Tag: Cookbook Review 2025
Milk Street Shorts: Recipes That Pack a Punch by Christopher Kimball
I made four recipes from this book and there’s one more to come. While this book was not the most entertaining cookbook to read, it did contain the best recipes of any that I have reviewed thus far.
Breaking the Rules by Joe Sasto
His Crumble Rumble and Crunchy Caesar Salad and Garlic Streusel may be worth the price of the book. Be assured, there is a lot more than pasta in this book.
Something from Nothing by Alison Roman
I found and made the Toasted Rice Pilaf with Walnuts & Dates along with Crushed-Olive Chicken with Turmeric. SOOOOO good. This is a great cookbook.
Recipes from the American South by Michael W. Twitty (and fried apples)
I reviewed another Twitty book many years ago for Cook the Books. As Recipes from The American South was on many “best of 2025” lists, I added it to my long library wait list. It finally arrived. About the book: A home cook’s guide to one of America’s most diverse – and delicious – cuisines,…
Third Culture Cooking: Classic Recipes for a New Generation by Zaynab Issa
In my last cookbook review of Boustany by Sami Tamimi, I wrote that the work just did not speak to me. Today’s review of Third Culture Cooking by Zaynab Issa definitely does. About the book: Third Culture Cooking is American Cooking: Delicious everyday multicultural recipes, borrowing from our parents and their parents’ homes, melding the…
Drink Your Garden by Belinda Kelly and Venise Cunningham
A review of a fun and inventive book plus three “bloody” cocktails for Halloween.
Two books by Nadiya Hussain: Cook Once, Eat Twice and Finding My Voice
Cook Once, Eat Twice: Time-Saving Recipes to Help you Get Ahead in the Kitchen by Nadiya Hussain is the next book I’m reviewing on Epicurious’ list of the best cookbooks of Spring 2025. Hussain didn’t make the top sixteen but her book is on the “More Spring Books That We’re Excited About” list. I’m also…
The Hidden Vegetables Cookbook: 90 Tasty Recipes for Veggie-Averse Adults by Heidi Herman
Hidden Vegetables is a brand new cookbook that will allow you to hide all sorts of goodness in your meals. I made some Omelet Muffins and did just that.
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…