This has been a phenomenal year for cookbooks — books that inspired us to get into the kitchen. For baking cakes, making cocktails, eating more vegetables, planning parties, exploring the world. We ...

Exceptional new cookbooks, with fresh takes on easy baking, Thai cooking in America and seasonal pasta, as tested by New York Times Cooking and the Food desk. By Adina Steiman Adina Steiman, an editor ...

This fall, check out these three cookbooks highlighting recipes from culinary leaders across California, past and present. Among a “Top Chef” winner, the keeper of a San Francisco restaurant legacy ...