Chef Risa Magid Boyer’s debut cookbook encourages diners to adopt her approach to hospitality in the comfort of your own home. Her Montclair restaurant, Vanillamore, takes a three pronged approach to inviting people to her table: she focuses on the sweet, the savory, and the social elements of a meal. The cookbook is composed to reflect those tenets, not only […]

Eating healthy doesn’t always mean counting calories. Yet, unfortunately, this has been the harmful narrative for decades in our society. This narrative has made me shy away from any cookbook that designates its recipes as “healthy.” But after taking a look at Everyday Healthy Cookbook, I’ve opened my mind to the nuances of healthy eating.  With vibrant photographs and over […]

There are a dozen types of memoirs, but one of my absolute favorites is a memoir about food. They guide you through the writer’s past in the most unique way using cuisine. Nothing is more dynamic, complex or enthralling than food — where it comes from and how it can impact your life. FoodSutra: A Memoir of the Foods of […]