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The New Persian Kitchen

In The New Persian Kitchen, Shafia explores her Iranian heritage and celebrates traditional ingredients like pomegranates, pistachios, rose water, and saffron while also incorporating her own fresh and accessible approach.
Vegetable Literacy

Deborah Madison’s newest cookbook explores 12 edible plant families, profiling the typical and more exotic members of each and offering more than 300 vegetarian recipes that show off their unique personalities.
Family Table

This engaging, beautifully photographed book offers a behind-the-scenes peek at some of New York City’s top restaurants.

Roots: The Definitive Compendium

Diane Morgan wrote Roots: The Definitive Compendium because she wanted a "go-to" volume about root vegetables that was both a reference book and a cookbook.
Try This at Home

If you know Richard Blais only from Bravo's TV show Top Chef All-Stars, you might be surprised at how approachable the tantalizing recipes in his debut cookbook are.
The Mighty Gastropolis: Portland

Karen Brooks's new book about the exciting food scene in Portland, Oregon.
The New Jewish Table

When two cultures come together in a family, mealtime often brings delightful surprises.
The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen

The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen by Matt and Ted Lee truely offers a delicious sense of place.
Southern Comfort: A New Take on the Recipes We Grew Up With

Southern Comfort’s 100 recipes, divided into straightforward chapters (Salads, Meat, Dessert, etc.), present their refined interpretations of southern classics in recipes like Coconut Shrimp Beignets, Black True Grits, and Pecan Praline Semifreddo with Bourbon Sauce.
Hiroko's American Kitchen: Cooking with Japanese Flavors

With this brilliant recipe collection, award-winning cookbook author Hiroko Shimbo demonstrates how easy it can be to bring Japanese cooking to the American table.