Discover country music star Sara Evans’s inspirational story about her rise to stardom, her roundabout path to love, and how her faith brings daily joy no matter the circumstances.

Sara Evans–a Billboard, ACM, and CMA Award-winning country music star who’s been named one of People‘s “50 Most Beautiful People” and competed on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars–has been inspiring fans throughout her successful music career.

In this powerful, personal, and often humorous book, Sara opens up and shares stories from her career, describing what it’s like living in the spotlight and how her faith keeps her strong. She writes about overcoming life’s most challenging experiences, from a childhood accident that nearly took her life, to the loss she experienced when her parents divorced, and from her own painful and very public divorce to finding incredible love when she least expected it with former pro-quarterback-turned-sportscaster Jay Barker. Now, after over a decade of marriage, Sara and Jay’s blended family of nine is thriving, filling her life with focus and meaning.

As she weaves the narrative of her life, Sara candidly reveals the things that are most important to her and her family now, her favorite tips about staying true to herself and her faith, knowing when to ask for help, abandoning perfectionism, and the importance of a strong support group of friends and family. Fans old and new will enjoy this inspiring, heartfelt book.

For over 30 years Oxmoor House and Southern Living have brought readers inspired menus, mouthwatering recipes, and over-the-top decorating ideas to make their holidays extra merry. It’s the much-anticipated, never-duplicated guide to the season of giving, sharing, gathering, and eating.

Country music icon Martina McBride thinks cooking and singing aren’t all that different. When she makes something delicious, she wants to share it, which is a lot like sharing her music with an audience. When she’s not on stage or in the studio, Martina is most likely experimenting in the kitchen and cooking with family and friends. Growing up on a farm in Kansas, Martina began helping her mother in the kitchen at an early age, preparing fresh-from-the-field ingredients. Meals and stories were shared daily around the table. It’s a tradition she continues with her own family as often as she can because real life is what’s worth celebrating. In this gorgeously photographed cookbook, readers will find more than 100 simple and satisfying recipes filled with fresh, seasonal ingredients and downhome flavor. Martina encourages cooking “outside the lines” and shows you how to make cooking fun with creative “ad-lib” tips for recipe riffs you might consider. Mix things up in the kitchen and create your own delicious memories with her inspired recipes to feed a handful or a houseful.

This new essential guide to entertaining is divided by occasion, offering a fresh lineup of menus and ideas from Oxford, Mississippi’s go-to caterer for every celebratory scenario life serves up. In this update to the best-selling book of our mothers’ and grandmothers’ era, Elizabeth’s tell-it-like-it-is voice provides a twist to the classic Southern hosting how-to that is a relevant refresher for entertainers of any age or experience. Packed with delicious recipes from the original book like Smoked Salmon Canapes, Hot Cheese Squares, and Brandy Alexanders, the book also includes popular picks from the current pages of Southern Living as well as Elizabeth’s treasured recipe box. The Southern Living Party Cookbook is an entertaining handbook loaded with lifestyle tips and hilarious Heiskell stories, along with luscious photography to help you get the look from table setting to plated dish.

Amazon’s Best Cookbooks of 2018
Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2018
Food52 Favorite Cookbooks of 2018
The Atlantic Best Cookbooks of 2018

James Beard Award-nominated Chef Todd Richards shares his personal culinary exploration of soul food.

Black American chefs and cooks are often typecast as the experts of only one cuisine—soul food, but Todd Richards’ food is anything but stereotypical. Taste his Hot-Chicken-Style Country-Fried Lamb Steak or Blueberry-Sweet Tea-Brined Chicken Thighs as evidence. While his dishes are rooted in family and the American cuisine known as soul food, he doesn’t let his heritage restrain him. The message of Soul is that cooks can honor tradition yet be liberated to explore. Todd Richards celebrates the restorative wonders of a classic pot of Collard Greens with Ham Hocks, yet doesn’t shy away from building upon that foundational recipe with his Collard Green Ramen, a reinterpretation that incorporates far-flung flavors of cultural influences and exemplifies culinary evolution. Page after page, in more than 150 recipes and stunning photos, Todd shares his creativity and passion to highlight what soul food can be for a new generation of cooks. Whether you’re new to Southern and soul food or call the South your home, Soul will encourage you to not only step outside of the box, but to boldly walk away from it.

