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100 Afternoon Sweets

100 Afternoon Sweets

Kieffer, Sarah
$27.50
From Sarah Kieffer, the beloved baker behind 100 Cookies, 100 Morning Treats, and the popular Vanilla Bean Blog, here are 100 recipes for the most craveable afternoon treats.

Sarah Kieffer's pan-banging cookie technique became a viral sensation, leading to her bestselling debut cookbook, 100 Cookies. In 2023, her 100 Morning Treats was named a Best Cookbook of the Year by Epicurious, along with landing on a slew of Best Cookbook lists from Bon Appetit, Forbes, and more. Now, it's time for a new volume dedicated to the joy of afternoon indulgence!

From one-bowl snacking cakes to bigger baking projects, here are 100 little treats to help you push past the midday slump, including:

  • Pecan Espresso Bars
  • Roasted Strawberry Cream Pie
  • Kitchen Sink Crispy Treats
  • Peanut Butter and Jelly Cake
  • Straight-Up Yellow Snacking Cake
  • Giant Pop Tart
  • Fig Scones
  • And much more!

  • Filled with more than 120 inspiring photographs, including how-tos for doughs, shaping, and flavor variations, 100 Afternoon Sweets is the third must-have in the trilogy of Kieffer's 100-themed baking books. These sweets are perfect for wherever the afternoon takes you: at the office deep in emails, hungry kiddos coming home after school, or simply a restful Sunday spent lazing on the couch.

    DELICIOUS SUCCESS: With more than 250,000 copies sold between the two, 100 Cookies and 100 Morning Treats are a resounding success with home bakers. Baking for the Holidays is a perennial bestseller beloved by bakers nationwide. 100 Afternoon Sweets returns to another year-round baking book with a variety of accessible, reliable, delicious recipes for a wide range of home cooks.

    ACCOMPLISHED AUTHOR: Sarah Kieffer is the beloved blogger behind The Vanilla Bean Blog, a past winner of Saveur Reader's Choice Best Baking & Desserts Blog. The author of four cookbooks, she has been featured by Food52, The Today Show, Mashable, The Kitchn, America's Test Kitchen, Huffington Post, and more.

    GREAT GIFT: With anyone-can-do-it recipes, this is a perfect anytime gift (birthday, Valentine's Day, Easter, housewarming, etc.) alongside a cute apron or baking product. Package this book with 100 Morning Treats, 100 Cookies, and Baking for the Holidays to create an irresistible 4-in-1 set for a lucky baker in your life.

    Praise for Sarah's previous recipe books:

    100 Morning Treats:
    "This wonderfully delectable cookbook is chock-full of amazing baked goods--perfect for breakfast, brunch, even afternoon tea--with recipes adaptable for a wide range of skill levels."
    --Shelf Awareness

    "This volume is a must for bakers at all levels who want to create memorable morning meals."
    --Publisher's Weekly

    "Kieffer's ample offerings leave no sugar-topped pastry untouched."
    --Booklist

    100 Cookies:
    "Sarah Kieffer is the one who broke the Internet with her pan-banging cookies, large, chocolate-rich, and rippled like sandbars. And this book offers plenty of bangers, with a whole chapter of crinkly treats for those who like to make some noise on the way to dessert. Baking them all could be your winter challenge."
    --The Boston Globe

    "Kieffer's book is a baker's baking book, but it's also completely unpretentious. There are cookies for when you just want a good cookie, and more ambitious recipes for when you want to attempt palmiers or break out a culinary torch."
    --Food & Wine

    Baking for the Holidays:
    "In this cheerful collection, Kieffer, founder of The Vanilla Bean Blog, shares dozens of sweet recipes perfect for the holiday season. . . . Avid holiday bakers should put this on their wish list."
    --Publishers Weekly

    Perfect for:

  • Home bakers of all levels
  • Fans of Sarah Kieffer's blog, Instagram, or previous cookbooks
  • Snackers and little treat seekers with a knack for baking
  • Hostess or housewarming gift for bakers
  • Owners of Dessert Person, Snacking Bakes, Dorie's Cookies, or Pastry Love recipe books
  • Milk Street Bakes

    Milk Street Bakes

    Kimball, Christopher
    $45.00
    Turn your kitchen into the world's best bakery with this "comprehensive [and] extraordinarily useful" collection of 200 sweet and savory baking recipes from the James Beard Award-winning team at Milk Street (Booklist, starred review)

    The American baking repertoire may be unparalleled in our claim to pies, biscuits, and cakes. But step off a plane in London, Mexico City, Istanbul, or Paris, and you realize how much more there we can learn about the art of simple, delicious baked goods.

