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New For You - Cookbooks - May 2025

Find healthy eating, exotic cuisine, ideas for family meals, and baking in our latest cookbook picks.

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  • Hot Date!

    Sweet & Savory Recipes Celebrating the Date, From Party Food to Everyday Feasts

    Alkhatib, Rawaan
    Mesmerizing and art-packed, Hot Date! features 99 mouthwatering, date-centered recipes that are the perfect mix of traditional favorites and inspired new creations.
    BookSan Francisco, California : Chronicle Books LLC, [2025] — 641.6462 ALK
  • The Italian Kitchen

    More Than 85 Delicious Recipes, From Antipasti to Zabaglione

    Clark, Maxine
    Over 100 recipes for the BEST-LOVED dishes and a masterclass in Italian cookery from a hugely experienced author and teacher.
    BookLondon : Ryland, Peters & Small, 2025. — 641.5945 CLA
  • 15 Minute Indian

    One-pan Recipes Using Minimal Steps and Ingredients

    Devi, Anjula
    There are chapters for legumes, veggies, fish, potatoes and breads, so you can also combine dishes to create a sumptuous feast without spending a day in the kitchen.
    BookLondon : Carnival, 2025. — 641.5954 DEV
  • Budget Gluten Free

    Over 100 Easy and Affordable Recipes for Every Day

    Excell, Becky
    Shop, cook and eat gluten-free on a budget with over 100 simple, flavoursome recipes.
    BookLondon : Quadrille, 2025. — 641.563 EXC
  • Fries

    70 Crave-worthy Recipes From Crispy Classic to Loaded Cheese

    FRIES have well and truly evolved from a sometimes soggy side dish to the STAR OF THE SHOW.
    BookLondon : Ryland Peters & Small, 2025. — 641.6521 FRI
  • The 5-minute Keto Salad Lunchbox

    Happy, Healthy & Speedy Meals to Make in Minutes

    Hart, Alexander (Food writer)
    Get your lunch organized in record time with this foolproof, Keto cookbook.
    BookMelbourne : Smith Street Books, 2025. — 641.83 HAR
  • Rooza

    a Journey Through Islamic Cuisine Inspired by Ramadhan and Eid

    Hussain, Nadiya
    This cookbook is filled with mouth-watering recipes Nadiya herself uses to cook her family's meals throughout Ramadan.
    BookLondon : Michael Joseph, 2025. — 641.567 HUS
  • Everyday Comfort Food

    Tasty Warming Recipes From the Bestselling VJ Cooks

    Insull, Vanya
    Vanya Insull is the bestselling author of Everyday Favourites and Summer Favourites. She is a keen home cook and baker who runs the hugely popular VJ Cooks pages on Instagram and Facebook.
    Book[Auckland, New Zealand] : Allen & Unwin, 2025. — 641.564 INS
  • Annabel Karmel continues to reign as the UK's number one children's cookery author, best-selling international author, and a leading expert on devising delicious, nutritious meals for babies, children and families.
    BookLondon : Dorling Kindersley, 2025. — 641.5622 KAR
  • Coastal Harvest

    Fish, Forage, Feast

    Kondo, Taku
    Taku provides guidance on the entire catch-to-plate process, giving you the knowledge to catch and prepare your own food.
    BookNew York : Dorling Kindersley, 2025. — 641.692 KON
  • Cheese

    100 Ultimate Recipes for Cheese Lovers

    Martin, James, 1972-
    Cheese is the essential cookbook for the most versatile and flavoursome ingredient in the world.
    BookLondon : Quadrille, 2024. — 641.673 MAR
  • Pranzo

    Sicilian(ish) Recipes & Stories

    Mirabella, Guy
    Guy Mirabella masterfully weaves his recipes, images and stories around the themes of generosity, love, tradition, life and food - all the things that influence him in his cooking.
    BookRichmond, Victoria : Hardie Grant Books, 2025. — 641.5945 MIR
  • 100 prep-ahead, make later meals and flexible weekly meal plans.
    BookLondon : Ebury Press, 2025. — 641.54 MUL
  • Whether you're new to air frying or an expert, Jamie Oliver's here to help you take your gadget to the next level.
    BookLondon : Michael Joseph, 2025. — 641.77 OLI
  • Bake It Easy

    One-pan Recipes That Prove Baking Is a Piece of Cake

    Oxford, Tom
    Bake It Easy is a celebration of good, honest baking, with 50 seriously impressive one-pan bakes.
    BookLondon : Quadrille, Penguin Random House UK, 2025. — 641.8653 OXF
  • Epic Salads

    for Every Mood, Craving and Occasion

    Prescott, Jessica
    This book shows you how to make delicious and filling salads that are meals in their own right.
    BookRichmond, Victoria : Hardie Grant Books, 2024. — 641.83 PRE
  • Max Rocha is the chef/owner of Cafe Cecilia restaurant in London. Cafe Cecilia is a beloved neighborhood restaurant serving simple Irish and European inspired food,
    BookLondon : Phaidon Press, 2024. — 641.59415 ROC
  • Breaking Up With Dairy

    100 Indulgent Plant-based Recipes for Cheese (and Butter, Cream and Milk) Lovers Everywhere

    Ruskus, Bailey
    Bailey Ruskus, aka Chef Bai, is here to hold your hand and show you that creating dairy-free cheesy dishes isn't only doable, it is downright delicious.
    BookNew York : Balance, 2025. — 641.56362 RUS
  • Eat What Elephants Eat

    Vegan Recipes for a Strong Body and a Gentle Spirit

    Thompson, Dominick
    Eat What Elephants Eat is a vegan cookbook featuring an unforgettable personal narrative, eighty recipes, and easy meal plans.
    BookNew York : Simon Element, 2025. — 641.56362 THO
  • Birrias

    65 Recipes From Traditional to Modern

    Valenciana, Jesse
    Learn from a birrias master how to make your Mexican home cooking more varied, exciting, and richly flavourful than ever before.
    BookBeverly, Massachusetts : Harvard Common Press, 2025. — 641.5972 VAL