Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
Try this delightful dish for a cozy dinner by the fire. Next on my list: asparagus and sugar snap pea risotto; smoked tuna with fennel, chilli, and grapefruit; and cantuccini biscuits for dessert.
Recipes excerpted with permission from The Italian Deli Cookbook by Theo Randall, photographs by Lizzie Mayson, published by Quadrille Publishing, March 2021
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Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
Use store-bought pastry for this dish, or make your own from scratch. Next on my list: Gran’s traditional Cornish pasty tarts; a gorgeous Root Wellington; and caramelised onion and apple chutney.
Recipes excerpted with permission from All Day Baking by Michael James and Pippa James published by Hardie Grant, September 2021
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Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
This lovely book is an armchair traveler’s dream, filled with recipes of my grandparents’ home. Here is Pasta alla Norma, a quick and easy dish to make for dinner. It's the perfect pairing of tomatoes and eggplant. Next on my list: flat bread with grapes; spaccatelle pasta with ricotta and pistachio pesto; and the adorably named Kissing Biscuits. Buon appetito!
Recipe excerpted with permission from Sicilia by Ben Tish (Bloomsbury). All rights reserved.
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Preparing a meal and reserving some of the ingredients for tomorrow. So clever. Try the herb-crusted roasted chicken with lemon-garlic orzo for your first dinner, and reserve some of the meat to make second meal—a sheet pan, bursting with veggies and curry. Another night, make some tuna steak with chili-lime sauce, serve it with quinoa, and use some of the fish for a tuna-noodle casserole for another dinner. A falafel bowl morphs into goat cheese-mushroom quiche for tomorrow’s lunch. The book has tons of tip on how to transform the recipes to lower your carbs, or eliminate dairy, gluten, grains, nuts, or eggs. Healthy and delicious. What could be bad?
Recipe excerpted with permission from Cook Once Dinner Fix by Cassy Joy Garcia, photos by Kristen Kilpatrick (Simon & Schuster, Inc). All rights reserved.
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Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
Here’s a super simple stew for your first almost-fall dinner in front of the fire. Spend the cold months trying beef and barley soup, made in a pressure cooker; veal chops with spinach and a garlicky gremolata; and a slow-cooked pad Thai.
Recipe excerpted with permission from Meat Illustrated (America's Test Kitchen).
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Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
This gorgeous book is bursting with inventive vegetarian dishes. The recipe for today whips up in a few minutes. Place the veggies and fruit in a bowl, cook and add the hot pasta, then the dressing. You will have a lovely pasta salad for a warm summer’s evening. Next on my list: minestrone soup, blueberry nut butter cookies, and a refreshing watermelon/raspberry/lemon drink.
Excerpted from Occasionally Eggs: Simple Vegetarian Recipes for Every Season by Alexandra Daum. Copyright © 2021 Alexandra Daum. Photography by Alexandra Daum. Published by Appetite by Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.
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Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
This cookbook organizes meals for a week, with recipes and shopping lists. You can use the recipes in this book every night, or once a week, to become a world-class home cook with a signature potluck dish. Next on my list: orzo primavera with feta, cooked in a leek broth; and a salad made with carrot, orange, chickpeas, and a minty dressing, served with crispy chicken pieces.
Recipe excerpted with permission from The Ultimate Meal Prep by America’s Test Kitchen
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Take a trip to Oaxaca from your armchair with this interesting book, then go in the kitchen and make this fish dish. Next, put on your list: lamb chops in pitona sauce, ceviche-stuffed chile de aqua in passion fruit salsa, and maybe even some grilled octopus. Try the heirloom tomato salad and some cinnamon-scented hot chocolate for dessert.
Excerpted from THE FOOD OF OAXACA: Recipes and Stories from Mexico’s Culinary Capital by Alejandro Ruiz and Carla Altesor. English Translation Copyright © 2020 by Alfred A. Knopf. Excerpted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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Recipes by Kathy Kordalis, photo by Mowie Kay © Ryland Peters & Small
Here’s a super lazy way to have a backyard gathering: give your friends copies of this cookbook, and ask each to make a recipe from it for a wonderful pot-luck brunch at your house. Set the picnic table, mix some mimosas, iced tea and coffee, and whip up this breakfast tart and one of the amazing French toasts from the book. Invite me, and I’ll help with the dishes.
Recipe excerpted with permission from Lazy Day Brunches: Relaxed Recipes for the Morning, Ryland Peters & Small
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Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
This lovely book, filled with stories and recipes, was like a trip back to Italy. Today’s recipe for schiacciatine makes a platter full of adorable little veggie-covered savory treats. Next on my list: Italian meatloaf, fried chicken, and pastas and gnocchi galore. Which to choose? Sweet crostini with pears and walnuts, or maybe individual rice/risotto puddings, for dessert. I know my kids’ answer will be both.
Recipe excerpted with permission from Florentine by Emiko Davies, published by Hardie Grant Books, February 2021
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