Children’s Picks
Strange Foods (No Way!)
By Michael J. Rosen
From maggot-infested cheese to chicken feet, get grossed out reading about delicacies from around the world. (ages 8-12)
Professor Cook’s Smashing Snacks
By Lorna Brash
Combine science and cooking to make ice cream in a bag, pink fizzbomb lemonade and other tasty treats. (ages 9-12)
Taste Test
By Kelly Fiore
Nora has grown up in her father’s barbecue joint and finally gets to test her own cooking chops when she is accepted to a reality TV cooking competition for teens. (Ages 12+)
Frosting and Friendship
By Lisa Schroeder
Girl band member and terrible baker Lily would rather rock out than make desserts, but she finds herself tasked with making her friend’s surprise Sweet 13 party cake. (Ages 8-12)
Sophie’s Squash
By Pat Zietlow Miller
Sophie loves playing with her pet squash Bernice, but as winter nears, Bernice is beginning to change and Sophie must find a way to save her. (Ages 3-7)
Eat Like a Bear
By April Pulley Sayre
Follow a bear as he wakes up from a long winter and goes on a journey in search of fish, huckleberries and more. (Ages 4-8)
Adult Picks
The How Can It Be Gluten Free Cookbook: Revolutionary Techniques. Groundbreaking Recipes
By America’s Test Kitchen
Learn new cooking techniques in this book of gluten-free recipes from America’s Test Kitchen. The chefs have figured out the secrets to making your favorite foods without gluten and tell you what works and why.
Pies and Tarts: The Definitive Guide to Classic and Contemporary Favorites from the World’s Premier Culinary College
By Kristina Petersen Migoya
Get motivated to bake sweet and savory recipes such as maple cream pie or beef and cheese empanadas. Learn new pie baking techniques with traditional crust and filling recipes and promises of surprising and versatile variations.
Stuffed: The Ultimate Comfort Food Cookbook: Taking Your Favorite Foods and Stuffing Them to Make New, Different and Delicious Meals
By Dan Whalen
Food blogger Whalen from www.thefoodinmybeard.com presents over-the-top mash-ups of favorite comfort food recipes – cheesesteak pot stickers, mac and cheese chile rellenos, and cherry pie-stuffed chocolate cakes.
The Farmstead Egg Guide & Cookbook
By Terry Blonder Golson
This revised edition of The Farmstead Egg Cookbook presents a brief overview of keeping chickens, but the majority of the work is devoted to recipes featuring eggs as the main ingredient. Enjoy making the simplest forms of fried, poached and shirred eggs to quiches, custards, sauces and souffles.
Melt: The Art of Macaroni and Cheese
By Stephanie Stiavetti and Garrett McCord
Stiavetti and McCord specify an exact ratio of pasta to cooking water, illuminate the differences between bechamel and Mornay sauce, and provide an excellent cheese primer along with their unusual recipes such as Szechuan-style udon with piave and radicchio. Suggested wine pairings complete their macaroni and cheese masterpieces.
Come Home to Supper: Over 200 Satisfying Casseroles, Skillets, and Sides (Desserts, Too!) to Feed Your F
amily with Love
By Christy Jordan
Jordan seeks to reconnect families at the table. Written with busy, practical home cooks in mind, her recipes, such as Coca-Cola pork chops and oven-baked sloppy joes, emphasize time and money-saving solutions using store-bought ingredients and appliances such as slow cookers and microwaves to minimize labor.
