LibraryAware October 2020

National Cookbook Month

OCTOBER 2020

New in Cookbooks

Cool beans : The Ultimate guide to cooking with the world's most versatile plant-based protein, with 125 recipes
by Joe Yonan

The James Beard Award-winning Washington Post dining editor and author of Eat Your Vegetables draws on diverse culinary traditions in an informative collection of recipes that includes Instant Pot and slow-cooker options for lentils, chickpeas and more.

Tasty pride : 75 recipes and stories from the queer food community
by Jesse Szewczyk

"From the wildly popular, fiercly inclusive BuzzFeed cooking brand comes 75 recipes from prominent LGBTQ+ cooks and foodies"

Biography & Memoir

Always home : a daughter's recipes & stories
by Fanny Singer

A cookbook and memoir by the daughter of food activist Alice Waters shares recipe-complemented vignettes about the traditions that shaped her upbringing, her insights into her mother’s philosophies and her own culinary coming of age.

The immigrant cookbook : recipes that make America great
by Leyla Moushabeck

A culinary celebration of the many ethnic groups that have contributed to America's vibrant food culture collects recipes by renowned chefs from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe

Young chefs

The complete baking book for young chefs
by America's Test Kitchen Kids

An ultimate first baking book for kids by the experts at America’s Test Kitchen provides step-by-step, photographed recipes for sweet and savory favorites, from cakes to cookies, while explaining the science behind what makes baked goods so tasty.

My first cookbook : fun recipes to cook together...with as much mixing, rolling, scrunching, and squishing as possible!
by America's Test Kitchen

A STEAM-supporting recipe collection by the experts at America’s Test Kitchen includes beginner-level snacks and meals that kids can prepare with supervision, from English Muffin Pizzas and Rice Noodle Bowls to Thanksgiving Biscuits and Chinese New Year Pork Dumplings. Illustrations.

For the Pop Culture Cooks

Forking Good : An Unofficial Cookbook for Fans of The Good Place
by Valya Dudycz Lupescu

For fans of NBC's The Good Place, a pun-filled and fully illustrated cookbook of 30 original recipes inspired by the philosophy and food humor of the hit show.

The geeky chef cookbook : unofficial recipes from Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, and more : real-life recipes for your favorite fantasy foods
by Cassandra Reeder

A bona-fide mega-geek serves up 50 real-life recipes for all the delicious foods readers have seen in their favorite sci-fi and fantasy movies, TV shows and video games, including Game of Thrones, Hunger Games, World of Warcraft and Star Trek.