January 2025, February 2025 New Releases

Signed copies available for pre-order! Discover a world of flavors in this elegantly designed cookbook from Omid Roustaei—the Caspian Chef—featuring 75 mouthwatering recipes that blend Iranian dishes with global cuisines, accompanied by moving stories of Omid’s life and culinary journey from Iran to the US.Bitter & Sweet is an elegantly designed...

Bitter & Sweet : Global Flavors from an Iranian-American Kitchen

Omid Roustaei

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 4, 2025.

*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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With its union of practicality and magic, a kitchen is a portal offering extended range and providing unlikely paths out of the ordinary. Offering opportunities to cook, imagine and create ways back into other times, other lives and other territories. Central Asia, Turkey, Ukraine, the South Caucasus, Russia, the Baltics...

Cold Kitchen : A Year of Culinary Travels (Unabridged)

Caroline Eden

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Jan 14, 2025.

Snacking cakes, cookies, aromatic breads—surround yourself with these and other Nordic sweets as you envelop your senses in the spectacular tastes, smells, and traditions of Sweden’s Midsommar. Submerge yourself in the traditions of Sweden. Food holds such significance in many cultures. It symbolizes community, bounty, gratefulness, sacrifice, love, and so much...

Miette Sweden : Cookies, Cakes and Breadbaking Recipes from Scandinavia

Meg Ray

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 4, 2025.

A culinary journey across Eastern Europe, Kapusta celebrates the humble vegetables that have shaped some of the most vibrant culinary traditions in the world. Focusing on five key vegetables to the region – cabbage, beetroot, potato, carrot and mushrooms – it honors a philosophy of cooking that has affordability, seasonality, sustainability and, above...

Kapusta : Vegetable-Forward Recipes from Eastern Europe

Alissa Timoshkina

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 25, 2025.

We take the edible trappings of flirtation for granted: chocolate covered strawberries and romance, oysters on the half shell and desire, the eggplant emoji and a suggestive wink. But why does it feel so natural for us to link food and sexual pleasure? Rachel Hope Cleves explores the long association between...

Lustful Appetites : An Intimate History of Good Food and Wicked Sex

Rachel Hope Cleves

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 3, 2025.

100 simple, comforting, and special one-pot recipes that yield the perfect single serving for people who cook, eat, or live alone and want to eat well.Cooking for one just got easier and more delicious--no more eating leftovers or washing multiple pots and pans. Here you’ll find 100 easy recipes for...

One Pot One Portion : 100 Simple Recipes Just for You

Eleanor Wilkinson

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 11, 2025.

Many people bring their lunch to work to save money, time and to help control what they are eating (with no hidden nasties from processed store-bought food), but sometimes it's hard to think of interesting, nutritious things to make.Sara has come to the rescue with her vibrant, fun and inspirational...

Bento Lunchbox : Brilliantly Balanced Lunchbox Recipes

Sara Kiyo Popowa

A joyful picture book for kids and foodies of all ages (with real soy sauce as paint!) that celebrates the iconic kitchen staple and the magical way food connects family and friends across the world.Salty, savory, rich, and even sweet, soy sauce is as fascinating to make as it is delicious...

Soy Sauce!

Laura G. Lee

Now in paperback! Preserving the Japanese Way, nominated for a 2016 James Beard Award in the International Cookbook category, introduces Japanese methods of salting, pickling, and fermenting that are approachable and easy to integrate into a Western cooking repertoire. Documentary-quality photo essays reveal the local Japanese communities that support these...

Preserving the Japanese Way (paperback) : Traditions of Salting, Fermenting, and Pickling for the Modern Kitchen

Nancy Singleton Hachisu

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 25, 2025.

The new edition of Forgotten Skills of Cooking is an essential guide to traditional cookery skills, from making yogurt, butter and sourdough to keeping chickens and foraging for wild foodBased on the hugely popular courses at Darina Allen's Ballymaloe Cookery School, this book reveals the lost art of making creamy butter and yoghurt,...

Forgotten Skills of Cooking (Updated Edition) : 700 Recipes Showing You Why the Time-honoured Ways Are the Best

Darina Allen

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 18, 2025.

Poignant stories and 65 knock-out recipes for award-winning pizza, wings, and more from Down North, the mission-driven Philadelphia pizzeria owned and operated exclusively by formerly incarcamperated people.Created and launched by Philly born-and-bred entrepreneur Muhammad Abdul-Hadi, the mission of Down North Pizza is to reduce recidivism rates in North Philly and...