    We found a simple Spanish almond cake that uses no wheat flour. Loaf cakes that balance the sugar with slightly-bitter rye. Super-creamy Basque cheesecake that requires no water bath. Mexican sweet corn cake made in a blender. Or Catalan biscotti, sticky chocolate cake from Sweden, and crispy spinach and cheese borek from Türkiye.

    We also include forgotten American recipes such as maple-glazed hermits and new classics such as peanut butter banana cream pie. And we go beyond sweets to include yeasted breads, savory tarts, pizzas, and flatbreads (some made in a skillet in minutes).

    Most of these recipes are easier than you'd think, from beer pretzels to Danish dream cake. But in baking, the little things count--so Milk Street is here to help you avoid pitfalls with recipes that you can count on.

    Our promise to you is that you will become the best baker you know!

    Milk Street Noodles

    Milk Street Noodles

    Kimball, Christopher
    $35.00
    It's time to twirl and slurp bowls of pasta, ramen, spaetzle, lo mein, and more with 125 recipes for noodles from around the world, from the James Beard Award-winning team at Milk Street

    Nearly every culture serves some sort of noodle, from fettuccine, ramen and spaetzle, to lo mein, gnocchi and udon. So we traveled the world to learn the secrets to the best pad Thai, Italian ragu, spicy North African couscous and buttery Turkish noodles flecked with feta.

  • In Italy, we were taught the real fettuccine Alfredo--so much lighter, simpler and more satisfying than what we knew.
  • In Sapporo, Japan, we learned how to develop the deep umami flavors of miso ramen with minimal time and effort.
  • And from Ho Chi Minh City to Lima, we learned the art of the quick noodle stir-fry, from Vietnamese shrimp noodles to Peruvian chicken and pasta
  • The world of noodles also includes cool salads, steaming soups, plump dumplings and bowls of well-sauced shapes of all kind. Noodles are a perfect canvas for spring and summer vegetables, as well as hearty wintertime baked casseroles. And if speed is your need, try hoisin-ginger noodles or our cheesy one-pan cacio e pepe, both ready in 20 minutes.

    We include guides to using the noodles you have on hand, and show how to make classic noodles from scratch--from homemade udon and hand-cut wheat noodles to fresh egg pasta, orecchiette and potato gnocchi.

    What's for dinner? Use your noodle.

    King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread

    King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread

    King Arthur Baking Company
    $45.00
    From the beloved baking authority, the most wide-ranging bread book to be published in a decade--with 125 recipes that meet you where you are, whether novice or bread-head, in a stunning package.

    Authoritative and accessible, The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread is exceptional for its range: the 125 recipes for yeasted and naturally leavened breads are designed to appeal to novices and advanced bakers alike, as well as those who are deep into sourdough.

    Everything you want to know about how to make a perfect loaf is here: from techniques for folding and shaping, to information about flour, yeast, and temperature, along with key tips such as how to work with temperamental dough and best practices for storing different breads. Each recipe is accompanied by a gorgeous four-color photo, and the instructional information includes step-by-step photography along with QR codes throughout that direct you to how-to videos. The book also includes an elegant ribbon marker.