Definitive gardening advice – along with a story or two – for the novice or expert from one of the nation’s most-trusted, and Grumpy, sources.

Gardeners from across the country have turned to Southern Living Senior Garden Editor Steven Bender – known affectionately as “The Grumpy Gardener” – for his keen knowledge and gardening know-how with equal doses sarcasm and sidesplitting humor for nearly 35 years. Finally, the collected wit and wisdom of the magazine’s most irreverent and beloved columnist can be found in a single A-to-Z volume, providing gardeners from coast-to-coast with his valuable tips for planting, troubleshooting, and growing flowers, vegetables, shrubs, trees and more, all delivered in his signature cantankerous style.

Sidebars throughout the book – “Ask Grumpy” – help readers tackle common garden problems (“How do I get rid of little house ants?”), and readers from the past 35 years take part in the book when Grumpy shares his favorite reader-responses to his advice, his favorite rules for gardening, and Q & As covering favorite plants and flowers. Additionally, lovely line-drawings and illustrations throughout make the book as beautiful to look at as it is entertaining to read. The Grumpy Gardener is sure to become the most trusted tool in your gardening shed!

Bottoms Up!  It’s time for a beach cocktail!  Whether you are on the shores of a sandy beach or at home with a gathering of friends, serve up thirst-quenching coastal cocktails like Hawaiian Mai Tais, Cuban Daiquiri’s, Key West Rum Runners or a Brazilian Caipirinhas!

For the last 20 years Coastal Living has celebrated the best of seaside life, and in Beach Cocktails they serve up delicious cocktail recipes paired with beautifully photographed coastal destinations to delight the casual reader, mixologist, or guest alike. More than just a pretty cocktail book, Beach Cocktails covers it all: the origin and key ingredients of tiki bar favorites, the 4-1-1 on must-have bar essentials, and helpful bar-basics like making simple syrups, creating fun garnishes and mastering the muddle!  Whether you prefer a classic sip on the sand, a cutting-edge contemporary toddy, or a refreshing mocktail while watching the tide roll in, Beach Cocktails is your thirst-aid kit.

In The South’s Best Butts, food writer and Southern gentleman, Matt Moore, waves away clouds of smoke to give barbecue-lovers a sneak peek into the kitchens and smokehouses of a handful of the Barbecue Belt’s most revered pitmasters. He uncovers their tried-and-true techniques gleaned over hours, days, and years toiling by fire and spit, coaxing meltingly tender perfection from the humble pig the foundation of Southern BBQ. More than a book of recipes, Matt explores how the marriage of meat, cooking method, and sauce varies from place to place based on history and culture, climate, available ingredients and wood, and always the closely-guarded, passed-down secrets followed like scripture. Because no meat plate is complete in the South without “all the fixin’s” to round out the meal, Matt cues up patron-sanctioned recipes from every establishment he visits. One thing is for certain–this book will change the way you cook, smoke, grill, and eat, but be warned: Your own butt may suffer in the process!

“What can I bring?” is typically the first question you ask the host (and yourself) after receiving an invitation to a gathering. Now you have the answer. Based on the popular monthly feature “What Can I Bring?” in Southern Living magazine, no matter the occasion, you’ll now have the perfect dish. From open house to garden party and baby shower to christening, no matter what life serves up, Elizabeth has over 100 delicious recipes, including appetizers, mains, sandwiches, desserts and more, sure to fit the occasion.

Recipes include Elizabeth’s take on Sour Cream Coffee Cake (perfect for welcoming that new neighbor), delicious blended salads—Chicken, Shrimp, and Pimiento (guaranteed to make you a star of the church picnic), amazing sides, including Lemon Rice and Spoon Bread (because every potluck needs some perfection), and comfort food that no one will refuse, including Vegetable Beef Stew, Chicken Pot Pie, and Chicken and Dumplings, plus an array of swoon-worthy desserts. Elizabeth shares personal stories and walks readers through recipe prep in her downhome, irreverent Delta style.

Named one of Eater’s Best New Cookbooks for Fall 2015
Selected as one of Vainty Fair’s “18 Best New Cookbooks”

From Garden & Gun—the magazine that features the best of Southern cooking, dining, cocktails, and customs—comes an heirloom-quality guide to the traditions and innovations that define today’s Southern food culture, with more than 100 recipes and 4-color photography throughout.

