By Eliot, on April 5th, 2026%
When I wasn’t posting very much in January about food, cooking or cookbooks, I started a monthly post featuring what I’ve been reading.
Since then, I’ve stepped it up a bit with cookbook reviews but here are the books I haven’t blogged about (yet).
Finding Freedom: A Cook’s Story; Remaking a . . . → Read More: What I’ve been reading…
By Eliot, on March 12th, 2026%
Lots of ragus, pasta dishes and pasta salads to choose from. I mad his Sausage & Tomatoes with orecchiette. I also whipped up one of the salad dressings in the book. . . . → Read More: Six Seasons of Pasta by Joshua McFadden and Sausage and Tomatoes
By Eliot, on March 8th, 2026%
In my last cookbook review of Boustany by Sami Tamimi, I wrote that the work just did not speak to me. Today’s review of Third Culture Cooking by Zaynab Issa definitely does.
About the book:
Third Culture Cooking is American Cooking: Delicious everyday multicultural recipes, borrowing from our parents and their parents’ homes, melding . . . → Read More: Third Culture Cooking: Classic Recipes for a New Generation by Zaynab Issa
By Eliot, on March 4th, 2026%
I’m taking a break today from the “best of“ lists to highlight a cute little book.
I got Gatsby’s Speakeasy for a gift at Christmas and I laughed out loud because it reminded me of a children’s board book. It’s been on display on my kitchen shelf since then. It’s a cute little book . . . → Read More: Gatsby’s Speakeasy: a little adult board book
By Eliot, on March 1st, 2026%
I’m still reviewing books that made “best of“ cookbook lists in 2025. Today I’m reviewing Boustany: A celebration of vegetables from my Palestine by Sami Tamimi.
About the book:
A homage to Palestinian food and culture, Boustany, is the first solo cookbook from Sami, a champion of Palestinian food and culture.
Boustany translates . . . → Read More: A Spinach Dip to celebrate Boustany by Sami Tamimi
By Eliot, on February 8th, 2026%
I’m playing catch up with some of the “best of” cookbooks from 2025. Hetty Lui McKinnon has done it again with Linger.
About the book:
ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF 2025: The Washington Post, The Strategist, Bon Appétit, The Boston Globe, Slate, Serious Eats, and Saveur“Hetty McKinnon doesn’t write great vegetarian recipes, she just writes great recipes.”
—Nigella LawsonIn her . . . → Read More: Linger: Salads, Sweets and Stories to Savor by Hetty Lui McKinnon
By Eliot, on October 30th, 2025%
A review of a fun and inventive book plus three “bloody” cocktails for Halloween. . . . → Read More: Drink Your Garden by Belinda Kelly and Venise Cunningham
By Eliot, on October 18th, 2025%
Cook Once, Eat Twice: Time-Saving Recipes to Help you Get Ahead in the Kitchen by Nadiya Hussain is the next book I’m reviewing on Epicurious’ list of the best cookbooks of Spring 2025. Hussain didn’t make the top sixteen but her book is on the “More Spring Books That We’re Excited About” list. I’m . . . → Read More: Two books by Nadiya Hussain: Cook Once, Eat Twice and Finding My Voice
By Eliot, on October 12th, 2025%
Hidden Vegetables is a brand new cookbook that will allow you to hide all sorts of goodness in your meals. I made some Omelet Muffins and did just that. . . . → Read More: The Hidden Vegetables Cookbook: 90 Tasty Recipes for Veggie-Averse Adults by Heidi Herman
By Eliot, on October 1st, 2025%
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