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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.

COOK

COOK

Martini, Karen
$65.00

In COOK: The Only Book You Need in the Kitchen, acclaimed chef Karen Martini shares a lifetime of cooking, eating and learning about food. This is an essential collection of more than 1000 recipes, from old favorites to brilliant new dishes.

Karen has inspired generations of home cooks, and with this milestone book she brings us a generous breadth of cuisines and ingredients, celebrating vibrant flavors . Karen won't just show you what to cook, she will teach you how to cook, with everything you need to prepare effortlessly delicious meals.

Each recipe in this modern classic is packed with hard-won wisdom from Karen's inspiring career and Tunisian-Italian heritage. Providing midweek meals, signature spreads, dinner-party dishes and feasts for special occasions, COOK will guide you to make each meal your own. Enjoy an incredible array of classic and contemporary recipes - from the simple to the elaborate - suitable for all skill levels.

This deeply personal book bursts with dishes reflecting the richly diverse world of food. Karen's unrivalled understanding of how we eat today will delight experienced home cooks and newcomers alike. It's time to COOK.

Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches: A Cookbook

Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches: A Cookbook

Matheson, Matty
$35.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The acclaimed chef, actor, and executive producer of 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.

    Fishwife Cookbook

    Fishwife Cookbook

    Millstein, Becca
    $30.00

    Take your tinned fish game to the next level with 80 recipes for meals for one, picnics in the park, sunny breakfasts, and more, from the trailblazing brand, Fishwife Tinned Seafood Co.

    Grab your baguette, butter, Castelvetrano olives, flaky salt, and a little glass of chilled wine--it's tinned fish time! According to Becca Millstein, co-founder of Fishwife, tinned fish is making waves for a thousand reasons: It eliminates the entire process of cooking a fish. It can sit in your cupboard for years and still be at its best on its fifth birthday. It's a versatile, protein-packed, convenient ingredient. And, lastly, a tremendous amount of love and labor goes into each individual tin of fish, which Fishwife sources responsibly from traditional purveyors and fisherfolk, all wild-caught or ethically farmed.

    While you might not be able to resist just snacking on Fishwife's delightfully packaged and decidedly delicious offerings (like the smoked trout, Sichuan-chili-spiked salmon, or Cantabrian anchovies) straight out of the can, with The Fishwife Cookbook you can take your tinned fish to the next level, effortlessly transforming it into a mouthwatering meal or satisfying snack.

    You'll find chapters that span a range of occasions, like Just a Quickie, A Meal for One, Picnic in the Park, Dinner Is Served, Hosting a Cocktail Party, and Sunday Morning, featuring 80 powerfully flavorful and easy-to-put-together recipes, like:

    Tinned Smoked Salmon Deviled EggsSmoked Mackerel UdonSardine Fritto Misto with Charred Lemon and AioliFisherman's Stew with Salmon, Mussels, and CocklesRainbow Trout Tacos with Peach and Tomato SalsaLamb Bolognese with Cantabrian Anchoviesand many more

    Throughout, deep dives--like The Great Tinned Fish Beverage Companion Guide and How to Pack a Perfect Picnic--show you that the world of tinned fish is your oyster.

    With beautiful photographs and the charming and whimsical illustrations in the brand's signature style throughout, The Fishwife Cookbook is an invitation to make a splash! The water's fine, the fish are jumping, and the food is a revelation.

    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.

    Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things

    Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things

    Murad, Noor
    $32.00
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Yotam Ottolenghi, Noor Murad, and the test kitchen superteam behind Shelf Love deliver maximum-flavor recipes with make-ahead condiments, sauces, and more toppings that transform any dish into an Ottolenghi favorite.

    IACP AWARD FINALIST - ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, Delish, Epicurious

    Extra Good Things is all about the secret culinary weapons--condiments, sauces, dressings, and more--that can make a good meal spectacular. The abundant, vegetable-forward recipes in this collection give you a delicious dish plus that special takeaway--a sauce, a sprinkle, a pickle!--that you can repurpose time and time again in other recipes throughout the week, with limitless opportunity. These extras help you stock your fridges and pantries the Ottolenghi way, so you can effortlessly accessorize your plates with pops of texture and color, acidity and heat, and all the magical flavor bombs that keep you coming back for more.

    And this is where the fun really begins, with extras like marinated feta, featured in a dish of oven-braised chickpeas, that can then be spooned onto your favorite salad or swirled into soup. Slow-cooked za'atar tomatoes top a polenta pizza for dinner but will also make the best-ever bruschetta or pasta sauce. Or a crispy, crunchy panko topping full of ginger, shallots, and sesame that you first meet on soba noodles but you'll want to put on . . . well, just about everything.

    Whether it's a spicy kick of pickled chile or an herbaceous salsa to lighten and brighten, Extra Good Things shows you how to fill your kitchen with adaptable, homemade ingredients that will make any dish undeniably "Ottolenghi."

