Persiana author Sabrina Ghayour, who here delivers a collection of recipes from the Middle East and its environs, is a virtuoso of approachable, weeknight-friendly cooking. Winter is coming, it is true, but when it does, these books will be doing their part to keep both our stomachs and spirits well-fed. There are books that show us the exquisite layers contained in vegan Chinese and Taiwanese American cooking, and for the bakers, there are long-fermented breads and a long-awaited second book from a legendary pastry chef. There are books aimed at those of us who are short on time but long on appetite, and books that take deep, luxurious dives into the foods of Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, and Great Britain. The list below includes a variety of cuisines and approaches to cooking, but their common denominator is that they all make us want to stop whatever we’re doing and cook. So many, in fact, that it was exceedingly difficult to choose just 10 titles to spotlight. Because recipes, at least the good ones, are exactly that.Īnd there are a lot of happy endings to be found in this fall’s cookbooks. ![]() As cookbooks do so dependably, these latest additions to the canon provide an incentive to both turn inward and see (or eat) more of the world, to try new things while seeking solace in stories with happy endings. What we do know is that along with colder temperatures (we assume? but who can really say anymore?) and midterm elections, the season augurs a new and very welcome crop of cookbooks. Once again, fall is here, and no, we don’t know how that happened either.
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