American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza

Melissa Johnson (Author)

Celebrating Every Day: 100 Easy Recipes to Make Any Day Feel Special

7,Turn every day into a special celebration with 100 easy, super-fun, memorable recipes for meals, treats, and sweets, from Melissa Johnson, of the massively popular blog Best Friends for Frosting.Celebrating shouldn't be limited to just holidays and birthdays--you can make any day special for your loved ones, even a regular old school day, especially with Melissa Johnson, the creator behind Best Friends for Frosting, by your side. Instead of spending hours in the kitchen, Melissa loves to sit down and enjoy a meal with her family and loved ones--so her recipes are super achievable and affordable, making them easy on tired parents, inviting to picky kids, and all around a joy to put on the table.Perfect for tradition keepers and memory makers, Celebrating Every Day shares tried-and-true classics and festive holiday treats with 100 affordable and no-fuss recipes that serve as instant mood-boosters, with chapters covering: Easy BreakfastFamily-Friendly DinnersAppetizers for CelebrationsWalking TreatsTime-Saving Dessert ShortcutsFruity TreatsCelebrate with ChocolateHoliday Cheer All YearMake Melissa's Viral Million Dollar Spaghetti with just 5 ingredients, or have breakfast on the ...

Alexa Soto (Author)

Plantas: Modern Vegan Recipes for Traditional Mexican Cooking

1,With Plantas, Alexa Soto elegantly pays homage to Mexico's storied legacy of plant-based cooking while deftly adapting its soulful repertoire to modern times. I may still be a card-carrying carnivore, sure, but I now find myself craving dishes like her mole negro with roasted oyster mushrooms even more than my beloved carne asada. - Jorge Gaviria, James Beard Award-winning author of MASA A celebration of traditional Mexican recipes with a vibrant vegan twist for a modern audience from Alexa Soto, creator of the @alexafuelednaturally platform Join Alexa Soto as she highlights the beauty of traditional Mexican cuisine with a plant-based twist for simple, affordable, and healthful vegan meals from breakfast to postre. Paired with Alexa's own gorgeous photography, Plantas is a joyful, welcoming guide to enjoying the traditional food of Mexico in a modern, sustainable way, a celebration of the array of fruits and vegetables that make up the staples of this beloved cuisine. Perfect for full-time vegans and those looking to incorporate more plants into their diet alike, Plantas is full of weeknight meals, snacks, salsas and cocktails that will simplify dinner and inspire your next ...

Rose Levy Beranbaum (Author)

The Cake Bible, 35th Anniversary Edition

6,One of Good Housekeeping's Best Cookbooks to Gift This YearThe legendary IACP Culinary Classic The Cake Bible--found in the kitchen of every serious baker and beloved for decades--with classic recipes thoroughly updated and including about 30% new recipes and methods and the latest ingredient and equipment informationThe original Cake Bible is a guiding light in the world's baking literature, with Rose Levy Beranbaum's deep knowledge and respect for craft to be found on every page. It's for home and professional bakers who want to make glorious, technically perfect cakes and understand why the ingredients in cakes work the way they do.The book was hugely influential from the moment it first came out in 1988, selling hundreds of thousands of copies and going through sixty printings. It introduced the reverse creaming method, incorporating flour and butter first instead of butter and sugar. This makes mixing faster and easier, helps cakes rise more evenly, and results in a finer and more tender cake texture. And it's among the first United States cookbooks to offer measurements in weights, highlighting the superiority of the metric system, which has become the gold standard in ...