From well-loved classics like biscuits and fried chicken to uniquely regional dishes such as sonker (Piedmont, North Carolina’s take on cobbler) or Minorcan chowder (Florida’s version of clam chowder), each recipe in The Southerner’s Cookbook tells a story about Southern food and its origins. With contributions from some of the South’s finest chefs, a glossary of cooking terms, and essays from many of the magazine’s beloved writers, The Southerner’s Cookbook is much more than simply a collection of recipes: it is a true reflection of the South’s culinary past, present, and future.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the celebrated bestselling author of All Over but the Shoutin’ and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Rick Bragg, comes a poignant and wryly funny collection of essays on life in the south. Keenly observed and written with his insightful and deadpan sense of humor, he explores enduring Southern truths about home, place, spirit, table, and the regions’ varied geographies, including his native Alabama, Cajun country, and the Gulf Coast. Everything is explored, from regional obsessions from college football and fishing, to mayonnaise and spoonbread, to the simple beauty of a fish on the hook.

Collected from over a decade of his writing, with many never-before-published essays written specifically for this edition, My Southern Journey is an entertaining and engaging read, especially for Southerners (or those who feel Southern at heart) and anyone who appreciates great writing.

R. W. Apple, Jr., of The New York Times credits third-generation Alabamian Frank Stitt with turning Birmingham into a “sophisticated, easygoing showplace of enticing, southern-accented cooking.” His southern peers think his cooking may have a more profound sense of place than any of theirs. His food is rustic and homey, but sophisticated in method.

There are some places worth traveling to just for the food: Rome, Venice . . . and now, Birmingham. In this companion to his first, best-selling cookbook, the beloved Southern chef Frank Stitt travels to Italy and brings the best of Mediterranean cuisine back home to Alabama. To Stitt’s mind, the two regions—Italy and the American South—share commonalities. Both share a tradition of turning humble ingredients—ground corn, bitter greens, cured pork, the daily catch—into poetry on the plate. And as the chef points out in his lively introduction to the book, this is elemental cooking based on the purity and simplicity of the freshest and finest ingredients.

“There’s no Pompano in Venice, but ours, fresh from Apalachicola, fits into the cartoccio (Italian fish stew) perfectly; our Chilton County white peaches are squeezed by hand for a bellini; our wild Gulf shrimp, oysters, crab, and fish are easily a match for their Mediterranean equivalents,” Stitt writes. This appealing cookbook includes the best of the Southern-influenced Italian recipes he has served at his Birmingham, Alabama, restaurant Bottega Restaurant and Café, for the last two decades. This inspiring and accessible cookbook makes it easy to understand why the novelist Pat Conroy calls Stitt “the best chef in America.”

Southern floral artist Sybil Sylvester does more than arrange flowers; she uses inventive ideas and fresh plants to illuminate her surroundings. Many of her plants come straight from her own garden, revealing a natural sense of connection that is evident throughout the pages of Fresh. This stunning book presents Sybil’s most effervescent and distinctive floral designs, organized by season, plus some of her celebrated arrangements from a variety of special occasions. Excitingly, Fresh also includes a beautifully photographed how-to section in which Sybil empowers readers to create their own magic from the natural world with instructions for a number of delightful designs, plus her own special brand of inspiration and helpful advice. Full of whimsy, joy, and elegance, Fresh is a magnificent paean to floral beauty.

A collection of Martina’s favorite recipes from her new cookbook, Martina’s Kitchen Mix, that are tailormade for the holidays.

For the last 50 years, Southern Living magazine has reported on and photographed what makes the South so very unique and how it has evolved; it’s distinct regions, its music, its homes, its gardens, its food, and most importantly, its people. Now, to mark its Golden Anniversary, Southern Livingpresents a gorgeous gift book that tells the true story of the South as only Southerners and Southern Living can tell it.

Filled with evocative images, fascinating stories, revealing explorations, and time-honored recipes, Southern Living 50 Years is about how Southerners live, what they value, how they cook, how they welcome people into their homes. The book is divided into three sections:

Journey South: A visual road trip through the South accompanied by thoughtful essays

Welcome Home: A celebration of the Southern home including gardens, architecture, design, and indoor and outdoor living.

