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Small Plates & Sweet Treats: My Family's Journey to Gluten-Free Cooking

This exquisite book captures the charm and magic of pastry chef Aran Goyoaga’s popular food blog, Cannelle et Vanille.
Modernist Cuisine

It's not just because Modernist Cuisine at Home by Nathan Myhrvold with Maxime Bilet is huge and expensive that I want it for Christmas (I swear).
Pure Vanilla

In Pure Vanilla, Shauna Sever elevates vanilla from plain-Jane status to something sublime.

The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook

Warning: The combination of mouthwatering photos and evocative prose in this book may induce a baking frenzy. Beloved Seattle chef Tom Douglas takes unabashed pleasure in food, and when he describes something he adores—such as the sticky, gooey maple éclair he savors each afternoon—you’ll find yourself desperately craving it, too.
Burma: Rivers of Flavor

I've been a big fan of Naomi Duguid's cookbooks for years now, and her newest, Burma: Rivers of Flavor, looks to be her best yet.
The Great Meat Cookbook

The Great Meat Cookbook by meat guru Bruce Aidells lives up to its subtitle: Everything You Need to Know to Buy and Cook Today's Meat.
Modern Sauces

Making sauces can be daunting, but not when you have Martha Holmberg’s Modern Sauces by your side.
Carnivore

I love meat, which is why Michael Symon's Carnivore is my Christmas cookbook pick.
Faviken

Swedish wunderkind Magnus Nilsson's Fäviken, named for his restaurant in remote northern Sweden, is more poetry book than practical cookbook.
The Latin Road Home

This beauty of a book is Philadelphia-based chef Jose Garces’s love letter to Latin home cooking.