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Recipe for Vanilla Sablés from How to Bake by Nick Malgieri

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This classic cookbook, written by my amazing baker-friend, is full of all sorts of recipes and tips. It’s time to start baking your holiday cookies. First up: this ultimate, simple, sugary cookie. Then bake the chocolate spice cookies. They will whip up quickly. After that, his decorated gingerbread cookies, the chocolate version of the sablés, and a few dozen fig bars and hermits. Fill tins to send off to your loved ones and be sure to save one for yourself.

Recipe excerpted with permission from How to Bake by Nick Malgieri (Dover Books)

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Recipe for Lemon Bars from The Good Book of Southern Baking by Kelly Fields with Kate Heddings, photographs by Oriana Koren

This wonderful book will inspire you to practice your pumpkin pie making skills. Then, on to cornbread, a crumby, fruity coffee cake, some puddings of the bananas Foster and warm chocolate varieties, buttermilk pie, a Creole cream cheesecake, and some pretty wonderful berry treats. Or try these amazing lemon bars. Go in the kitchen and bake!

Reprinted with permission from The Good Book of Southern Baking by Kelly Fields with Kate Heddings copyright ©2020 published by Lorena Jones Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC Photographs copyright © Oriana Koren

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Recipe for 24-Karat Cookies from Cookies are Magic by Maida Heatter

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

Here are some yummy cookies, filled with honey, to start your sweet new year. The rest of the book will keep you baking all fall. Fill your cookie jar with Pecan Butter Pillows, Maida’s Mother’s Gingersnaps, and Cookie Kisses.

Recipe excerpted with permission from Cookies are Magic by Maida Heatter (Little Brown and Company).

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Recipe for Glazed Plum Tart from Women in the Kitchen by Anne Willan, recipe by Edna Lewis

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

Whip up this simple, amazing purple plum tart, pop it in the oven, and curl up with this book. I am always interested in people’s favorite recipes and cookbooks. Of course I am. This one is bursting with stories of women, some famous, some not, but all interesting. The recipe selection is wonderful. Check out Alice Waters' garlic soufflé, Marcella Hazan's polenta and tomato recipes, Julia Child's Coq au Vin, and the original Fannie Farmer will show you how to cook scallops and make a somewhat scary melted cheesy thing called English Monkey.

Recipe excerpted with permission from Women in the Kitchen by Anne Willan (Scribner).

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Recipe for Pound Cake from 100 Techniques by America’s Test Kitchen

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This book is filled with recipes and techniques to improve your cooking skills. I loved this easy pound cake, especially the almond variation. Try pizza in a skillet, stuffed and grilled trout, roasted asparagus with the often-scary Hollandaise sauce, baked rice, and a New York-style cheesecake for dessert. I love this book.

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Recipe for Banana Bites from Peanut Butter by Tim Lannan and James Annabel

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

For you, dear baking-challenged readers, this recipe will make some sweet nibbles to last all Father’s Day, If you like peanut butter, you’ll love this book. There are all sorts of traditional recipes for brittle, stir-fries, and sandwiches, even some with jelly. And there are also unusual ones, such as toast with pickles and hot sauce, cocktails, bruschetta, and a very nutty spaghetti. Have fun and whip up these yummy banana bites. And call yer dad!

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Recipe for Manuka honey tea with honey and banana bread from Tea & Cake: Perfect Pairings for Brews and Bakes by Liz Franklin and Zabar's favorite loose teas, teapot and cookbook giveaway

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

It is a lovely concept to stop in the middle of the day for a cuppa and a tiny sweet. This very British book is bursting with adorably-named treats, such as fat rascals, crumpets and tippy tea. We are giving away a copy of the book and a selection of our favorite loose teas and favorite teapot. 

Enter to win Tea & Cake, our favorite loose teas and teapot! Just send us an email at social@zabars.com with the subject "Tea & Cake" and you'll be entered to win. The winner will be selected randomly on 6/18/2020 and will be contacted by email. For an extra chance to win, refer a friend. (Note: The Tea & Cake cookbook and Zabar's loose teas and teapot can be sent to the 50 United States and DC, age 18+ only. Cannot be sent to P. O. boxes.)

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Recipe for Creamy Orange Smoothie from Gather at Home by Monika Hibbs

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This pretty book is bursting with amazing recipes. Get inspired and go into the kitchen to try out the individual chicken pot pies, another smoothie that has chocolate and oats for breakfast, and a kale Caesar salad.

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Recipe for Orange Chocolate Loaf Cake from Florida from Chocolate is Forever by Maida Heatter

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

Ahhh. Last week, I wrote that smoked salmon is my favorite food. It’s really almost anything chocolate. This rich cake is pretty close to the top of the list. And pairing orange with chocolate is a match made in dessert heaven! I miss my old friend and teacher, Maida Heatter, but we are all so lucky to have her incredible recipes to bake over and over again. Thanks, and a tip of my hat to Connie Heatter and Nick Malgieri.

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Recipe for Caraway Seed Cake from Artisan Home Baking by Meg Rivers and cookbook & Zabar’s Classic Sweets & Coffee Bundle giveaway

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This book has lots of homey, delicious desserts to bake. I really love this simple caraway seed cake. Or…try the coffee & walnut cake, brownies with ginger and orange slices, a lovely pear tart, and some cookies called Hokey Pokey Biscuits. We are giving away a copy of the cookbook and one of our favorite selections of goodies: Zabar’s Classic Sweets & Coffee Bundle.

Enter to win Artisan Home Baking! Just send us an email at social@zabars.com with the subject "Artisan Home Baking" and you'll be entered to win. The winner will be selected randomly on 5/22/2020 and will be contacted by email. For an extra chance to win, refer a friend. (Note: The Artisan Home Baking cookbook and Zabar’s Classic Sweets & Coffee Bundle can be sent to the 50 United States and DC, age 18+ only. Cannot be sent to P. O. boxes.)

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