The Southern Table: The South is famous for nothing if not its food. The book includes an exploration of the evolution of regional cuisine and includes 40 favorite recipes from Southern Living magazine with many additional recipes from renowned Southern chefs.

For over 50 years, Southern Living has been the authority on Southern food and cooking. inviting readers to share their beloved, often closely guarded recipes as a way to reflect the rich history and diversity of this unique region that is a bastion of great food. These recipes are like food memories passed down through generations of cooks that tell the story of the South. The trove of reader submissions included in the magazine over the past five decades have run the gamut from company-worthy pot roasts to rose geranium pound cake.

Now, in Recipe Revival, we revisit many of those time-tested recipes and offer you so much more: Over 200 recipes encompassing breakfast and brunch, cocktails, dinner, desserts and more, both old and new. The notion of “recipe revival” is more than just turning up the flavor of an iconic dish by substituting a novel ingredient. A new generation of Southern cooks has become far more inventive with the way Southern ingredients are used today. With a wink to tradition, the rich coastal flavors of traditional Maryland crab cakes reappear as inspired crab-filled hush puppies. The cool sweet-and-sour brightness of vintage tomato aspic translates into a colorful high-summer pairing of heirloom tomatoes with field pea-nectarine salsa. Classic lemon bars achieve new and elegant heights as a delicious cheesecake with rustic shortbread crust.

Recipe Revival is not only a nod to the past 50 years of sharing good food with friends and family, but also a beautiful cookbook that promises years and years of good food to come.

The South is rich in many traditions, and one of its most important is baking. From creating the perfect biscuit to accompany Sunday Dinner, or baking the perfect pie to welcome a new neighbor, baking in the South is about more than just creating something delicious, it’s about sharing special times with family and friends.

Now, the experts at Southern Living magazine deliver the ultimate compendium of the South’s most cherished recipes for such Southern Staples as fluffy Buttermilk Biscuits, decadent Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread, or flaky Pie Crust. Also included are inside tips and tricks – “Baker’s Secrets,” in-depth tutorials and instructions on ingredients and tools to begin, and specific techniques direct from the legendary Southern Living test kitchen.

Whether you’re a novice or a pro, young or old, Northern or Southern, The Southern Baker will become your go-to guide for all of your baking needs, and might make you one of the more popular people in your family.

Have you ever wished you’d saved all the good advice you’ve received for the times you needed it most? In this brand-new collection from the pages of O, The Oprah Magazine, 93 contributors reveal what they know for sure about finding lasting happiness, making meaningful connections, getting through tough times in one piece, and giving a little something back to our communities and our world.

Whether you need a gentle nudge or a friendly-butfirm push in the right direction, the 106 motivating articles in Love Your Life! will give you the tools to live with purpose. You’ll hear from award-winning writers (Elizabeth Gilbert, Amy Bloom, Anne Lamott, Junot Díaz), acclaimed entertainers (Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey, Jay-Z), and inspiring leaders (Michelle Obama, Donna Brazile). And of course, O’s in-house panel of experts is on hand with indispensable advice: Dr. Oz distills the ten most important facts about your health you’ll ever need to know, Dr. Phil gets your relationships back in shape, Suze Orman clears the way to financial freedom, and Martha Beck escorts you out of whatever rut you may be stuck in. As Oprah says, “When your life is on course with its purpose, you are your most powerful.”

A completely revised and updated edition of the top-selling book from one of the leading beauty and fashion magazines, InStyle Parties is the must-have resource for anyone looking to host chic parties without stress or guesswork. The editors of InStyle offer their expert advice on hosting any type of celebration. Whether a baby shower, dinner gathering, or holiday affair, you’ll discover how to transform your tabletop to fit the theme, get ideas for the perfect invitations, and learn the shortcuts of posh party prep.

A comprehensive collection of recipes to make the most of your pro-blender, featuring 40 foolproof recipes for every meal of the day, beautiful full-color photos, and essential tips and tricks.