    At the heart of The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread is the most expansive and inclusive list of any bread-baking book, and it boasts new and classic recipes such as the following:
    -Flatbreads: Focaccia, Naan, Pita, Scallion Pancake, Lavash, Seedy Crackers
    -Pan Loaves: Everyday Bread, English Muffin Toasting Bread, Tiger Milk Bread
    -Sourdough: Baguette, Sandwich Bread, Cinnamon Swirl
    -Hearth Breads: Classic Miche, Chocolate Levain, Sesame Whole Wheat Loaf
    -Buns, Bagels, and Rolls: Conchas, Bolo Bao, Jerusalem Bagels, Buttermilk Buns
    -"Fancy" Breads: Basic Babka, Big Sticky Bun, Stollen
    -Things to Make with Bread: Cheddar Kimchi Strata, Sourdough Lasagna, Migas

    The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread demystifies bread baking and will make any newbie a confident baker while expanding the skill and repertoire of experienced bakers.

    Wok

    Wok

    Lopez-Alt, J. Kenji
    $50.00

    J. Kenji López-Alt's debut cookbook, The Food Lab, revolutionized home cooking, selling more than half a million copies with its science-based approach to everyday foods. And for fast, fresh cooking for his family, there's one pan López-Alt reaches for more than any other: the wok.

    Whether stir-frying, deep frying, steaming, simmering, or braising, the wok is the most versatile pan in the kitchen. Once you master the basics--the mechanics of a stir-fry, and how to get smoky wok hei at home--you're ready to cook home-style and restaurant-style dishes from across Asia and the United States, including Kung Pao Chicken, Pad Thai, and San Francisco-Style Garlic Noodles. López-Alt also breaks down the science behind beloved Beef Chow Fun, fried rice, dumplings, tempura vegetables or seafood, and dashi-simmered dishes.

    Featuring more than 200 recipes--including simple no-cook sides--explanations of knife skills and how to stock a pantry, and more than 1,000 color photographs, The Wok provides endless ideas for brightening up dinner.

    Wine Bible, 3rd Edition

    Wine Bible, 3rd Edition

    MacNeil, Karen
    $39.99
    It's America's bestselling wine book, now fully revised, updated, and in color!

    Beloved and trusted by everyone, from newcomers starting their wine journey to oenophiles, sommeliers, restaurateurs, and industry insiders, The Wine Bible is comprehensive, entertaining, authoritative, beautifully written, and endlessly interesting. Page after page grounds the reader deeply in the fundamentals--vineyards and varietals, climate and terroir--while layering on passionate asides, tips, anecdotes, definitions, illustrations, maps, labels, and over 400 photographs in full-color. Plus this completely updated 3rd edition offers: New chapters on Great Britain, Croatia, Israel. A new section called In the Beginning... Wine in the Ancient World. New fully revised Great Wines section with recommended bottles to try for each country and region. Expanded chapters on France, Italy, Australia, South America, and the U.S. A deeper grape glossary including 400-plus varieties, and an expanded Mastering Wine Section incorporating latest science on taste and smell.

    Tea: The Drink That Changed the World

    Tea: The Drink That Changed the World

    Martin, Laura C.
    $21.95

    Scott says: Rich in history and legend about the world's favorite evergreen shrub.

    This book is a fascinating history of tea and the spreading of tea throughout the world.

    Camellia sinensis, commonly known as tea, is grown in tea gardens and estates around the world. A simple beverage served either hot or iced, tea has fascinated and driven us, calmed and awoken us, for well over two thousand years.

    The most extensive and well-presented tea history available,

    of the rich legends and history surrounding the spread of tea throughout Asia and the West, as well as its rise to the status of necessity in kitchens around the world. From the tea houses of China's Tang Dynasty (618-907,) to fourteenth-century tea ceremonies in Korea's Buddhist temples' to the tea plantations in Sri Lanka today, this book explores and illuminates tea and its intricate, compelling history.

    Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches: A Cookbook

    Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches: A Cookbook

    Matheson, Matty
    $35.00
    The acclaimed chef, New York Times bestselling author, and executive producer and actor on The Bear redefines cooking's iconic trinity: soups, salads, and sandwiches.

