Mycophilia

Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms

By Christina Eng

Eugenia Bone on mushrooms.

Holiday food books

Recipes, memoirs, and history from around the world

By Christina Eng

Eight picks to give as gifts.

Away from home

Two memoirs explore the meaning of family

By Christina Eng

Two women far from home connect through food.

New Year’s eats

Traditional dishes from around the world

By Christina Eng

Eight foods to bring fortune, luck, and health.

Making focaccia

The knead to succeed

By Christina Eng

Often considered an easy bread to learn to bake, focaccia does take a little know-how.

Short takes

Essays and stories by M. F. K. Fisher

By Christina Eng

Brief bites.

Sugar high

Three dessert cookbooks

By Christina Eng

Warren Brown, Sherry Yard, and Elizabeth Falkner share sweet treats.

Kitchen history

Two books tour the American kitchen

By Christina Eng

Ann Vileisis and Steven Gdula review our food habits.

The perfect peach

One fruit can change everything

By Christina Eng

Stone-fruit obsession.

Good fortune

A picaresque book explores Chinese food around the world

By Christina Eng

Yes, fortune cookies are Japanese.

Vegetable love

A review of Mollie Katzen’s new vegetable book

By Christina Eng

Mollie Katzen’s to-die-for vegetable faves.

Comfort basics

Everyday cooking 101, with Jamie Oliver

By Christina Eng

In his seventh book, the ‘rock-star chef’ gets comprehensive.

Tied tight

Does anybody wear aprons anymore?

By Christina Eng

Fashion statement — or not.

Glamour in the kitchen

Two famed chefs hit the home fires

By Christina Eng

Govind Armstrong and Jonathan Waxman pay a visit.

Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook

Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking

By Christina Eng

Learn to cook French classics from the master of attitude.

La vie parisienne

Shopping and cooking, Gallic-style

By Christina Eng

Clotilde Dusoulier’s kitchen.

The Kitchen Diaries

A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater

By Christina Eng

A review of the English critic’s latest book.

Chicken and ricely yours

Sundays with Dad meant Mom’s homemade special

By Christina Eng

One family’s junk-food replacement.

The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook

By Christina Eng

Goober central.

The Glory of Southern Cooking

By Christina Eng

Southern comfort.