Pro-blenders are renowned for making smoothies, and this book offers three basic recipes with hundreds of mix-and-match ingredient add-ins to personalize your own healthy drinks. But pro-blenders are also great for nut milks, juices, purées, dips, butters, spreads, hot and cold soups, sweet and savory sauces, dressings, batters, creams, foams, and even frozen desserts. Preparing recipes in a pro-blender is a quick and easy way to cook, but the benefits don’t stop there. A pro-blender is really several appliances in one: blender, food processor, ice cream machine, electric beaters, and stove (for heating soups and sauces). Using a pro-blender cuts down on prep time: You don’t have to get out bowls and whisks and ladles and sieves, just layer roughly chopped ingredients in the container and you’re good to go. There is no need to strain puréed mixtures to help improve the texture of the dish, so you preserve maximum nutrients from the foods. And finally, a pro-blender is extremely easy to clean and doesn’t retain food odors, even strong ones like garlic or spices.

The widely acclaimed country music megastar Martina McBride invites fans into her home, her kitchen, and her family’s traditions in this, her first-ever book—a beautiful full-color illustrated collection of culinary celebrations, complete with cherished recipes and menus for cooking and entertaining at home.

“Seasonality is the cornerstone to our menu-planning success,” says Chef Chris Hastings. Hot and Hot Fish Club restaurant is one of the best in the South because it only uses the finest and freshest ingredients in their recipes. The Hot and Hot Fish Club Cookbook contains more than 200 creative and delicious recipes organized to reflect the seasonal nature of local ingredients. It features profiles of dozens of purveyors who supply the restaurant with the freshest ingredients. With more than 50 full-color photographs, lifestyle menus complete with wine and beer pairings, and a sourcing section, The Hot and Hot Fish Club Cookbook is your guide to preparing exquisite, fresh cuisine from the hottest restaurant in the South.

Lemon sweets are the divas of desserts. Assertive and bold, lemons can be flamboyant, tart, and tangy as in the Lemon Granita or sweet, mellow, and velvety like the creamy Lemon Panna Cotta. Over 70 recipes–from the classics to lip-smacking new favorites–are all enticingly presented in Luscious Lemon Desserts. These recipes vary from the simple to the sublime, from the quick and easy to the most elaborate showstoppers. Author Lori Longbotham provides great tips on buying, storing, and using this most popular fruit. Whether it’s a fast and fabulous lemon pudding or a Mile-High Lemon Angel Food Cake, the name says it all: Luscious Lemon Desserts. Yum!

Published six times a year, the Local Palate celebrates the rich and diverse food culture of the South, highlighting the people and places that make it the most dynamic culinary region in the country. Here, food and drink are more than sustenance—they’re a way of life. Covering everything from the time-honored recipes and traditions that reveal regional nuance to emerging destinations to inspire the modern traveler to the people shaping today’s culinary landscape, we connect readers to what makes food in the South distinct.

This book offers a collection of recipes and techniques for soul-satisfying meals using a stove-top or electric pressure cooker. The recipes all have the rich, layered flavor of slow-cooked meals, but take a fraction of the time to prepare.

The book begins with a primer on the types of pressure cookers available today and how to use them to achieve the best results. Next are four recipe chapters: Soups & Stews, Beans & Grains, Meats & Poultry, and Vegetables. The back matter offers a visual step-by-step guide on how to prepare pressure-cooked meals, and serving suggestions make it easy to pair the main course with tasty sides and other accompaniments.

In a Cheesemaker’s Kitchen is a treasury of original recipes from leading chefs that incorporate Vermont Butter & Cheese Company’s delectable products.

Culinary luminaries like renowned chefs Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin, Michel Richard of Citronelle, and Molly Hanson of Grill 23; chef, writer, and educator Dan Barber of Blue Hill; chef-entrepreneurs Alison Lane and Andrew Silva of Mirabelles; knight of the French Order of the Mérite Agricole, chef Raymond Ost of Sandrine’s; and food writer and former CEO of Clicquot, Inc., Mireille Guiliano, share their heartfelt philosophies about food. Their tantalizing recipes will expand any home cook’s culinary repertoire.

Twenty-five years ago Allison Hooper and Bob Reese began crafting artisanal dairy products in the European style. They developed a vital link with local farms that continues to this day: Vermont Butter & Cheese Company supports a network of more than 20 family farms that provide milk that meets the highest standards of purity. As Allison learned on a family farm in France, quality originates at the source—with the people who work the land and the pride they take in its yield.

In a Cheesemaker’s Kitchen celebrates their perhaps improbable success. It is the story of pioneers in the fledgling American artisan cheese industry and how they bootstrapped a small, socially responsible business.

