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Tamarind Barbecue Chicken Wings
Tamarind Barbecue Chicken Wings

Tamarind Barbecue Chicken Wings excerpted from Eat Jewish: Over 100 Recipes That Blend Jewish Heritage, Modern Flavors, and Family Traditions by Melinda Strauss © 2025 by Quarto Publishing Group USA, Inc. Photography by Schneur Menaker.

Eat Jewish: Over 100 Recipes That Blend Jewish Heritage, Modern Flavors, and Family Traditions by Melinda Strauss

Carry on the rich customs and flavours of Jewish food culture with over 100 comforting kosher recipes, both traditional and modern.

Food serves as a bridge connecting us to our ancestral roots and shared heritage. When we share food, we’re also sharing our culture and history. In Eat Jewish, Jewish social media influencer Melinda Strauss (@therealmelindastrauss) embraces this connection by pairing kosher recipes with key stories and insights into Jewish life, history, and heritage.

Addressing commonly asked questions about Jewish customs along the way, Melinda identifies and celebrates regional flavours drawn from thousands of years of Jewish wandering across the globe. Including easy-to-follow recipes for challah breads, dips, soups, dairy and non-dairy dishes, desserts, and holiday recipes, this is your warm, welcoming companion to Jewish cooking at home.

Packed with mouthwatering photos, learn how to make:

  • Sweet and Fluffy Challah
  • Schmaltz Matzah Balls
  • Barbecue Brisket Soup
  • Classic Potato Latkes
  • Panko-Crusted Gefilte Fish
  • Israeli Chicken Sofrito
  • Butternut Squash Kugel
  • Spaetzle with Mushroom Sauce
  • Turkish Cheese Borekas
  • Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookie Sticks
  • Cinnamon Bun Challah Bread Pudding
  • Cold Brew Cheesecake
  • and more!

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Tandoori Wings
Tandoori Wings

Tandoori Wings excerpted from Southern Get-Togethers: A Guide to Hosting Unforgettable Gatherings―Plus Entertaining Inspiration, Tips, and 100+ Recipes by Kelsey Barnard Clark. Photography by Antonis Achilleos.

Southern Get-Togethers: A Guide to Hosting Unforgettable Gatherings―Plus Entertaining Inspiration, Tips, and 100+ Recipes by Kelsey Barnard Clark

Southern Grit author, Top Chef winner, TV personality, and queen of Southern hospitality Kelsey Barnard Clark presents more than 100 irresistible recipes perfect for a crowd, plus all the expert wisdom and inspiration you need to host exceptional gatherings.

“A perfect guide for planning gatherings of any size; great for any collection.”—Library Journal, starred review

Call some friends, arrange some flowers, and whip up a quick bite. Let’s get the party started, y’all!

Chef Kelsey Barnard Clark catered her first wedding at age fifteen and has been hosting events ever since. In these pages, Kelsey distills her hard-earned party-planning wisdom into practical advice for newbie and experienced hosts alike: “I’ve made all the mistakes already, lived to tell the tale, and want to give you the benefit of my experience so you can stop worrying and start celebrating. This is a self-help book for throwing the damn party.”

With more than 100 crowd-pleasing recipes, this book has everything you need to do just that, demonstrating how easy it can be to host anything from a casual stop-by, low country boil, or BYO burger night to a bridal shower brunch, formal French dinner, or hunting season feast. No matter the event, Kelsey’s wide-ranging and accessible recipes make entertaining a joy, never a chore. Recipes include such gems as:

  • NOLA Barbecue Shrimp
  • Southern-Style Ramen
  • KBC’s Smoked Brisket
  • Zucchini Gratin
  • White Sparkling Sangria
  • Bananas Foster
  • And many more Southern classics with a twist (and classics with a Southern twist) like Jambalaya, Hot Honey Chicken, Green Pickled Tomatoes, and Beignets

Helpful tips on tablescaping, flower arranging, menu planning, food buying, and more ensure you have the confidence and know-how to pull off a memorable celebration of any size. Brimming with beautiful food and lifestyle photography, Southern Get-Togethers is a must-have manual on Southern hospitality and a lively, delicious, all-around cookbook that’s calling for a space on your shelf. (more…)

Salt-and-Pepper Wings
Salt-and-Pepper Wings

Salt-and-Pepper Wings excerpted from Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves by Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert. Photographs copyright © 2024 by Eric Wolfinger.

Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves by Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert

Stephen and Evie Colbert invite you to pull up a chair as they share their favourite recipes from family and friends and offer a glimpse of food and fun in their South Carolina home.

“Hopefully reading this book and cooking these recipes will feel like hanging out with us at home. We basically live in the kitchen anyway.” —Evie and Stephen Colbert

As Evie and Stephen explain it, Does This Taste Funny? had its beginnings in the Covid lockdown. “We were all stuck together and couldn’t go out, so we cooked. We had all three kids back under one roof for the first time in a long time, and we had dinner each night as a family. Cooking together became a major source of entertainment.”

Now, the Colberts invite us into their kitchen and around their dining room table. Sharing Stephen and Evie’s favourite recipes, as well as those of their family and friends, this book offers everything from Party Food (called “party food” because “appetizers” implies something to follow when we all know that, often, this is the only course), to Seafood, to Poultry and Meat (“Evie and I have different relationships to meat. I like it. Evie can take it or leave it, and mostly she leaves it.”), to Desserts (“This is one of the largest sections of the book. Evie always reminds me that desserts are a great way to postpone clearing up.”), to Drinks (“I love cocktail hour. It feels like a reward for having gone so long without a cocktail”), all tied together with playful dialogue between Stephen and Evie and gorgeous shots of their food, family, and home. (more…)