We the Pizza : Slangin' Pies and Savin' Lives

Muhammad Abdul-Hadi, Michael Carter, David Joachim

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 11, 2025.

Sumptuous feasts, spice-infused flavors, and simple entertaining destined to impress and appeal to everyone.Inspired by the melded cultures that make up Ashia’s extended family, Food for Sharing will take you on a journey full of flavors from India to Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, and New Zealand, where she now...

Food for Sharing : Love and Spices from an Immigrant Kitchen

Ashia Ismail-Singer

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 11, 2025.

Internationally bestselling author Coinneach MacLeod takes you on a thrilling journey to Scotland—without leaving the comfort of your kitchen! Join the Hebridean Baker on an irresistible culinary voyage to the heart of Scotland's islands that will inspire you in the kitchen. From savory pies to biscuit tin favorites, cakes for...

The Hebridean Baker The Scottish Cookbook

Coinneach MacLeod

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 11, 2025.

The first comprehensive cookbook on an ancient superfood and the cultures that revere it. Mesmerizing and art-packed, Hot Date! features 99 mouthwatering, date-centered recipes that are the perfect mix of traditional favorites and inspired new creations.This is not simply a cookbook about dates. It is a love song, a celebration of food and culture...

Hot Date! : Sweet & Savory Recipes Celebrating the Date, from Party Food to Everyday Feasts

Rawaan Alkhatib

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 4, 2025.

From the New York Times bestselling cookbook author and winner of the Great British Baking Show (and fan favorite), Nadiya Hussain, comes an exploratory and celebratory journey of Muslim cuisine, with 30 days of main meal and dessert inspiration for Ramadan, shining a light on the customs, traditions, and incredible variety of dishes from...

Rooza : A Journey through Islamic Cuisine Inspired by Ramadan and Eid

Nadiya Hussain

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 4, 2025.

The debut cookbook from social media sensations Food Dolls, with more than 110 simply sophisticated, fresh, and vibrant Mediterranean dishes with a Middle Eastern twist.Born and raised in the Midwest to parents originally from Egypt, sisters Alia and Radwa Elkaffas created their Food Dolls platform to answer the question of...

Pretty Delicious : Simple, Modern Mediterranean, Served with Style

Alia Elkaffas, Radwa Elkaffas

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 25, 2025.

Discover the art of miniature drinks that pack a full punch and create cocktail flights at home with 60 small pours full of complex flavors and measured luxury.Tiny Cocktails offers a unique and creative approach to mixology for those who want to savor delicious cocktails without overindulging. The recipes showcase smaller drinks...

Tiny Cocktails : The Art of Miniature Mixology: A Cocktail Recipe Book

Tyler Zielinski

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 25, 2025.

100 vegan recipes that bring plant-based fun to the plate for every meal of the day, from the beloved author of Sweet Potato Soul.Jenné Claiborne knows that vegans have more fun. She's been enjoying the vibrant health, energy, and joy from eating plants—vegan vibes—for more than a decade. In that time, the...

Sweet Potato Soul Vegan Vibes : 100 Soulful Plant-Based Recipes for Healthy Everyday Meals

Jenné Claiborne

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Feb 4, 2025.

Paperback Edition Finalist for the 2024 IACP Award for Literary or Historical Food WritingAn NPR 2023 "Books We Love" Pick • A Food & Wine Best Food of 2023 • A Financial Times Best Food and Drink Book of 2023 • One of Smithsonian's Ten Best Books About Food of 2023Chinese was the earliest truly...

Invitation to a Banquet (paperback) : A History of Chinese Food

Fuchsia Dunlop

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Jan 21, 2025.

Get more plants into your diet with minimal fuss and delicious results. Plan your next meal around favorites such as carrots, cauliflower, or sweet potatoes, or try your hand at the underused asparagus, Brussels sprouts, or kale, turning them into more than just side dishes. Transform corn into Elote Grilled...

Start with a Vegetable : More Than 100 Easy, Tasty, Plant-Forward Recipes for Everyone

Jessica Smith

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Jan 28, 2025.

From New York Times bestselling author Jamie Oliver comes a new cookbook all about bringing joy and inspiration back into the kitchen, the Jamie way. In Simply Jamie, readers will find five knockout chapters covering Midweek Meals, Weekend Wins, Reliable Roasting Pans, Pantry Love, and Delicious Desserts. This is a book full of...

Simply Jamie : Fast & Simple Food

Jamie Oliver

January 2025, February 2025 New Releases

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