While you are probably familiar with Elizabeth Gilbert and her best selling book Eat, Pray, Love, it's not likely that you have heard of her great-grandmother, Margaret Yardley Potter or her 1941 cookbook At Home on the Range. If this is true, then I highly recommend you remedy the situation and get your hands on a copy of this forward-thinking cookbook, which was just released by the folks at McSweeney's. More

Learning to eat gluten-free can be an alarming challenge, at the beginning. What can I eat? Do I need to throw out all my pots and pans? Will I ever eat bread again? If you're just learning to eat gluten-free, though, I hope you are so lucky as to have the sensible Elizabeth Barbone as your guide. Her new book is a calming and wonderfully reassuring place to begin your gluten-free journey. More

Waiting in a line that curves around the block is practically part of the experience when you go to San Francisco's beloved Bi-Rite Creamery. Luckily, you are usually with friends, or else you tend to make friends as you collectively wait your turn. The conversation meanders, as it will, but eventually it always comes back to, "What are you going to get?" For anyone who has waited in that line and then been forced to choose — oh, the agony of indecision! — this book is for you. More

Even after visiting Seattle for years, Pike Place Market is still one of my first stops when I get into town. I'm convinced that you can find anything there if you look hard enough: dried mushrooms for risotto tonight, that weird spice no one else has heard of, a cookie to revive your weary soul. It's a magical place. In this new book of recipes, tips, and stories, Jess Thomson has perfectly captured both this magic and the very spirit of Pike Place Market. What's your story of Pike Place Market? More

If you're fond of English floral prints (the most charming ones, mind you), seasonal and simple recipes such as gooseberry yogurt and strawberry pancakes, and above all, of Miss Dahl's sunny looks and writing, then you'll be fond indeed of her newest book, a comfortable and moreishly colorful book of personal home cooking. More

Now that we know lard isn't the devil's plaything that we once thought it was, many people are interested in rediscovering how this healthier fat can be brought back into their kitchens. The editors of Grit Magazine heard our cries and created a cookbook packed with homespun recipes and fun, nostalgic reminiscences of the days when nose-to-tail eating was simply called dinner. More

I am a visual learner. Never is this more clear to me than when I thumb through a cookbook like Ripe by Cheryl Sternman Rule with its incredible food photographs by Paulette Phlipot.

The fruits and vegetables practically jump off of the pages in 3D, and my brain understands their curves, colors, and yes, ripeness in a way that description alone could not accomplish. It's enough to make a gal hungry. More

I confess that I really, really love Jell-O. OK, maybe I don't entirely love the processed flavors and artificial colors, but I love the way gelatin melts in the mouth and wobbles and gleams on the table. I also love how gelatin is a great way to create a fresh, cool dessert out of nothing more than fresh fruit juice. If you are like me, then you have to check out Victoria Belanger's new book: Hello, Jell-O!. From mojito jellies to chocolate peanut butter cups, this is a festival of all things sweet and wobbly. More

After many years waiting tables and working in restaurants my only brush with bitters was as the staff cure all for hangovers. After a late night we'd all belly up to bar for our daily drink of bitters and soda. It cured everything from a headache to indigestion. Then it was only Angostura but now with the cocktail craze comes the bitters boom, and yes a book dedicated solely to this aromatic flavoring agent. More

Over the past couple years, I've slowly been building up a home bar, stocking all the liquor, mixers and tools I need to make my favorite cocktails. But the bar didn't feel complete until I got a trustworthy reference book, one that includes both classic drinks and modern interpretations — a book I could grow old with. The Mr. Boston Official Bartender's Guide is that book. More