Taste the chocolatey goodness of Mississippi Mud or marvel at the extravagant elegance of the Lady Baltimore and there will be no doubt that Southerners know how to bake a cake. Here are 65 recipes for some of the most delicious ever. Jam cakes and jelly rolls; humble pear bread and peanut cake; whole chapters on both chocolate and coconut cakes, each moist and delicious forkful represents the spirit of the South. A Baking 101 section offers the cake basics, some finishing touches (that means frosting and lots of it!), and the how-tos of storing each lovely concoction so that the last slice tastes as fresh and delightful as the first.

Tea is hot and getting hotter. In the New Tea Book, no leaf is left unturned. Discover the wide variety of teas that are available and their myriad health benefits, as well as over 50 recipes for cooking with tea: beverages, savories, and delectable sweets. This strikingly photographed volume takes readers on a visual journey exploring the riches of black, green, oolong, and herbal teas, from the fragrant, full-bodied Assam to the spirited and spicy Yunnan. An exciting addition is the completely new Personal Spa section, introducing a host of aromatherapy touches for the home with recipes for tea bath sachets, eye pillows, beauty soaps, and potpourris. Finally, a list of resources gives information on where to find interesting tea blends and equipment, not to mention author Sara Perry’s favorite international teahouses. Here’s just the right cup o’ tea.

With today’s magazines singing the praises of graze-style eating as both healthy and fun, Party Appetizers offers the perfect way to treat guests. Entertaining aficionado Tori Ritchie serves up sensational recipes for fabulous finger foods to kick off any informal dinner or stylish celebration—or even be the main attraction at a holiday soiree. Variety truly is the spice of life when you’re talking olives jazzed up with herbs and spices or savory party favorites like Merguez Meatballs with Yogurt Sauce or rich Fig and Gorgonzola Toasts with Caramelized Onions. And for guests who have to start with dessert, there are even a few bonbons such as Mocha Shortbread Buttons and Sugar and Spice Walnuts. Tips on smart shopping, artful presentation, and indispensable ingredients as well as a “make-ahead planner” get hosts prepared before the party for maximum socializing with guests. So let the festivities begin!

Remember those tantalizing smells coming from Grandma’s kitchen as she made her treasured, slow-cooked meals? Braises and Stews brings modern convenience and style to good old-fashioned comfort food. Organized by main ingredient, this handy cookbook dishes up the secrets for making such savory one-pot meals as Classic Pot Roast or Pub Short Ribs. Lighter fare like Coq au Vin prepared with white wine or a Roman-inspired Spring Stew of Favas, Artichokes, and Fresh Peas will appeal to those with smaller appetites. Why stew over dinner when there are so many tasty options to throw in the pot?

The dinnertime solution for busy cooks who want delicious, down-home meals without spending hours in the kitchen.

After a long, busy day, the task of cooking a wholesome meal for a hungry crowd can be daunting. While home-style favorites are comforting, the time spent chopping, prepping, cooking, and serving can quickly turn a feel-good dish into a stressful production.

Quick-Fix Dinners comes to the rescue! We’ve streamlined crowd-pleasing Southern classics and modern fare to bring you recipes that take just 30, 20, or even 10 minutes to prepare, using fresh ingredients, grocery store staples, and easy shortcuts. Bring Big Easy flavor to the table in just 30 minutes with Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya, or whip up a savory Barbecue Mac and Cheese casserole in 20 minutes. There are desserts too, including a Prep & Forget Choc-Cinn Latte Cake that can be prepared in just 10 minutes.

The casserole is never going out of style. These one pan dishes have remained perennial favorites for their convenience, comfort, and the simple fact that sometimes you can just stash one in your freezer for when you just can’t figure out what to make for dinner some night or when company unexpectedly shows up!

Award-winning chef, restaurateur and PBS television personality, Chef Todd English shares his trademark flavor formulas for using readily available ingredients and translating them into simple, tantalizing dishes at home. In this innovative yet approachable cookbook, Todd shares his trade secrets for creating fresh flavor combinations. Each combination is presented as a formulaic, pictorial equation so you can see the components that make a recipe taste outstanding at a glance. Cooking in Everyday English is a clear, uncomplicated approach to cooking with fresh, seasonal ingredients at home. Each of the book’s 150 recipes is a new flavor discovery with dishes running the gamut: appetizers, soups and salads, vegetables, starches, birds and eggs, meat, fish and shellfish, kids and family dinners, and desserts. A visual stunner, Cooking in Everyday English is the cookbook you want in your kitchen.

