Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
What to cook this weekend? Gnocchi. These little dumplings will warm your heart and tummy. Next on my list: hand-rolled macaroni with asparagus, walnuts & mint; goulash; and apricot strudel.
Recipe excerpted with permission from Istria by Paola Bacchia
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from Brownies, Blondies, and other Traybakes (Ryland Peters and Small)
Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
Peanut butter and jelly, great combination. Peanut butter and chocolate, even better. But, good grief, pb&j and chocolate? So good I can barely stand it. For your next month or two of baking, try this brownie goodie, then butterscotch blondies, then Bakewell slices, then gingerbread brownies, then pistachio, and then cherry. Finish with Brookies, which are an adorable cross between a cookie and a brownie.
Recipe excerpted with permission From Delicious Brownies, Blondies and Other Traybakes: 65 Delicious Recipes for Home-Baked Sweet Treats, Ryland Peters & Small, 2021
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from Sicilia by Ben Tish, photographs by Kris Kirkham
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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from Cook Once Dinner Fix by Cassy Joy Garcia
Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
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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from Sharing Food with Friends by Kathy Kordalis
Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
Celebrate a sweet new year with this herby cheese dish, drizzled with honey. There is even a recipe in this cookbook to make pizza topped with this ricotta! Next on my list: a no-pastry chicken pie, with thyme-sprigged potatoes; primavera risotto; and the cutest individual apple tarts.
Recipe excerpted with permission from: Casual Dining and Inspiring Recipes for Platters, Boards and Small Bites by photography by Mowie Kay (Ryland Peters & Small)
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Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
Here is a recipe for something delicious to start off a sweet year. This enormous book is a chocolate lover's dream. It contains step-by-step instructions, with illustrations and photographs, to guide you to make bonbons, tartlets, and an opera cake (Aunt Stacey’s favorite!) that is fancy dinner party-worthy. It also has very clear instructions on how to temper chocolate, which was the hardest thing I learned in culinary school. Today’s recipe is the simplest in the book—amazing chocolate chunk cookies.
Recipes excerpted with permission from The Ultimate Book of Chocolate by Melanie Dupuis, published by Hardie Grant Books.
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from The Complete Salad Book by America’s Test Kitchen
Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
It’s so nice to have a big salad, with dressing on the side, in the fridge. Add some seared tuna, grilled chicken, or tofu, and you have a late summer evening’s meal. Next on my list: peach caprese; beet salad with spicy yogurt and watercress; farro with spring vegetables; and a steak salad with pear and pickled fennel. Then, on to the dressings—poppy seed and then creamy roasted garlic. First, try this salad, using smoked salmon instead of tuna.
Recipe excerpted with permission from The Complete Salad Book by America’s Test Kitchen
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from Occasionally Eggs by Alexandra Daum
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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For breakfast, try banana buttermilk pancakes, croissant breakfast sandwiches, or this fun waffle recipe. For lunch, potato, Tex-Mex, or a classic macaroni salad. Dinner: apricot-glazed chicken, ribs, or cheesy pasta with pesto and grape tomatoes. For dessert, next on my list is a chocolate banana bread.
Recipe excerpted with permission from Raised in the Kitchen: Making Memories from Scratch One Recipe at a Time by Carrian Cheney (Shadow Mountain)
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from Modern Freezer Meals by Ali Rosen
Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
This book is full of wonderful recipes that you can eat right away or freeze—perfect for making a big batch and defrosting single servings. I was enchanted with the recipe for pesto, using the bounty of basil and other herbs from your garden. Cook up the pesto, cool and scoop into ice cube trays. Dump the frozen cubes into a zip-top plastic bag, and freeze. Don’t forget to label the bag, and you can have garden-fresh sauce all winter long. Amazingly clever.
Recipe excerpted with permission from Modern Freezer Meals by Ali Rosen (Skyhorse Publishing)
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