Cookbooks & Food Writing (part 2)

In My Calabria, Rosetta Costantino shares her own story and that of her homeland while offering 150 of her family’s treasured recipes, from antipasti to dessert. This new book shows how perfectly suited Calabrian cooking is to the way we eat today. Rosetta’s recipes create delectable, healthful meals that let seasonal ingredients shine. “Easy, accessible, fresh-from-the-garden Italian food from a Calabrian native and ‘bountiful good cook,’” says the Atlantic.

The celebration of Japan’s vegan and vegetarian traditions begins with kansha—appreciation—an expression of gratitude for nature’s gifts and the efforts and ingenuity of those who transform nature’s bounty into marvelous food. The spirit of kansha, deeply rooted in Buddhist philosophy and practice, encourages all cooks to prepare nutritionally sound and aesthetically satisfying meals that avoid waste, conserve energy, and preserve our natural resources. This new cookbook, from the award-winning author of Washoku, is a beautiful (and delicious) introduction to these traditions.

“James Peterson, the writer of several excellent single-topic cookbooks, has lately turned his meticulous eye to meat cookery. He opens Meat: A Kitchen Education by telling us that we should cook and eat less meat, for our health and that of the planet, but that he wants us to enjoy it more. For Peterson, that means achieving exquisite meat dishes by means of classical techniques. Aided by an abundance of photographs, all of which he took himself, the acclaimed cooking instructor does a thorough job of passing along those techniques to home cooks,” says Saveur magazine.

From its inception, Recipes for Health has been one of the New York Times’ most-read (and e-mailed) features, showing health-conscious readers fast, no-fuss ways to turn seasonal produce, whole grains, and other nutritious ingredients into easy weeknight meals. Now, the most popular of these recipes have been gathered into one comprehensive, convenient volume, which is filled with beautiful photographs, to boot.