    Chances are you've eaten a soup, salad, or sandwich in the past day (or maybe all three). This trio makes up so many of our meals but is rarely given the attention it deserves-until now. Matty Matheson, known for his bold, innovative flavors, has created a cookbook that will revolutionize how you think of these kitchen basics. This book is for anyone and everyone, offering up Matty's signature twists on the classics, delivered with minimal effort for maximum flavor.

    Find your favorite combination by mixing and matching dishes like:

  • Soups: Giant Meatball Soup in Beefy Tomato Broth; Crab Congee; Creamy Sausage Soup with Rapini and Tortellini; Caldo de Pollo
  • Salads: Everyone's Mom's Macaroni and Tuna Salad; Griddled Salami Panzanella Salad; Peaches with Goat Cheese, Mint, Honeycomb, and Olive Oil
  • Sandwiches: Cubano; Italian Combo; Sun Warmed Tomato; Banana Bread French Toast with Fried Egg, Peameal Bacon, and Maple Syrup

  • Packed with character, personal stories, 126 scrumptious recipes, and vivid photographs of a day-in-the-life with Matty and his family, Soups, Salads, Sandwiches will have you fearlessly whipping up your own combinations in the kitchen.

    Africali: Recipes from My Jikoni (a Cookbook)

    Africali: Recipes from My Jikoni (a Cookbook)

    Moju, Kiano
    $35.00
    NAMED A BEST COOKBOOK OF SUMMER 2024 by FORBES and FOOD & WINE

    African cuisine is infused with Californian culture to create delicious, unique meals in this beautiful fusion cookbook.

    Kiano Moju was born to a Kenyan mother and a Nigerian father and raised in California. While she spent her summer breaks in Kenya, her home in the states during the school year held African house parties where Nigerian jollof rice, moin moin (steamed bean cakes), roasted chicken legs, and plantains were a common part of life. On weekends and special occasions, they would make Kenyan dishes like samosas, sauteed collard greens, barbecued meat, and other favorites from her childhood including Ethiopian and Eritrean recipes. As Kiano says, "Californian cuisine embraces the flavors of its immigrant communities while celebrating the state's agriculture and the flavors of fresh produce," and that's the concept behind her cooking.

    AfriCali is not a traditional cookbook, but rather one inspired by the delicious meals Kiano has experienced in life. The recipes are unfussy but dedicated to flavor including:

  • Peri Peri Butter
  • Herby Harissa
  • Lentil Nuggets
  • Cherry Tomato Kachumbari
  • Kijani Seafood Pilau
  • Chicken and Okra Wet Fry
  • Berbere Braised Short Ribs
  • Coconut and Cardamom Mandazi
  • Garlic Butter Chapos
  • Pili Pili Pineapple Margarita

  • The gorgeous food photography as well as photos from the author's travels in Africa make this a cookbook like no other. Dive in and enjoy the delicious, unique meals that the whole family will love.

    Pasta Queen

    Pasta Queen

    Munno, Nadia Caterina
    $29.99
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    TikTok sensation and beloved home cook Nadia Caterina Munno, a.k.a. The Pasta Queen, presents a cookbook of never-before-shared recipes featuring the signature pasta tips and tricks that are 100% authentic to Italian traditions--and just as gorgeous as you are.

    In the first-ever cookbook from TikTok star and social media sensation Nadia Caterina Munno--a.k.a. The Pasta Queen--is opening the recipe box from her online trattoria to share the dishes that have made her pasta royalty. In this delectable antipasto platter of over 100 recipes, cooking techniques, and the tales behind Italy's most famous dishes (some true, some not-so-true), Nadia guides you through the process of creating the perfect pasta, from a bowl of naked noodles to a dish large and complex enough to draw tears from the gods. Whether it's her viral Pasta Al Limone, a classic Carbonara, or a dish that's entirely Nadia's--like her famous Assassin's Spaghetti--The Pasta Queen's recipes will enchant even the newest of pasta chefs.

    Featuring a colorful tour of Italy through stunning photographs and celebratory tales of the country's rich culinary heritage, along with stories about Nadia's own life and family, The Pasta Queen is a cookbook that will warm your heart, soothe your soul, and spice up your life. And best of all? It's just gorgeous.