New Cookbooks

We have a bunch of new cookbooks, for fun, inspiration, instruction and browsing: Cooking with All Things Trader Joe's by Deana Gunn and Wona Miniati Do you love Trader Joe's? Then you're sure to like this new compendium of recipes for soups, salads, light meals, main meals, and that all-time perennial, "Bachelor Quickies."

The Spice Merchant's Daughter: Recipes and Simple Spice Blends for the American Kitchen by Christina Arokiasamy Here, recipes for salads, soups, vegetable dishes, chutneys, pickles, sambals, seafood, and desserts. There's also an introductory two chapters on "The Spice Pantry," and "Merchant's Curry Powders, Rubs, Spice Pastes, and Sauces."

Autumn Gatherings: Casual Food to Enjoy with Family and Friends by Rick Rodgers Just in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas! This is a book for holiday entertaining. Recipes include appetizers, beverages, soups and salads, main courses, pasta and risotto, side dishes, and desserts.

1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes by Carol Fenster, Ph.D. This is the kind of comprehensive cookbook you need for a gluten-free diet, a gluten-free "Joy of Cooking." Here are recipes for pancakes, waffles, breads, sandwiches, wraps and tacos, pastas, grains and beans, meats, seafood, poultry, vegatables, cooke, bars, cakes, cupcakes, pies, pastries, desserts, and more!

You Are Where You Eat: Stories and Recipes from the Neighborhoods of New Orleans by Elsa Hahne Full of illustrations of New Orleans places, cooks and their recipes, this impressive volume explores the different ethnic heritages of New Orleans and how they've contributed to its unique cuisine: Irish, Polish, Cajun, Latin American, Indiana, Chinese, barbecue classics and more! A beautiful book to browse on a rainy afternoon.