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‘Posh Rice’ offers recipes from all over the world
These dishes require more skill than a box of five-minute microwave rice.
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‘Complete Guide to the Underground Superfood’ gets you in touch with your roots
A new cookbook gives recipes and lore on roots that range from yams to yucca.
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Who wrote ‘The Turmeric Cookbook’? It’s a mystery
But who cares? The book offers helpful tips, a nice balance of recipes, and one very delicious Carrot-Turmeric Soup.
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Looking for a gift for the serious-minded cook?
‘The Art of Flavor’ offers rigorous lessons, with intriguing recipes to back them up.
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‘Six Seasons: A New Way With Vegetables’ brings joy, not virtue, to vegetables
Co-author and chef Joshua McFadden spent two years learning with farmers and writers Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch in Maine.
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‘My Modern Indian Kitchen’ teaches mostly simple, home-cooked dishes
A copy of Nitisha Patel’s approachable book could pleasantly spice up your kitchen.
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For fast meals in a pan, made in three or four steps, turn to Good Housekeeping’s ‘Skillet Suppers’
The book offers uncomplicated recipes and lots of useful tips.
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‘Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen’ offers a lively introduction to an unfamiliar cuisine
Writer Zoe Adjonyoh gives clear instructions for ‘traditional Ghanaian recipes re-mixed for the modern kitchen.’
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‘Acquacotta: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany’s Secret Silver Coast’ is as pretty as it is tasty
The cookbook tells tales and highlights dishes from a little-known area of Tuscany.