FROM THE BOOKSHELF

Cookbooks For Summer Feasting 

By Patricia Canole

Summer is the season that truly allows cooking to blossom. As the temperatures rise, so does the abundance of fresh, vibrant produce. This bounty lends itself to endlessly creative and flavorful dishes. Firing up the grill to sear steaks, chops, or vegetables over open flames adds a delightful char and smokiness. Salads take on new life with seasonal ingredients like corn, avocado, and stone fruits. Beyond the ingredients, summertime cooking is an alfresco affair with meals moved outdoors to patios, decks, and picnics. Preparing and enjoying food takes on a relaxed yet festive air in summer’s long, warm evenings.

THE SALAD LAB
Whisk, Toss, Enjoy: Recipes For Making Fabulous Salads
By Darlene Schrijver
Simon & Schuster/Simon Element
Make creative, unique, and delicious salads with favorite and all-new recipes from TikTok’s beloved salad recipe creator, The Salad Lab.

It all began when Darlene Schrijver was compiling her favorite salad recipes for her daughter who was off to college when a friend asked, “Why don’t you film the directions for making recipes instead and post them on TikTok? She’s always on there anyway.”

Darlene started out making videos of classic and retro salads and thought it would be fun to measure the ingredients with test tubes and beakers since her daughter was a science major. She called her TikTok account The Salad Lab to encourage the spirit of experimentation. Soon, The Salad Lab’s following began to grow rapidly when Darlene would attempt to recreate a celebrity’s favorite salad or a recipe inspired by a dish from a restaurant.

From Bella Hadid to Kylie Jenner’s favorite salads to completely unique creations featured for the first time in The Salad Lab, Darlene’s careful instructions and smart salad-making tips are sure to inspire anyone to crave a healthy salad. All beautifully photographed, there are also drink serving recommendations for every dish, plus a section of staple recipes that can be turned to again and again for dressing and basics like Honey-Roasted Sliced Almonds, Cheesy Tortilla Croutons, Cilantro Lime Dressing, and her viral Green Goddess Dressing. Salads have never been more fun to make—or more delicious.


LIVE FREE, EAT WELL 
Elevated Cuisine for Outdoorsy Travelers and
Modern Nomads
By Adam Glick
DK Publishing
Creative meals for wherever life takes you!

Chef Adam Glick has traveled the world cooking in tiny galley kitchens, in campers, and over campfires. Along the way, he’s developed skills for making the most of limited kitchen space and using resources from the environment to create innovative, delicious recipes even on the road. Learn his techniques for outdoor and small-space cooking and make restaurant-worthy meals on your next outdoor adventure, including everything from preparing for your next road trip by planning for meals ahead of time, cooking a delicious meal over a fire at your campsite or in your backyard, outfitting the kitchen in your tiny home or recreational vehicle for success.

With more than seventy-five recipes that cover breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts, and more, Adam will help you bridge the gap between cooking in a modern kitchen and cooking in less-conventional spaces. Accompanied by stunning images of epic landscapes and fascinating stories from Adam’s travels around the globe, Live Free, Eat Well shares the skills and recipes you need to cook outside or on-the-go, wherever you want to be.


SERIOUSLY GOOD BARBECUE
Over 100 of the Best Recipes in the World
By Brian Baumgartner
Fox Chapel Publishing
No one takes barbecue more seriously than
Brian Baumgartner!

Brian Baumgartner (aka Kevin Malone from The Office) has traveled the world far and wide to bring you a collection of some of the world’s most mouth-watering and outrageous BBQ recipes!

This ultimate collection of barbecue recipes includes famous regional styles including Texas, Kansas City, North Carolina, Memphis, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, plus international, seafood, and accompanying side dishes, all submitted by home cooks, award-winning chefs, and well-known pitmasters from all corners of the earth. Also included are detailed instructions on how to make the perfect rubs and sauces, desserts, and drinks.

If you’re new to the world of barbecue, Brian’s got you covered: He’s included a complete introductory section on barbecue essentials and cooking techniques, shares information on using a grill vs smoker, cooking times, a bit of BBQ history, and his own top secret recipe for The Best Grilled Chicken Breast with Whipped Garlic Sauce that leaves everyone speechless and begging for more!

For every home barbecue master who is serious about their BBQ, Seriously Good Barbecue Cookbook is a definitive must-have! 


ZOË BAKES COOKIES
Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Favorite Cookies and Bars
By Zoë Francois
Ten Speed Press
The expert baker and bestselling author behind Zoë Bakes Cakes and Zoë Bakes on the Magnolia Network takes.

There are countless ways to make a cookie. Whether it’s thin and crispy or soft and cakey, everyone has a different version they crave. In Zoë Bakes Cookies, Zoë François shares the classic cookie recipes every home baker wants to master and adds in some personal favorites from different eras in her life.

She takes you through recipes from her hippie days in Vermont, with Ultra-Peanut Butter Cookies and Coconut Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. You get a chance to step into Bubbe and Granny’s kitchens, where Zoë has adapted their recipes like Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies and Chocolate Caramel Matzo. You’ll find old favorites from her college cookie cart days, with recipes like Zoë’s Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies and Smash Cookies. She has you covered beyond cookies as well, with Blueberry Gooey Butter Bars and Cocoa Nutella Brownies—you’ll have plenty to bring to your next potluck or holiday cookie swap.

With her easy-to-follow recipes, Zoë shows you how to make delicious cookies that touch on nostalgia.


CUCINA DI AMALFI
Sun-Drenched Recipes From Southern Italy’s Most Magical Coastline
By Ursula Ferrigno
Ryland Peters & Small Ryland Peters & Small
Discover a region in Southern Italy which offers the most tantalizing food.

Italian food reflects culture. In Italy, cooking is the product of geography, history, and religion. “Italian cooking” is really a patchwork of local and regional cuisines, all fiercely claiming to be the best in the country.

Ursula Ferrigno’s own family comes from the south of Italy, and just south of Naples is the Amalfi Coast. It is widely considered to be one of Italy’s most magical locations: breath-taking (literally) winding cliff-top roads, pastel-colored houses tumbling down towards the sea, flower-framed terraces, and trees heavy with the world’s most coveted lemons at every turn. Discover the delicious food the region has to offer. Vegetable dishes take center stage and both meat and fish are eaten and often combined in exciting ways.

In this seductive book you’ll find seventy-five recipes to enjoy, from simple antipasti and ministre (soups) to pane (bread) and pizza, risotto, pollame and carne (fish and meat), and the all-important contorni (vegetable), alongside essays on the food culture and traditions of the area and beautiful scenic imagery.