Mrs. Santa's Book Bag
An international smorgasbord with something for every palate
By Virginia B. Wood, Fri., Dec. 7, 2012
The best gift books for food, wine, and cocktail lovers this year have a distinctly international flare – from a Texas Gulf Coast restaurant to a Japanese farm, and from the diverse regions of the Indian subcontinent to Jewish holiday kitchens. There are wines from the Southern Hemisphere and cocktails with literary provenance, plus plenty of battle-tested recipes for busy home cooks and delectable desserts from a beloved Philadelphia bakery. Contributing Food writers MM Pack, Melanie Haupt, Kate Thornberry, Mick Vann, Wes Marshall, Amy Kritzer, Jessi Cape, and Gracie Salem have spot-on suggestions, both here and online, that will make your cookbook shopping easy this year.
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cookbooks, gift ideas, Jewish Holiday Cooking, Jayne Cohen, Japanese Farm Food, Nancy Singleton Hachisu, India: The Cookbook, Pushpesh Pant, The Lebanese Kitchen, Salma Hage, The Brown Betty Cookbook, Linda Hinton Brown, Norrinda Brown Hayat, Dinner, a Love Story, Jenny Rosenstrach, Glow, Tastes From a Tiny Boathouse, Karey B. Johnson, Pecans, A Savor the South Cookbook, Kathleen Purvis, To Have and Have Another, Philip Greene, Ernest Hemingway, Wines of the Southern Hemisphere, Mike DeSimone, Jeff Jenssen, CookFight, Kim Severson, Julia Moskin, Epicurious, Tanya Steel, Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, Deb Perelman, Lagniappes, Bouchon Bakery, Thomas Keller, Sebastien Rouxel, Dahlia Bakery, Tom Douglas, Shelley Lance, Seasonal Baker, John Barricelli, Baking Out Loud, Hedy Goldsmith
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