Cookbooks

"Supporting regional food systems is really the heart of understanding Indigenous foods."

We usually leave this type of thing for our friends over at Ohdeedoh, but we’re absolutely in love with this interactive “Press-Out-And-Play” cooking book for kids! So much so that when it came time to hand it over to its intended 3-year-old recipient, we had a hard time letting it go. Take a look for yourselves!The book takes kids through making breakfast, toasting bread, assembling a sandwich, and creating an ice cream sundae.

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) We are big believers in eating together as a family and feeding our children wholesome, not-dumbed-down food. But good intentions can easily get sidetracked when there’s a toddler underfoot or a picky six-year-old who will. not. touch. the. kale. Susie Cover has vast experience cooking meals that everyone (everyone!) will like, and this book offers more than 100 recipes that aim to please.

Are you a new parent, or know someone who is about to be? With the arrival of a new baby, food and cooking become a rather different set of challenges — snatched in between sleepless nights and the blissful absorption into every aspect of this new being’s life. But once the friendly meals and Taco Boxes stop coming, you do need to feed yourself in the middle of this new family landscape, and that’s where Debbie Koenig’s smart new book can help.

Ordinarily, if another parent tells me they put a homecooked meal on the family table every night of the week I’m rolling my eyes in my head thinking they’re either lying or bragging. (Frankly, bragging is worse.) But when Jenny Rosenstrach, whose blog I’ve been reading religiously for the past two years, says it and documents how she does it in a cookbook, I’m all ears.

Katie Morford is a food writer, a registered dietician and a mother of three children. These qualifications show in her book. I’ve read lunch box books before that made me balk. The recipes were complicated, or I found myself thinking, “Sure, my kids will eat this in theory, but at the lunch table under the watchful eyes of their peers? Not so much.” Katie gets it. Her ideas are simple, healthy and varied enough to appeal to any child. Think you know it all?

The Sylvia Center has one basic mission: to get kids excited about good food. Through classes around New York City and field trips to their farm in Hudson Valley, the Center gives children hands-on experience with fruits, vegetables, and other ingredients — showing them where all these ingredients come from and how make them into a meal.

More than anything else, I think parents need ideas for what to put in their kids’ lunches. Heck, it’s hard enough coming up with interesting things to eat ourselves — doing this for small humans with their very own and very loud opinions is an even greater challenge. Help is here! It comes in the form of Catherine McCord’s latest book of kid-approved foods, Weelicious Lunches. Lunchtime? Game on.

I spent the better part of my formative years with my nose in a book, and in my case, many of them had some relation to food or cooking. My mother was the book buyer for my parents’ toy store (yes, I grew up in a toy store!), and she had a knack for picking out the best titles to spark my imagination. Here are five of my childhood favorites, all of which may inspire little ones to get curious in the kitchen!

I talked to Yonan about the many ways to flavor a pot of beans, the secret to his black bean brownies, and which bean he thinks best represents Ina Garten (you know, if he had to choose).

Since the coronavirus pandemic hit back in January, Chinese businesses have been suffering. Grace Young encourages us to support our local Chinatowns.

We talked to Julia about the recipes she still makes from Small Victories, and the first thing she plans on cooking when she can have lots of friends over for dinner.

The force is strong with this one.

Finally taking the time to read them cover to cover felt like a long overdue gift to myself.

A collection of diverse and delicious food books for Read Across America Week

When Jubilee was published this past September, it quickly soared to the top of every fall cookbook 'best list' — and it's not difficult to see why.

We talked to John and Megan about how they both became involved with the book, what was important to uphold and change in this edition, and where they think you should start if you're overwhelmed by all the recipes to choose from.

In between all of the Sister Pie recipes that we've been baking for Cookbook Club this month, we sat down with Lisa to get to know the creative mastermind behind the pie shop (and book) even better.

Ina's latest book, Cook Like a Pro, is here! We got a chance to chat with Ina about what makes this one different.

There are the cookbooks you use every day, and then there are the ones that may not spend much time on your kitchen counter, yet can profoundly inspire the way you view food and the world around you. A member of the latter tribe, René Redzepi’s new A Work in Progress is in fact a collection of three books: a stunningly beautiful collection of recipes, a pocket-size book of behind-the-scenes snapshots, and an intimate journal written by Redzepi over the course of a year.