A big, ripe cornucopia of a book by gardeners who cook and cooks who garden, Smith & HawkenThe Gardeners’ Community Cookbook celebrates both the Smith & Hawken gardening community and Second Harvest, the largest charitable hunger relief organization in the United States. Over 300 contributors from all 50 states share the fruit and vegetables of their labors–the secrets of their tomatoes and their tomato sauce. There are herb growers. Patio gardeners. Farmers. And famous chef/gardeners and writers, such as Deborah Madison, Alice Waters, Barbara Kafka, Ken Hom, Paula Wolfert, Thomas Keller, and Barbara Damrosch, who forces Belgian endive in buckets under the kitchen sink during bitter Maine winters.

And what they offer are over 400 recipes that give a cross section of creative American garden cooking. Here are garden-to-table dishes: Spinach and Strawberry Salad; Mexican Bruschetta. Seasonal inspirations: Curried Zucchini Soup; Tortellini with Pumpkin Alfredo; Asparagus Mushroom Flan. Prime pickings: Chicken and Chives; New Mexico Chard Enchiladas. And harvest put-ups: Green Tomato Chutney; Sweet Red Bell Pepper Pickle.

Compiled and written by Victoria Wise, this is the cookbook to meet like-minded neighbors and friends you never knew you had, exchanging ideas and recipes just for the pleasure of it.

Peppers are hot-in every sense of the word. They add flavor and spice to thousands of dishes from a variety of cuisines, and inspire near-fanatical devotion in those who have succumbed to their fiery charms. Thanks to the restaurant industry’s embracement of the vast variety of peppers beyond the jalapenos, home cooks are now looking to learn more about these piquant seed pods and cook beyond their comfort zone.

Melissa’s Produce, the largest global distributor of fresh and dried peppers, introduces The Great Pepper Cookbook – which is sure to heat things up in your kitchen and life. This graphic and engaging book offers delicious, everyday recipes that show readers how simple it is to use 38 different fresh and dried chile pepper varieties. Each recipe offers a substitution guide, offering alternate pepper choices for those who prefer more mellow variations-or for those chileheads who want to crank the heat up to the max. Filled with brilliant, colorful photographs, clear recipes and clever tricks for handling the fruit, this book will be useful for readers at any level of experience. A useful bonus feature involves a pepper glossary with images, seasonality, and a Scoville chart heat rating. With The Great Pepper Cookbook, Melissa’s will show readers exactly how to harness all the great potential of chiles: the world’s hottest fruit.

Advertorial inside Martina’s Holiday Cookbook (special interest publication on newsstands) featuring Martina McBride’s favorite ways to use Wright Brand hickory-smoked bacon, Jimmy Dean sausage, and a digital-only feature using Tyson cornish game hens.

Take a tasty tour along the highways and unique back roads of the South with author Morgan Murphy as he uncovers the best eateries and unique recipes this region has to offer. Part cookbook, part delicious journey through the South, Southern Living Off the Eaten Path is a discovery guide for people who love Southern food.

All women have concerns about their body that they are just too embarrassed to mention to their doctor. In “What The Yuck?!” Health Magazine Medical Editor Dr. Roshini Rajapaksa (Dr. Raj) answers them all – from the serious like ‘Is it bad that I drank margaritas before I realized I was pregnant?’ and ‘Could this mole be skin cancer?’ to the offbeat like ‘Can too many venti lattes (Green Tea latte made with Soy) give you a heart attack?’ and ‘Why do I get a headache when I eat chocolate cupcakes?’ Dr. Raj sheds light on even the most confusing symptoms, telling readers when not to worry, and when to see their doctor.

A creepy-crawly guide to Halloween features simple instructions for spooky treats, fun activities, easy costume ideas, ghoulish crafts and eerie decorating ideas, all accented by more than 200 color photos.

A proprietary edition for Dillard’s stores, featuring inspiring holiday content from Christmas with Southern Living and exclusive content featuring Dillard’s products.

Proprietary cookbook for company’s 150 anniversary