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Imagine thumbing through a cookbook that feels like a stroll along a windswept Newfoundland shoreline — salt spray in the air, a kettle singing on the stove, and the promise of big, bold flavours to come. Storm the Kettle: Resetting the Newfoundland Table delivers exactly that: a rich, thoughtful journey through the culinary crossroads of […]

Chris De La Rosa’s 25 Essential Caribbean Curry Dishes reads less like a cookbook and more like a love letter to Indo-Caribbean kitchens. From the opening pages, De La Rosa frames curry not just as a flavor profile but as a cultural inheritance — a living archive of migration, adaptation, and family memory. That emotional

There are cookbooks you flip through for a recipe, and then there are cookbooks you linger over with a cup of tea, plotting your next gathering. Gather Together: Delightful Decor & Simple Recipes for Every Occasion is wholeheartedly the latter. Purchase the book at Home or win a copy in our Giveaway section. From the

If you’re like me and adore baking desserts but are constantly tinkering with recipes to make them a little kinder to your body, then Some Good: Sweet Treats by Jessica Mitton (O’Leary) is a revelation. This isn’t just another glossy dessert cookbook — it’s a thoughtful and beautifully curated collection that proves sweet indulgence doesn’t

If a cookbook can taste like a place, Twisted Fork Cookbook (written in both English and French) by the company’s chief preserver Debra Poulin tastes like summer on the Canadian prairies — sun-warmed berries, backyard gardens, and a kitchen full of stories simmering alongside jam jars. From making jars of goodness for you to enjoy

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

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,