Popular cookbooks from the past month

Slice & Bake Cookies by Elinor Klivans. Chronicle Books (2013-04-02).

For those short on time but long on cookie love, Slice & Bake Cookies comes to the rescue! Elinor Klivans, the baking expert behind Big Fat Cookies and Cupcakes!, shares 50 recipes that are qui... more

VB6 by Mark Bittman. Clarkson Potter (2013-04-30).

“I live full-time in the world of omnivores, and I’ve never wanted to leave. But the Standard American Diet (yes, it’s SAD) got to me as it gets to almost everyone in this country.”  S... more

The Modern Baker by Nick Malgieri. DK Publishing (2008-09-01).

A collection of 150 simple step-by-step recipes that still have gourmet appeal, The Modern Baker strives to bring you baking success with the bulk of the preparation taking under one hour. Nick Mal... more

Tea With Bea by Bea Vo. Ryland Peters & Small (2011-09-01).

Bea’s of Bloomsbury has been offering mouth-watering teatime treats in the heart of London since 2008. Every day the layer cakes, meringues and tiers of cupcakes in the shop window entice pas... more

Forever Summer With Nigella by Nigella Lawson. Chatto Bodley Head & Cape (2002-09-05).

Fresh, innovative, versatile and delicious, it’s summer all year round and from around the world with Nigella. With all the style and class of her earlier books, and a whole new concept, this... more

The Homesick Texan Cookbook by Lisa Fain. Hyperion (2011-09-13).

When Lisa Fain, a seventh-generation Texan, moved to New York City, she missed the big sky, the bluebonnets in spring, Friday night football, and her family’s farm. But most of all, she misse... more

Bouchon Bakery by Thomas Keller et al.. Artisan (2012-10-23).

Baked goods that are marvels of ingenuity and simplicity from the famed Bouchon BakeryThe tastes of childhood have always been a touchstone for Thomas Keller, and in this dazzling amalgam of Americ... more

Recipes and Dreams from an Italian Life by Tessa Kiros. Andrews McMeel Publishing (2013-04-02).

The latest cookbook from Tessa Kiros focusing on her life in Italy: It’s molto bellissimo!

No one does beautiful cookbooks like Tessa Kiros, and her track record speaks for itself. In Re... more