipes from a Bronx Kitchen by Lyana Blount. Photographs by Mariana Peláez.

Black Rican Vegan: Fire Plant-Based Recipes from a Bronx Kitchen by Lyana Blount

Growing up in a Puerto Rican and Black household, Lyana Blount knew from a young age that food was a love language, and it was one she intended to master. After going vegan, she set out to capture the flavor, vibrancy and love in her family’s recipes with lighter plant-based ingredients. And with that, her NYC pop-up Black Rican Vegan was born! In this personal collection of recipes, Lyana shares the secrets behind the vegan, Latin soul food she’s famous for, so you can make her incredible meals right in your own kitchen and enjoy healthier versions of beloved classics.

These 60 dishes combine crowd-pleasing favorites from the Black Rican Vegan menu, OG meals from the five boroughs and passed down family recipes. Make Puerto Rican fare like Holiday Vernil, Chicharron sin Carne, Mofonguitos con Vegan Camarones and Sopa de Salchicon. Celebrate the diverse NYC food scene with recipes like Moxtails, NYC Bacun Eggin Cheeze, Succulent Birria Tacos, Titi’s Lasagna for Dad and Bronx Fried Oyster Mushrooms. Lyana’s ingenious plant-based swaps will have you wowing your friends and family with ridiculously good meals no one will believe are vegan. Because after all, food is love, and nothing helps you share that more than the incredible plant-based recipes in Black Rican Vegan. (more…)

The Fried-Onion Burger
The Fried-Onion Burger

The Fried-Onion Burger excerpted from The Great American Burger Book: How to Make Authentic Regional Hamburgers at Home by George Motz. Photography by George Motz.

The Great American Burger Book: How to Make Authentic Regional Hamburgers at Home by George Motz

The Great American Burger Book was the first book to showcase a wide range of regional burger styles and cooking methods. In this new, expanded edition, author and burger expert George Motz covers traditional grilling techniques as well as how to smoke, steam, poach, smash, and deep-fry burgers based on signature recipes from around the country.

Each chapter is dedicated to a specific regional burger, and includes the history of the method and details on how to create your own piece of American food history right at home. Written by Motz, the author of Hamburger America and hailed by the New York Times as a “leading authority” on hamburgers, The Great American Burger Book is a regional tour of America’s best burgers. (more…)

Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

Meatballs in Tomato Sauce excerpted from Yiayia: Time-perfected Recipes from Greece’s Grandmothers by Anastasia Miari. Copyright photography © Anastasia Perahia.

Yiayia: Time-perfected Recipes from Greece’s Grandmothers by Anastasia Miari

Yiayia: Time-perfected Recipes from Greece’s Grandmothers showcases regional Greek cookery and features sharing and feasting dishes, mainly vegetarian, from the kitchens of grandmothers across Greece.

Think Stuffed Courgettes from Lesvos, a Cycladic Fourtalia, Corfiot spicy Bourdeto Stew, Ionian pasta dishes, Cretan Dakos salad, Watermelon Cake from Milos.Yiayia maps out the diverse dishes of Greece — far beyond the most commonly-known Moussaka, Greek Salad, and Tzatziki dip – through the fascinating recipes and stories of its Yiayiades.

Follow Anastasia’s journey through Greece as each yiayia welcomes you into their home – cook with them in their kitchen, learn their time-perfected techniques and read the memories that season this book. With stunning location photography and heartwarming interviews, you can discover the true food of Greece and the characterful grandmothers behind beaded curtains in white-washed homes. (more…)

Farfalle with Ham, Mushrooms, and Peas in Creamy Fontina Sauce
Farfalle with Ham, Mushrooms, and Peas in Creamy Fontina Sauce

Farfalle with Ham, Mushrooms, and Peas in Creamy Fontina Sauce excerpted from Pasta Veloce: Irresistibly Fast Recipes from Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes and  Susan Wyler. Photographs copyright © 2023 Steven Rothfeld.

Pasta Veloce: Irresistibly Fast Recipes from Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes and  Susan Wyler

Frances Mayes is known for transporting readers to the charming Italian countryside in her bestselling books. In Pasta Veloce, Mayes and veteran food editor Susan Wyler take us there us by sharing 100 under 30-minute pasta recipes, inspired by their time in Italy. These well-loved recipes blend traditional Italian technique with magic from the Mayes and Wyler home kitchens where experiments are always in progress.

Pasta is the most versatile food on earth. And if you do it right: fast! Pasta Veloce offers a multitude of under 30-minute, luscious recipes, all accompanied by Mayes’s evocative text. While there are numerous pasta cookbooks, few feature a true Italophile’s passion and eye for detail that can get a dish to the table in, as Mayes describes, “the time it takes to boil water.” From a Tagliatelle with Duck Confit, Chestnuts, and Coffee Reduction to a glittering Capellini with Golden Caviar to the perfect vodka sauce, Pasta Veloce is your guide on those nights when you’re ready to skip the whole production of it but still want to eat like royalty in a rustic Italian village. (more…)

Spiced Chicken Skewers with Pickling Spices, Mustard & Chilli
Spiced Chicken Skewers with Pickling Spices, Mustard & Chilli

Spiced Chicken Skewers with Pickling Spices, Mustard & Chilli excerpted from Tandoori Home Cooking: Over 70 Classic Indian Tandoori Recipes to Cook at Home by Maunika Gowardhan. Photography copyright © Issy Croker 2023.

