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With this comprehensive cookbook, Vietnam’s most beloved, aromatic comfort food–the broth and noodle soup known as pho–is now within your reach. Author Andrea Nguyen first tasted pho in Vietnam as a child, sitting at a Saigon street stall with her parents. That experience sparked a lifelong love of the iconic...

The Pho Cookbook : Easy to Adventurous Recipes for Vietnam’s Favorite Soup and Noodles

Andrea Nguyen

Edna Lewis was one of the greatest and most influential chefs in American history. An African-American woman who rose from humble beginnings, she became famous for reviving the almost forgotten world of refined Southern cooking. The Edna Lewis Cookbook was her first book, published in 1972, and contains over 100...

The Edna Lewis Cookbook

Edna Lewis, Evangeline Peterson

100 delicious recipes to make meals for yourself with style, sophistication, and the occasional indulgence At a time when 31 million American adults live alone, Klancy Miller is here to show that cooking for one is something to embrace. While making single servings from other cookbooks means scaling down ingredients,...

Cooking Solo : The Joy of Cooking for Yourself

Klancy Miller

Flavorful vegetarian versions of America's favorite one-dish meals: ramen, pho, bibimbap, dumplings, and burrito bowls. A restorative bowl of vegetarian ramen sent Lukas Volger on a quest to capture the full flavor of all the one-bowl meals that are the rage today--but in vegetarian form. With the bowl as organizer,...

Bowl : Vegetarian Recipes for Ramen, Pho, Bibimbap, Dumplings, and Other One-Dish Meals

Lukas Volger

For oyster lovers everywhere, this luscious cookbook features recipes, shucking instructions, and the local farming success story of the many delicious oysters from the Pacific Coast. From Hangtown Hash with Fried Eggs to Half-Shell Oysters with Kimchi-Cucumber Relish, this gorgeous cookbook features 30 recipes, ideas for what to drink with...

Oysters : Recipes That Bring Home a Taste of the Sea

Cynthia Nims

An illustrated lifestyle cookbook on the Swedish tradition of “fika”—a twice-daily coffee break—including recipes for traditional baked goods, information and anecdotes about Swedish coffee culture, and the roots and modern incarnations of this cherished custom. Sweden is one of the world’s top coffee consuming nations, and the twice-daily social coffee...

Fika : The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break, with Recipes for Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats

Anna Brones, Johanna Kindvall

Signed copies available! A cocktail renaissance has swept across the country, inspiring in bartenders and their thirsty patrons a new fascination with the ingredients, techniques, and traditions that make the American cocktail so special. And few ingredients have as rich a history or serve as fundamental a role in beverage...

Bitters : A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas

Brad Thomas Parsons

Even beginners can make their own fermented foods! This guide includes in-depth instruction for making kimchi, sauerkraut, and pickles and then offers more than 120 recipes, using the same basic methods, for fermenting 64 different vegetables and herbs. You’ll discover how easy it is to make dozens of exciting dishes,...

Fermented Vegetables

Kirsten and Christopher Shockey

Bookplate signed Created by Vietnamese street vendors a century or so ago, banh mi is a twist on the French snack of pâté and bread that is as brilliant as it is addictive to eat. Who can resist the combination of crisp baguette, succulent filling, and toppings like tangy daikon...

The Banh Mi Handbook

Andrea Nguyen

It’s a DIY cook’s dream come true: It’s pizza night, and you’ve made not only the crust and sauce but the mozzarella, too. Or you’re whipping up quesadillas for a snack, using your homemade Triple Pepper Hack. Or the dinner party’s in high gear and out comes the cheese plate—and...

One-Hour Cheese : Ricotta, Mozzarella, Chèvre, Paneer—Even Burrata.

Claudio Lucero

Thai takeout meets authentic, regional flavors in this collection of recipes for accessible, economical Thai classics—from the rising star behind the blog She Simmers. A Bangkok native (and current Chicago resident), Leela Punyaratabandhu knows first-hand that even Thai cooks take shortcuts. With Simple Thai Food, Leela presents recipes from her beloved Thailand,...

Simple Thai Food : Classic Recipes from the Thai Home Kitchen

Leela Punyaratabandhu

*DECEMBER 2024 NEW ARRIVAL* Check out our new teal color! Our tote bags are made of sturdy washable cotton canvas, and have three handy interior pockets for your mobile phone or farmer’s market cash. We source them from re-wrap, a UK-based non-profit that partners with a co-op in India to...

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From the author of Vegan Soul Kitchen: ingredients that inspire, unique recipes, and menus for everyday feasts. Marking his 10-year anniversary working to create a healthy, just, and sustainable food system, Bryant Terry offers more than just a collection of recipes. In the spirit of jazz jam sessions and hip hop...

The Inspired Vegan : Seasonal Ingredients, Creative Recipes, Mouthwatering Menus

Bryant Terry

UK import, metric measurements Yorkshire's national dish has become loved all over the world. This book reveals the history of how it became such an iconic cullinary delight, and gives clear instruction on perfecting the art of making it. To countless Yorkshire men and women, nothing is more symbolic of...

The Great Book of Yorkshire Pudding

Elaine Lemm

James Beard Award-winning chef Cory Schreiber teams up with Julie Richardson, owner of Portland’s Baker & Spice, to showcase the freshest fruit available amidst a repertoire of nearly 75 satisfying old-timey fruit desserts, including crumbles, crisps, buckles, pies, and more. An early fall cobbler with blackberries bubbling in their juice...

Rustic Fruit Desserts : Crumbles, Buckles, Cobblers, Pandowdies, and More

Cory Schrieber, Julie Richardson

Enriched with full-color photographs in honor of its twenty-fifth anniversary, The Silver Palate Cookbook is the beloved classic that brings a new passion for food and entertaining into American homes. Its 350 flawlessly seasoned, stand-out dishes make every occasion special, and its recipes, featuring vibrant, pure ingredients, are a pleasure...

The Silver Palate Cookbook

Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins

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