Ardent cook and cookbook lover Andrew Gray was frustrated with trying to locate favorite recipes in his vast cookbook and magazine collection. He enjoyed using sites like epicurious.com and he wanted the same handy reference for his print media, too. Where is that amazing recipe for chicken briyani? Which recipes are keepers and which are duds? What variations, substitutions and tweaks worked? Enter Cookbooker, a new online cookbook/recipe review database and community site. More

There could not be more perfect timing for the recently-released The Frugal Foodie Cookbook: Waste-Not Recipes for the Wise Cook, though I'd like to argue that this book could be an useful tool in any economic climate. We've all been tightening our belts, but that doesn't mean we have to give up on quality. The Frugal Foodie in nine chapters offers over 200 budget-conscious recipes using wholesome, healthy ingredients, plus additional DIY recipes (such as how to roast your own coffee!) and bonus recipes for making your own food-based toiletries and bath accessories.

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When we heard that Rancho Gordo was going to put out their very own cookbook, we were excited. Rancho Gordo singlehandedly changed the way we think about beans. Legumes went from mushy meal fill-ins to rich, robust, and mouthwatering stars of the show. We interviewed Rancho Gordo founder Steve Sando a couple years ago for The Kitchn, and his enthusiasm for heirloom beans and other New World foods is infectious; he just seems to be having so much fun with them.

But our love for heirloom beans isn't the only reason this book is notable. This book has one other direct connection to The Kitchn. More