Fresh from Poland: New Vegetarian Cooking from the Old Country

I was lucky enough to grow up with a Polish grandmother who was a fantastic cook. My childhood memories are filled with the smells of kasha and onions, fresh yeast bread, pierogi being pan-fried in butter, the cooling sour-cream-laced mizeria, and the tang of baking sauerkraut for Christmas kapusta. Unfortunately, my babcia rarely wrote any…

Doubletree Reveals Cookie Recipe | Hilton Press Center

DoubleTree by Hilton reveals official chocolate chip cookie recipe for the first time, allowing home bakers to make the cookies in their own kitchens. — Read on newsroom.hilton.com/static-doubletree-reveals-cookie-recipe.htm

365: A Year of Everyday Cooking and Baking

My friend and James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Meike Peters recently released her latest cookbook “365: A Year of Everyday Cooking and Baking” and graciously sent a copy to me here in Japan, where I eagerly pored over the gorgeous food photography with its tantalizing, jewel-like salads. Meike’s cooking is very much guided by the…

I ♥Kosher: Beautiful Recipes from my Kitchen

Kim Kushner is an author, culinary instructor and mother of four. Her cooking style reflects her busy, multitasking life and her cookbooks were some of the first to showcase beautiful, modern kosher cooking that is light, healthy, and international. I own dozens of kosher cookbooks (and hundreds of cookbooks in all), and one of the…

Asma’s Indian Kitchen: Home-Cooked Food Brought To You by Darjeeling Express

Asma Khan is the first British chef to star in Netflix’s “Chef’s Table.” Hailing from a royal background (Rajput on her father’s side and Bengali on her mother’s), Asma completed a PhD in Constitutional Law but her passion was cooking – at first as dinner parties / supper clubs from her home, then a pop-up…

Passione: Simple, Seductive Recipes for Lovers of Italian Food

A love song to the food and landscapes of Italy packed with approachable recipes and beautiful photography

Baladi: Palestine: A Celebration of Food from Land And Sea

A beautifully written homage to Palestine’s farms, fields, and everyday tables

Cookbook review: Tasting Georgia: A Food and Wine Journey in the Caucasus

Beautifully written and photographed tribute to Georgia’s legendary food and wine

Cookbook Review: The Immigrant Cookbook: Recipes that Make America Great

As the grandchild of immigrants as well as a second-generation American, “The Immigrant Cookbook: Recipes that Make America Great” speaks to me on a very personal level. My grandmother and great-grandparents immigrated from southeast Poland in the early 20th century and my grandmother would frequently recall the steerage class ocean crossing on the SS Lapland…

Cookbook review: From the Land of Nightingales and Roses

Food blogger and home cook Maryam Sinaiee takes readers through a full year in the Persian kitchen, including the festivals, traditions and rituals that make up day-to-day life across Iran. Born in Tehran, Maryam learned to cook from her mother, grandmothers, and aunts. The kitchens of her youth were filled with the aromas of frying…

Cookbook review: Instant Indian

I’m so happy to share my friend Rinku Battacharya’s new book “Instant Indian”; it features 100 authentic recipes from around India, including dals, idli, curries, chaat, biryani, pulao, and more! There are also recipes for paneer, no-knead naan, yogurt, and spice blends. I previously reviewed Rinku’s excellent “Spices and Seasons”; in recent months, I’ve jumped…

Chefs Collective: Recipes, Tips and Secrets From 50 of the World’s Greatest Chefs

Michelle Tchea, author, founder and owner of Healthy Spoon Pty Ltd and manager of PopIntel Ltd, works with some of the world’s best restaurants, Michelin-rated chefs and 5-star luxury hotels and has been published in GQ, Travel + Leisure, and Food & Wine. With her fourth book Chefs Collective, Michelle has taken on a project…