Tag: Cookbook Reviews 2025
Potluck Desserts: Joyful Recipes to Share with Pride, a review
I’m continuing on with my Best of 2025 cookbooks. For my most recent reviews, I’ve pulled from Epicurious’ list, “The Best Cookbooks of Summer 2025.” Potluck Desserts is the first book on the summer list. Today’s review is all about the sweet. If you need a book that yields large quantities of retro (yet modern)…
Braided Heritage: Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine by Jessica B. Harris
I thought for the longest time (as this book set languishing in my TBR stack as the library due date drew closer and closer) that this was a book about bread and baking. I am clueless obviously. Once I cracked it opened, I was amazed. What an undertaking. Harris braids together a few of the…
Another gem by B. Dylan Hollis
To my knowledge, Baking Across America: A Vintage Recipe Road Trip is not on any “best of” list but I had to grab a copy from the library. I laughed out loud when I read Baking Yesteryear last year. Truly. I was cry-laughing throughout. I saw Hollis’ newest book when my sister and I were…
Snacking cookbook is more than just “girl dinners”
Snacking Dinners: 50+ Recipes for Low-Lift, High-Reward Dinners That Delight is a new cookbook by Georgia Freedman that is chock full of great and easy ideas for all sorts of eating (breakfast, lunch and dinner).
Setting a Place for Us by Hawa Hassan
Setting a Place for Us: Recipes and Stories of Displacement, Resilience, and Community from Eight Countries Impacted by War is another book listed on Epicurious’ Best Cookbooks of 2025 list. (I am focusing on quite a few of these cookbooks this summer.) About the book: An enthralling, intimate collection of essays and over 75 recipes…
Sesame by Rachel Simons, another top cookbook from 2025
I didn’t buy this book for me but I did think it was worthy for a birthday present for my sister. This is another “best of 2025” review.
Family Style by Peter Som
Peter Som’s Family Style is an inventive and genius cookbook full of family stories (and delicious recipes).
A Review: by Heart: Recipes to Hold Near and Dear by Hailee Catalano
I’m not even sure where I heard or read about this cookbook. It had to be on a “best of 2025” list. Regardless, I want to share about this book today. It deserves to be on a “best of” list for certain. About the book: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Learn to make elevated, professional-quality meals in…
A review: Beautiful Boards: 50 Amazing Snack Boards for Any Occasion by Maegan Brown
I’m not sure how many cookbook reviews I will do this year, but I read a new one before the holidays and wanted to share. Even though the “put it on a board” fad may be waning and you can get all the inspiration you need from Instagram, I still love a good hard-backed book…