While recipes for dishes ... is the best thing I cooked all year. — SARA BONISTEEL New York Times Food and Cooking staff members reviewed all of the books we considered this year.

"They are real people on a night out," said Adrian Nacey, community education manager for New Zealand's fire service. Among the suggested recipes: "Uncanned beans" ("release the beans from their ...

Our annual list of the best ... and the book. Sauteed Belgian endive wrapped in prosciutto di Parma is one such recipe; fennel and tomato lasagna with crunchy bacon another. The New York Times ...

As a cook, it delights me to know that if I work through every recipe in this book — which reads like an essay for living as much as a witch’s Book of Shadows — I will learn something new ...