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Strawberry Thyme Shortcakes

Strawberry Thyme Shortcakes

Strawberry Thyme Shortcakes excerpted from Full Belly: Recipes and Stories from a Family Farm by Jenna Muller and Amon Muller. Photography by Molly DeCoudreaux.

Full Belly: Recipes and Stories from a Family Farm by Jenna Muller and Amon Muller.

100 easy, seasonal recipes from the beloved, third generation organic family farm located in the verdant Capay Valley in California.

Full Belly‘s recipes follow seasonal rhythms, highlighting fresh, organic ingredients. Dishes like Corn and Summer Squash Pizza and Vibrant Little Gem Salad embody the warmth and simplicity of California cooking. Learn to minimize food waste with recipes for Late Season Tomato Jam and Peach Leaf Creme Brûlée. Founded in 1985, Full Belly Farm is one of the oldest sustainable farms in California and supplies to beloved restaurants like Chez Panisse and Zuni Cafe.

  • Seasonal recipes: Cook seasonally with recipes from Full Belly’s farm kitchen
  • Farm life: Learn about life on one of California’s oldest sustainable farms―from animal husbandry to the rhythms of planting, growing, and harvesting four seasons of produce.
  • How-to: Find practical advice on choosing the best produce, the difference between varieties, and how to garden with sustainable farming practices.
  • CSA subscribers: CSA box subscribers will find it easy to cook along with Full Belly’s 100 seasonal recipes.

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Topsy-Turvy Banana Gingercake

Topsy-Turvy Banana Gingercake

Topsy-Turvy Banana Gingercake excerpted from The Cinnamon Bun Cookbook: Recipes for irresistible cakes, bakes, sweet treats and more by Hamlyn and Eloise Goode. Photography Octopus Publishing Group.

The Cinnamon Bun Cookbook: Recipes for irresistible cakes, bakes, sweet treats and more by Hamlyn and Eloise Goode.

Smothered in small-town coffee shop in fall vibes, this recipe book is a love letter to the coziest season of all.

For fans of the runaway BookTok trend for heartwarming, small-town romances, now you can bring the coziness into your kitchen with over 40 irresistible recipes.

It’s the season to reach for warm cupcakes, sweet crunchy biscuits, gooey cinnamon buns and cozy up with a blanket to sip on a delicious cinnamon hot chocolate.

Fall is jam-packed with the heady tastes of cinnamon, ginger, apple, maple, and comforting warm spices. From Glazed Pear & Cinnamon Loaf for chilly mornings to Spicy Apple Parkin for toasty warm evenings, The Cinnamon Bun Cookbook celebrates the season with a charming selection of deliciously decadent recipes that satisfy even the sweetest tooth.

The Cinnamon Bun Cookbook has over 40 indulgent recipes to bake, poach or roast, packed with seasonal puddings that look sensational, but are not overly complicated or time-consuming to create. Discover your favorite cinnamon recipe with inspirational ideas that you’ll love, time and time again.

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Salted Caramel Walnut Tart

Rustic French Cooking Made Easy: Authentic, Regional Flavors from Provence, Brittany, Alsace and Beyond , Salted Caramel Walnut Tart, Photography by Audrey Le Goff and Karly Schaefer.

Rustic French Cooking Made Easy: Authentic, Regional Flavors from Provence, Brittany, Alsace and Beyond , Salted Caramel Walnut Tart, Photography by Audrey Le Goff and Karly Schaefer.

This collection of 60 unbelievably easy, delicious recipes represents the best of essential French home cooking, with an amazing variety of dishes from traditional regional cuisines.

Leave haute cuisine to fussy French restaurants, and dive into simple, comforting classics. Audrey Le Goff, founder of the blog Pardon Your French, dispels the myth that real French cooking is tricky and complicated. Home cooks interested in the popular French approach to cooking for health and happiness, will delight in these authentic, approachable recipes, while devoted French cooking fans will discover delicious staples rarely tasted outside of the French family kitchen.

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Book Review: Gjelina

Gjelina cover

I’ve fallen in love with a cookbook. There, I said it. From the moment I layed eyes on it, I’ve barely let it out of my site. I’ve carried it with me practically everywhere I went, hoping to steal a few moments in times of inactivity to flip through its sumptuous pages of aspirational recipes.

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