    How to Taste

    How to Taste

    Naglich, Mandy
    $25.00
    Perfect for foodie fans of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat as well as Cork Dork and The Flavor Equation, this instant classic is both a sumptuous behind-the-scenes tour and a fun, appetizing, and informative how-to that covers everything from wine and cheese to ice cream and honey, tea, chocolate, and even water, from the science of taste and the rituals of creating a fine-tuned palate, to plucking flavor descriptions from the tip of your tongue, and learning how appreciating food can help you appreciate life.

    You love to eat. But do you know how to taste?

    On a delectable sensory romp through the science of flavor, award-winning professional taster Mandy Naglich, one of less than 100 Advanced Cicerones in the world, gives you a seat at the table in the elite world of master tasters - scientists, professional tasters, sommeliers, umami ushers and more - divulging the secrets behind their perfected palates so you, too, can become a super taster.

    Whether it's a meaningful meal or a favorite nostalgic road trip snack, we know what we like to eat. But even when it comes to the most vivid and memorable dishes it's tough to say what exactly makes them so delicious. Now award-winning expert, certified food and beverage taster and lifestyle journalist Mandy Naglich reveals how to hone your tasting superpowers like a pro.

    Take a seat beside highly-trained cheese analysts, world-class sommeliers, competitive whiskey tasters, internationally recognized chefs, and sensory scientists as experts divulge the secrets to discerning the notes in a range of ingredients, from a dab of honey to a spoonful of olive oil--and even a sip of mineral water.

    Discover why a James Beard award-winner was visibly nervous before a blindfolded taste test on Top Chef Masters, and how coffee farmers base growing practices on the palate of one world-renowned authority. Learn why your taste buds respond to variables such as food temperature and background music. What the flavor distinction is between a pomme fruit and a stone fruit, how to judge the acidity of anything, from a cup of tea to a square of dark chocolate--and how understanding flavor can impact the way you understand the world.

    A rich journey for the flavor-obsessed, this instant classic is both a practical guide and a sumptuous meditation on how to savor all things delicious--on the plate and in life.

    My Life in Recipes

    My Life in Recipes

    Nathan, Joan
    $45.00
    A new cookbook from the best-selling and award-winning author that uses recipes to look back at her life and family history--and at her personal journey discovering Jewish cuisine from around the world

    "There is no greater authority on Jewish cooking than Joan Nathan." --Michael Solomonov, James Beard award-winning chef and author of Zahav

    Before hummus was available in every grocery store--before shakshuka was a dish on every brunch menu--Joan Nathan taught home cooks how and why they should make these now-beloved staples themselves. Here, in her most personal book yet, the beloved authority on global Jewish cuisine uses recipes to look back at her own family's history-- their arrival in America from Germany; her childhood in postwar New York and Rhode Island; her years in Paris, New York, Israel, and Washington, DC. Nathan shares her story--of marriage, motherhood, and a career as a food writer; of a life well-lived and centered around meals--and she punctuates it with all the foods she has come to love.

    With over 100 recipes from roast chicken to rugelach, from matzoh ball soup to challah and brisket, here are updated versions of her favorites. But here too are new favorites: Salmon with Preserved Lemon and Za'atar; Fragrant Spiced Chicken with Rice, Eggplant, Peppers, and Zucchini; Mahammar (a Syrian pepper, pomegranate and walnut dip); Moroccan Chicken with Almonds, Cinnamon and Couscous; Joan's version of the perfect Black and White Cookies.

    This is a treasury of recipes and stories--and an invitation to a seat at Nathan's table.

    Kitchen Capable

    Kitchen Capable

    Ng, Stefan
    $26.99

    Your #1 Resource in the Kitchen

    This one-of-a-kind cookbook teaches you how to cook any dish with confidence, whether you're following a recipe or improvising a late-night meal. With guidance from Stefan Ng, creator of the cooking channel Shaunson Explains, you'll master core techniques like how to properly hold a knife, tenderly steam vegetables or perfect the reverse sear, through lessons and practice recipes. You'll also build your intuition with ingredients thanks to in-depth guides noting the distinctions between produce varieties, pantry staples, cuts of meat and seafood―like which onion is best for sautéing vs. featuring raw, or when kosher salt works better than sea salt.

    With your newly polished skills, you can bring essential dishes to life like:

    - Panzanella Salad
    - Garlic Shrimp Tacos with Cilantro Lime Slaw
    - Night Market Popcorn Chicken
    - Uncle Tony's Sausage and Pepper Sandwich
    - Marina's Crème Brûlée French Toast
    - Home-Style Ranch
    - Easy Burger Sauce
    - Rustic Croutons

    Brimming with colorful diagrams and delicious, modern recipes, this is the only cookbook you'll need to level up from a beginner cook to a confident, capable chef.

    5 Ingredients: Quick & Easy Food

    Oliver, Jamie
    $35.00