Tandoori Home Cooking: Over 70 Classic Indian Tandoori Recipes to Cook at Home by Maunika Gowardhan

Cooking in a tandoor (clay oven) is a technique that dates back to the Bronze Age, and traditionally has always been about bringing the flavor from the clay oven to the vegetables, meats and fresh breads cooked in it. Communal kitchens have centred around the Tandoor for generations across the northern frontier of India, making their way through the Indian subcontinent, and always providing warmth, good food and flavor.

In Tandoori Home Cooking, Maunika Gowardhan, bestselling author of Thali, takes you on a tour to share an explosion of tandoori flavours, spices, recipes and culinary heritage found across the streets and restaurants of India, with dishes that can be made in conventional ovens and grills in your home all year round.

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Orecchiette with Pistachio Pesto, Courgettes and Cherry Tomatoes
Orecchiette with Pistachio Pesto, Courgettes and Cherry Tomatoes

Orecchiette with Pistachio Pesto, Courgettes and Cherry Tomatoes excerpted from Pasta Masterclass: Recipes for Spectacular Pasta Doughs, Shapes, Fillings and Sauces, from The Pasta Man by Mateo Zielonka. Photography by Dave Brown.

Pasta Masterclass: Recipes for Spectacular Pasta Doughs, Shapes, Fillings and Sauces, from The Pasta Man by Mateo Zielonka

The Pasta Man is back, and this time he’s going BIGGER and BETTER. With over 30 brand new shapes for rolled, filled and extruded shapes, plus over 40 recipes for fillings and sauces, this is the ultimate cookbook for any pasta lover.

With over 250,000 Instagram followers loving his pictures and therapeutic videos of pasta-rolling, Mateo’s pasta is prettier than a picture. Now in Pasta Masterclass, Mateo reveals how you too can make his eye-catching, delicious creations. With “how to” sections guiding you through every shape and effect, including his famous colored doughs, step-by-step photos and QR codes linking to videos on every pasta shape included in the book, he then offers over 40 delicious recipes in which fill or coat your creations. (more…)

Eating my way through Boston, Spring 2023

The Upper Crust, 20 Charles St, Boston, MA

Signature Crust, Housemade Pizza Sauce, Shredded Mozzarella, and Pepperoni.

The Upper Crust Pepperoni Pizza: Signature Crust, Housemade Pizza Sauce, Shredded Mozzarella, and Pepperoni.

Boston Celtics vs Miami Heat Game 7, May 29, 2023

Boston Celtics vs Miami Heat Game 7, May 29, 2023 – TD Garden, 100 Legends Way, Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Celtics vs Miami Heat Game 7, May 29, 2023 – TD Garden, 100 Legends Way, Boston, Massachusetts

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Citrus and Oregano Pollo Asado
Citrus and Oregano Pollo Asado

Citrus and Oregano Pollo Asado excerpted from Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling by Bricia Lopez and Javier Cabral. Photographs copyright © 2023 Quentin Bacon.

Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling by Bricia Lopez and Javier Cabral

In millions of backyards across Southern California, an asada means a gathering of family, friends, great music, cold drinks, good times, and community—all centered around the primal allure of juicy, smoky grilled meat with flavors and spices traditional to Mexico. The smell of asada is a cloud of joy that lingers in the streets of Los Angeles. With Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling, Mexican food authorities and the authors of Oaxaca, Bricia Lopez and Javier Cabral, are back with more than 100 recipes that show you how to prepare the right dishes and drinks for your next carne asada gathering. Asada will both guide you in crafting mouthwatering food and inspire the right laidback atmosphere.

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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…)

Spiced Sea Bass with Citrus Butter Sauce
Spiced Sea Bass with Citrus Butter Sauce

Spiced Sea Bass with Citrus Butter Sauce excerpted from The Little Citrus Cookbook by Catherine Phipps. Photography by Mowie Kay.

The Little Citrus Cookbook by Catherine PhippsThe Little Citrus Cookbook offers 40 recipes for everything from fresh summer salads, to Mediterranean-inflected meat dishes, to the perfect lemon drizzle cake.

Whether you’re looking for zingy new ways to use up lemons, limes, and oranges, or to discover the sweet, sour, bitter, and umami-enhancing flavors of yuzu, bergamot and pomelo, there’s something here for everyone.

Straightforward and easy to follow, Catherine Phipps’ recipes work perfectly every time – these gorgeous recipes are sure to become classics in your collection.

Features sweet and savoury recipes using lemons, limes, oranges and grapefruit.
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