Popular cookbooks from the past week

Scandilicious Baking by Signe Johansen. Hodder & Stoughton (2012-10-01).

A follow-upon to the Scandilicious cookbook, the secrets of some of the best baking in the world are found hereDeeply ingrained in the Nordic culture, baking is a distinctive part of Scandinavi... more

The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen by Matt Lee et al.. Clarkson Potter (2013-02-27).

Let James Beard Award–winning authors and hometown heroes Matt Lee and Ted Lee be your culinary ambassadors to Charleston, South Carolina, one of America’s most storied and buzzed-about food de... more

Seafood by DK Publishing. DK ADULT (2011-04-18).

The most comprehensive, fully illustrated cookbook on seafood and freshwater fish available, Seafood features all widely available fish and shellfish, explains how to prepare them, how to use them ... more

Nigella Kitchen by Nigella Lawson. Knopf Canada (2010-10-12).

Kitchen tells the story of the life of the kitchen, through the food we eat now and the way we live, in the most important room of the house.Compendious, informative and utterly engaging, Kitchen b... more

The Little Paris Kitchen by Rachel Khoo. Chronicle Books (2013-02-05).

Rachel Khoo moved to Paris, studied patisserie, fell in love with the city, became a restaurateur in a very tiny space, then, a television star, and is now a bestselling author! Not every lover of ... more

Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies by Alice Medrich by Alice Medrich. Artisan (2010-11-12).

With recipes organized by texture! Flaky, gooey, crunchy, crispy, chewy, chunky, melt-in-your-mouth . . . Cookies are easy, enticing, and fun. Yet as the award-winning baker Alice Medrich notes, to... more

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan. Boxtree (2011-06-03).

Marcella Hazan is widely regarded as one of the greatest Italian cookery writers in the world and The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking is her masterpiece, now reissued with a gorgeous new cove... more

Basic to Brilliant, Y'all by Virginia Willis. Ten Speed Press (2011-09-27).

Virginia Willis’s legion of fans love her knack for giving classic French dishes a down-home Southern feel and reimagining homey Southern favorites en Française. In Basic to Brilliant, Y’all V... more