Gift guide: Best cookbooks for food lovers

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best cookbooks gift guide for food lovers
best cookbooks gift guide for food lovers



The Kinfolk Tableprofiles 45 tastemakers who are cooking and entertaining in a way that is beautiful, uncomplicated, and inexpensive. Each of these home cooks—artisans, bloggers, chefs, writers, bakers, crafters—has provided one to three of the recipes they most love to share with others, whether they be simple breakfasts for two, one-pot dinners for six, or a perfectly composed sandwich for a solo picnic.

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Kinfolk Table cookbook, cookbook gift guide
Genius Recipes cookbook, best cookbooks gift guide

There isn't yet a single cookbook where you can find Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce with Onion and Butter, Jim Lahey's No-Knead Bread, and Nigella Lawson's Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake. Until now. Genius Recipes is destined to become every home cook's go-to resource for smart, memorable cooking—because no one cook could have taught us so much.

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Gwyneth Paltrow, Academy-Award winning actress and bestselling cookbook author, returns with recipes for the foods she eats when she wants to lose weight, look good, and feel more energetic. In It's All Good, she shares the go-to dishes that have become the baseline for the restorative diet she turns to whenever she feels she needs it.

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Gwenyth Paltrow cookbook, best cookbooks gift guide
Plenty More vegetarian cookbook, best cookbooks gift guide

From inspired salads to hearty main dishes and luscious desserts, Plenty More, by London chef Yotam Ottolenghi, is a must-have for vegetarians and omnivores alike. This visually stunning collection will change the way you cook and eat vegetables.

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In Near & Far, Heidi Swanson describes the fragrance of flatbreads hot off a Marrakech griddle, soba noodles and feather-light tempura in Tokyo, and the taste of wild-picked greens from the Puglian coast. Recipes such as Fennel Stew, Carrot & Sake Salad, Watermelon Radish Soup, Brown Butter Tortelli, and Saffron Tagine use healthy, whole foods ingredients and approachable techniques.

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Near and Far cookbook, best cookbooks gift guide
Sprouted Kitchen, best cookbooks gift guide

The Sprouted Kitchen features tasty snacks on the go like Granola Protein Bars, gluten-free brunch options like Cornmeal Cakes with Cherry Compote, dinner party dishes like Seared Scallops on Black Quinoa with Pomegranate Gastrique, "meaty" vegetarian meals like Beer Bean– and Cotija-Stuffed Poblanos, and sweet treats like Cocoa Hazelnut Cupcakes.

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At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen is a sophisticated vegetarian cookbook with all the tools you need to be at home in your kitchen, cooking in the most nourishing and delicious ways—from the foundations of stocking a pantry and understanding your ingredients, to preparing elaborate seasonal feasts.

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best cookbooks gift guide for food lovers
best cookbooks gift guide for food lovers

Seven Spoons is the much-anticipated debut from the author behind the popular food blog Seven Spoons, featuring distinctive, crowd-pleasing recipes; engaging, writerly essays; and the same stunning photography that has earned her website a devoted following.

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