The 25 short essays in The Best American Food Writing 2020 are tackled with humor and consequence, as well as a bit of history mixed in.
As much a self-help book as a cookbook, Bread Therapy is a welcome instructional guide to practicing self-acceptance and making something delicious.
This collection of essays showcases the brilliant mind and fascinating range of one of the 20th century’s most important writers.
Emma Congdon applies her colorful typographic sensibility to quotations and aphorisms and creates bold postmodern patterns accompanied by personal reflections.
Walking on Water offers nourishment for those who feel something mystical takes place when we make art—the miracle of something where there was nothing before.
Alice L. Baumgartner’s South to Freedom shows that enslaved people who escaped to Mexico before the Civil War contributed to the downfall of slavery in the U.S.
This is a worthy listen, even if just for the various New York characters who interrupt Zadie Smith’s proper British narration.
Brandon Stosuy delivers a four-part look at the creative process, from work-life balance to necessary downtime.
The Power Age contains interviews with a wide range of inspiring, accomplished women, all over 40 and most of them 50-plus.
In soothing prose, Beth Kempton helps readers locate the elements they love most about the season, with a hygge-type appreciation of the winter months.
This cookbook from Benjamina Ebuehi (whom you may know from “The Great British Bake Off”) is explores flavors, ingredients and textures in unexpected ways.
Phelps-Roper writes with unflinching honesty about questioning long-held beliefs in this courageous, hopeful memoir.
In crafting a moving narrative of his father’s life during an era of fear, Maraniss explores themes of patriotism and loyalty, racism and activism.
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