Tag: 2025 Cookbook Reviews

Snacking cookbook is more than just “girl dinners”
Snacking Dinners: 50+ Recipes for Low-Lift, High-Reward Dinners That Delight is a new cookbook by Georgia Freedman that is chock full of great and easy ideas for all sorts of eating (breakfast, lunch and dinner).

Setting a Place for Us by Hawa Hassan
Setting a Place for Us: Recipes and Stories of Displacement, Resilience, and Community from Eight Countries Impacted by War is another book listed on Epicurious’ Best Cookbooks of 2025 list. (I am focusing on quite a few of these cookbooks this summer.) About the book: An enthralling, intimate collection of essays and over 75 recipes…

Sesame by Rachel Simons, another top cookbook from 2025
I didn’t buy this book for me but I did think it was worthy for a birthday present for my sister. This is another “best of 2025” review.

Family Style by Peter Som
Peter Som’s Family Style is an inventive and genius cookbook full of family stories (and delicious recipes).

A Review: by Heart: Recipes to Hold Near and Dear by Hailee Catalano
I’m not even sure where I heard or read about this cookbook. It had to be on a “best of 2025” list. Regardless, I want to share about this book today. It deserves to be on a “best of” list for certain. About the book: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Learn to make elevated, professional-quality meals in…

A review: Beautiful Boards: 50 Amazing Snack Boards for Any Occasion by Maegan Brown
I’m not sure how many cookbook reviews I will do this year, but I read a new one before the holidays and wanted to share. Even though the “put it on a board” fad may be waning and you can get all the inspiration you need from Instagram, I still love a good hard-backed book…