- The Complete Cookbook for Teen Chefs: 70+ Teen-Tested and Teen-Approved Recipes to Cook, Eat and Share
- Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat
- Super-Italian: More Than 110 Indulgent Recipes Using Italy’s Healthiest Foods
- Pretty Delicious: Simple, Modern Mediterranean, Served with Style
- Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy
- Cooking for One: Scaled Recipes, No-Waste Solutions, and Time-Saving Tips
By the staff at Covered Treasures
“The secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”—Mark Twain
Start the summer off with some fun cookbooks! Whether you are cooking for one person or for the whole family, here are some you will want to explore.
The Complete Cookbook for Teen Chefs: 70+ Teen-Tested and Teen-Approved Recipes to Cook, Eat and Share
By America’s Test Kitchen (America’s Test Kitchen Kids) $22
For the first time ever, America’s Test Kitchen Kids is bringing its rigorous testing, kitchen knowhow, and hands-on learning to teenagers in the kitchen. Fiercely independent and searching for culinary adventure, teen chefs are ready for exciting, global recipes made to share with friends and family—with the support of fundamental kitchen techniques and approachable instruction. This book is filled with over 70 recipes that have been tested and approved by thousands of teens from across the country.
Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat
By Emily Weinstein (Ten Speed Press) $35
For busy people who want something good to eat, culinary powerhouse New York Times Cooking makes meal planning easy, with thousands of recipes to explore in the app. In Easy Weeknight Dinners, editor-in-chief Emily Weinstein has curated some of the greatest hits—100 favorite dishes that you can make in as little as 10 minutes. Whether you’re seeking a standout meal for one, crowd-pleasers for picky kids, or something special for company, Easy Weeknight Dinners offers versatile, flavor-packed meals for busy lives.
Super-Italian: More Than 110 Indulgent Recipes Using Italy’s Healthiest Foods
By Giada de Laurentiis (Rodale Books) $35
From the day Giada De Laurentiis started cooking professionally, her fundamental formula for making meals memorable has not changed: Good cooking = technique + ingredients + ambience. This same formula is the key to good health when you choose ingredients that promote wellness, cook them simply, and eat them joyfully. In her skillful hands, a pantry of Italian superfoods is the starting point to better health and longevity. By using carbs and fats mindfully and amplifying vegetables, lean proteins, and flavor-boosting superfoods at every meal, De Laurentiis shows how easy it is to eat like an Italian. With 100 stunning photographs of finished meals and their superfood components, De Laurentiis teaches us that when you start with truly excellent, minimally processed ingredients, simply prepared, you can have your pasta and eat it too!
Pretty Delicious: Simple, Modern Mediterranean, Served with Style
By Alia Elkaffas (Clarkson Potter Publishers) $33
This debut cookbook from social media sensations The Food Dolls, with more than 110 simply sophisticated, fresh, and vibrant dishes with a Mediterranean twist. Originally from Egypt and now living in the Midwest, sisters Alia and Radwa Elkaffas created their Food Dolls platform to answer the question of how to put an exciting and healthful meal on the table without spending hours in the kitchen. Fresh, streamlined, healthful, and proven family-friendly, Pretty Delicious will inspire you with dozens of ingenious ways to level up dinner.
Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy
By Tieghan Gerard (Clarkson Potter Publishers) $33
In her fourth cookbook, Gerard returns with a collection of more than 120 recipes that reflect the way she cooks now: simple ingredients, easy to get on the table, short on time yet big on flavor. This collection leans into the comfort food she’s known for, but with an eye toward getting it ready in a hurry. With many recipes doable in one pot or pan, most in under 45 minutes, and a more-is-more focus on flavor (but not ingredients), you’ll be feasting fast.
Cooking for One: Scaled Recipes, No-Waste Solutions, and Time-Saving Tips
By Kate Morton (Mariner Books) $20
Cooking for One helps you make cooking for yourself special without becoming a chore with unfussy yet utterly appealing meals that rely on ingredients you already have on hand. Taking care to prepare a meal for yourself is a different experience than cooking for others. It can be a fun, casual, and (of course) delicious affair, but there are challenges, from avoiding a fridge full of half-used ingredients to ending up with leftovers that become boring after the third reheat.
Until next month, happy reading.
The Covered Treasures Bookstore staff can be reached at books@ocn.me.
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