"And just like that, 2026 is well underway. This winter, there's a roster of new cookbooks catching our team's attention. These titles are dreaming up ways to bring people together (looking at you, Everyone Hot Pot), inspiring us to refresh our spice cabinets (The Diaspora Co. Cookbook is a great motivator), and transporting us to warmer places without having to board a plane (cook from My Jamaican Table and you'll feel the island sun). Read on for our standout titles of the season (organized by release date), hand-chosen (and cooked from) by our staff."
"I have been yearning for breakfast inspiration: something to help me get out of my egg-heavy routine. After taking a gander through a collection of 100 approachable vegan recipes by cook and Glow Diaries founder Liz Douglas, I've found some hope. Douglas's approach is simple: with short ingredient lists used to create satisfying plant-based dishes. She has a plethora of beginner-friendly recipes like creamy pâté made from portobello mushrooms and sausage rolls with textured vegetable protein. For an eggless breakfast, I prepped the 10-minute Tropical Chia Pudding the night before, so it could sit in the fridge and thicken to a spoonable consistency. The next morning, I shot out of bed, excited to taste the mango-and-passion-fruit-based treat. It was excellent. Next on my list are not too sweet banana bread and freezer grab-and-go burritos. - Cristina Correa, social media manager"
"I love hot pot. The choose-your-own-adventure approach. The intimate and communal atmosphere. Lucky for me, chef and pro baker Natasha Pickowicz has just dedicated an entire cookbook to this style of cooking. Everyone Hot Pot is a guide to hosting the ultimate hot pot party at home. There are shareable recipes, naturally, but also touching dedications to her family and anecdotes about the parties of her youth. She offers nuggets of wisdom-like ways to manage your prep time, how to scale up and down, and what to substitute in when"
New winter cookbooks present communal and global home-cooking approaches that encourage shared meals, refreshed spice use, and island-inspired flavors. Glow Diaries delivers 100 approachable vegan recipes with short ingredient lists and beginner-friendly dishes such as portobello pâté, textured-vegetable-protein sausage rolls, and a 10-minute Tropical Chia Pudding that thickens overnight. Everyone Hot Pot guides hosting a hot pot party with shareable recipes, family dedications, anecdotes, and practical advice on prep, scaling, and substitutions. Other titles emphasize diasporic spice blends and Jamaican recipes designed to evoke warmer climates and convivial gatherings.
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