Fresh On Our Shelves
With a full season of holidays and festive observances just around the corner, it’s fitting that our most recent unboxing revealed some gastrono-mazing cookbooks for the culinary curious.
On your marks, get set, bake! (... braise, broil, blanch, boil, baste… )
Home-Made with Love
"Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious." – Chef Ruth Reichl
You’ll Eat It & You’ll Like It
If you can judge a book by its title, this cookbook by holistic nutritionist Stacey Green is sure to be a rollicking read—and a favourite with parents managing busy households and picky eaters. But you don't have to have kids to enjoy the cheeky banter, practical advice, and no-fuss recipes offered by this casual, unconventional, cussin' cook.
Borrow You’ll Eat It & You’ll Like It: Because Feeding Kids Can Be Hard Sh*t and Sometimes You Need a Laugh by Stacey Green
Good Lookin’ Cookin’
This superstar chanteuse and self-confessed foodie once quipped that "every single diet I ever fell off of was because of potatoes and gravy of some sort." So, you can be sure Dolly Parton's new cookbook, written with her sister Rachel, is overflowing with rib-stickin', finger-lickin', lip-smackin' scrumptious recipes. So, prepare to partake in an entertaining year of meals, family, and fun—Parton-style!
Borrow Good Lookin’ Cookin’: A Year of Meals, A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food by Dolly Parton & Rachel Parton George
What's for Dinner?
Taste of Home magazine, whose issues are packed with home-style recipes made with easy, everyday ingredients, has launched two must-read cookbooks to help busy homemakers serve healthy, tasty, and economical meals throughout the week. What's For Dinner? offers over 300 dishes "to make mealtimes a snap," while Lazy-Day Dinners, Desserts, & More provides mouthwatering meals you can make in minutes.
Borrow Lazy-Day Dinners, Desserts, & More: 200+ Recipes & Tips for Meals Made Easy by Taste of Home
Borrow What’s for Dinner?: 358 Dishes That Make Mealtime a Snap by Taste of Home
International Flavours to Savour
“Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” – Chef James Beard
Asian Eats
Discover modern takes and traditional tastes with two new additions to our cookbook collection. Author Lisa He is all about the sweet, delivering a delectable assortment of inventive and intriguing cookie and dessert recipes with a Far East flair in Matcha Meets Macron. Deuki Hong's Koreaworld entices us with contemporary spins on classic Korean cuisine while exploring the exciting evolution of Korean food over the past decade.
Borrow Matcha Meets Macaron: Sweet Treats With An Asian Flair by Lisa He
Borrow Koreaworld: A Cookbook by Deuki Hong
Mangia Italian
You had us at "snack"! Stef Ferrari, a certified beer sommelier (a Cicerone, to be preciso), recently spent two years travelling Italy's sun-drenched countryside and charming caffès sampling the best of regional stuzzichini, and this recipe book is her love letter to this bite-sized cuisine and its country of origin. Chef Alexandra Stafford turns the spotlight on the beloved pizza, with 52 seasonal recipes, each having a paired salad suggestion. A weekly pizza night seems like an excellent meal plan!
Borrow Stuzzichini: The Art of the Italian Snack by Stef Ferrari
Borrow Pizza Night: Deliciously Doable Recipes for Pizza and Salad by Alexandra Stafford
Yes, Chef!
"Anyone who’s a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: 'Is it good? Does it give pleasure?'" – Chef Anthony Bourdain
The Kitchen Cookbook
He might be more into boardrooms than bull riding, but this mega-millionaire cowboy does know his way around farms and kitchens. Kimbal Musk, chef, restaurateur, and food-related philanthropist shares 100 signature creations collected over 20 years operating The Kitchen, an American farm-to-table bistro. From simple weekday meals to spectacular showstoppers, Musk encourages home cooks to adapt his recipes based on seasonal offerings, with most of the recipes providing links to handy kitchen hack videos. Musk also shares his mission to build community starting around the kitchen table. A thoughtful, inspiring read.
Borrow The Kitchen Cookbook: Cooking for Your Community by Kimbal Musk
My Life in Recipes
Just in time for the Jewish High Holidays comes this memoir-in-recipes by the chef The New York Times dubbed the "Grande Dame of Jewish Cooking." A multi-award-winning author of a dozen books, Joan Nathan reflects on her family's history as Jewish immigrants to America, the rich traditions central to Jewish culture, and she shares her most beloved recipes from a tasty life well-lived.
Borrow My Life in Recipes by Joan Nathan
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The Ambitious Kitchen Cookbook
Recipe developer, entrepreneur, and founder of The Ambitious Kitchen food blog, Monique Volz, presents her debut cookbook. A busy working mom with three young kids, she promotes wholesome eating as a cornerstone to a balanced approach to health and offers simple, flavourful, and nutritious dishes the whole family can enjoy.
Borrow The Ambitious Kitchen Cookbook: 125 Ridiculously Good for You, Sometimes Indulgent, and Absolutely Never Boring Recipes for Every Meal of the Day by Monique Volz
Bon appétit!
