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Five Favorite Tailgating Cookbooks
A round-up of the best finger-licking recipes for sports viewers, for football season and beyond.
The Paley's Place Cookbook
A beautifully-photographed tome of recipes from Portland's favorite locavore restaurant.
400 Sauces
This British publication expands the notion of "sauce" from bechamel and beurre blanc to include jams, salsas and dressings.
A Mississippi Delta cook brings the Deep South's culinary history to the fore in her collection of soul food recipes.
Ma Gastronomie
The French cult classic--out of print for a decade--gets a new edition with an introduction by Thomas Keller.
Translating Italian for Home Cooks
Three new Italian cookbooks stand out in an already-crowded field.
Indonesian Regional Food and Cookery
A Sumatran author explores the cuisine and customs of her native archipelago, with occasional nods to Western trends (e.g. Kaffir lime ice cream).
Cooking Up A Storm: Recipes From the Big Easy
A rich collection of recipes from New Orleans residents, who are trying to preserve their culinary history after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region.
A Cookbook, By You
Three software programs allow the home cook to bind photos and recipes of personal all-time bests, to give as gifts or to keep.
An oft-overlooked cookbook by the father of modern American cuisine holds valuable lessons for cutting costs while putting food on the table.
Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient
Jennifer McLagan's paean to butter, lard and other animal fats argues that these much-maligned fats are actually healthy and are unrivaled for cooking.
Desert-Island Cookbook
The retro "Good Cook" series remains unrivaled when it comes to the basics.
Old Versus New Community Cookbooks
Newer, glossier community cookbooks fail to capture the hokey homespun brilliance of their earlier counterparts.
A16 Food+Wine
San Francisco's cozy A16 bistro shares its rustic Italian recipes and inventive flavor pairings.
Nelson Algren's
Under the guise of FDR's Works Progress Administration, the poet traversed the Depression-era Midwest to chart its ethnic foodways.