If you’re drawn to the kind of cooking that doesn’t just fill plates but also fills hearts, Everyone Hot Pot: Creating the Ultimate Meal for Gathering and Feasting by Natasha Pickowicz is this season’s must-own cookbook. Released January 27, this lovingly composed guide dives deep into the art of hot pot — not merely as […]
When was the last time you opened a cookbook and felt instantly hungry, nostalgic, curious, and inspired all at once? That’s the experience of leafing through Kat Lieu’s 108 Asian Cookies: Not-Too-Sweet Treats from a Third-Culture Kitchen—a dazzling, 400-page love letter to cookies that refuses to be pigeonholed as simply “dessert.” From the first shimmering
If there’s one cookbook that feels more like a travel guide than a recipe collection, it’s David Rocco’s Made in Italy. Known for his warm personality and evocative travel-meets-food television series, Rocco has managed to bottle up that same magic between the covers of this book. The result is a culinary journey through Italy that
Just in time for Valentine dessert inspirations, Renée Kohlman provides us with All the Sweet Things: Baked Goods and Stories from the Kitchen of SweetSugarBean. If you’re a baker, a lover of desserts, or simply someone who finds joy in the cozy solace of a kitchen filled with flour-dusted counters and the sweet scent of
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When I was young, I lived on a farm with my European parents who brought many of their old-country ways with them. Composting, burning paper products, exchanging our produce with other farmers for meat and dairy—these everyday habits meant my mother’s grocery bill was about $20 a week to feed eight people. At the time,
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Every so often, a cookbook comes along that feels less like a collection of recipes and more like a warm hand on your back — steadying, supportive, and deeply human. Lindsay Taylor’s The Nourished Mother: Healing Recipes & Family Food for Postpartum & Beyond is exactly that kind of book. Designed for postpartum parents but
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If Becoming Vegetarian (see Canadians + Food tab) is the thoughtful roadmap into plant-based living, Cooking Vegetarian by Vesanto Melina and Joseph Forest is the warm, bustling kitchen at the end of the path—full of aroma, experimentation, and deeply satisfying meals. This sister book takes everything inspiring about vegetarian eating and translates it into vibrant,
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From the first pages of Cape Breton Island Traditional Recipes, you can sense that this book isn’t just about food — it’s about memories, roots, and identity. Rather than being a slick, glossy cookbook, it reads as a love letter to the island: a collection of dishes handed down through generations, rooted in local produce,
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There’s something undeniably comforting about a bowl of soup—but when that bowl is filled with the bold aromas, sun-soaked flavours, and soulful ingredients of the Caribbean, it becomes more than comfort food. It becomes memory, culture, and celebration. Chris “Uncle Chris” De La Rosa—beloved creator of CaribbeanPot.com and one of the most recognizable voices in
‘Twas the week after Christmas, and with the last slice of pie ceremonially tucked into the freezer, I will find myself leafing through After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet by Iva Cheung — and yes, a cookbooklet dedicated entirely to the noble turkey leftovers. There’s something deeply satisfying about the transition from feast to
