Books for Your Lifestyle

24 Great Walks in New York
If you’re going to walk, why not make it interesting? And if you’re going to be a tourist, why not do double duty and get a workout at the same time? You can with Frommer’s 24 Great Walks in New York. Granted, the emphasis is more on culture than upping your heart rate, but exercise is exercise. So tally your steps while exploring the history of lower Manhattan, checking out the restaurants and boutiques of Little Italy, or appreciating the architecture of Harlem. If you think you know New York, this handy guide will take you to less familiar neighborhoods and show you hidden gems—all while you burn some calories.
www.frommers.com

Everyday Raw Desserts
Matthew Kenney, an award-winning chef and author of several raw food cookbooks as well as one on Mediterranean cooking, is back with Everyday Raw Desserts, with more than 75 recipes for old favorites with a twist and new concoctions made with all-natural foods. These all-raw desserts will please raw food devotees and anyone who can’t resist a delicious sweet, with recipes both exotic and ordinary, such as Vanilla-Almond Panna Cotta With Fig Compote and Butterscotch Pudding.
www.gibbs-smith.com

Simple, Fresh & Healthy
You already know the value of cooking with fresh local food. But you can never have too many recipes for the best of the season’s crops. You’ll find lots of great recipes from an expert source. Chuck and Linda Hafner have been growing those crops for more than three decades and selling it at Chuck Hafner’s Farmers Market and Garden Center. So it’s only natural that Linda Hafner would amass a wealth of delicious recipes for their homegrown fruits and vegetables. In Simple, Fresh & Healthy: A Collection of Seasonal Recipes, you’ll find simple, healthy dishes like Crispy Kale, Best-of-Show Gazpacho, and Fresh Lemonade From Scratch. Use Hafner’s recipes for a memorable picnic or BBQ this summer.
www.beaufortbooks.com

Ancient Grains for Modern Meals
When talking about the Mediterranean Diet, the focus is often on olive oil and healthful vegetables such as tomatoes and artichoke hearts. The often-neglected stars of Mediterranean cuisine—delicious grains—shine in Maria Speck’s book Ancient Grains for Modern Meals: Mediterranean Whole Grain Recipes for Barley, Farro, Kamut, Polenta, Wheat Berries, & More. You’ll find recipes for grains you probably already know and love but will also get an introduction to those you may be less familiar with, such as spelt. Inspired by her Greek mother, Speck, who teaches Mediterranean cooking in Cambridge, Massachusetts, offers recipes from her childhood, with flavors from Greece to Turkey. “Whole grains have cast a spell on me” are the first words in this excellent cookbook from Speck. Read on and they will cast a spell on you, and, like me, you’ll look forward to her next book.
www.tenspeed.com

Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook
Do you haunt the blogs for great recipes? No need to search dozens of sites. Now you can find a cache of bloggers’ best in Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook: 100 Great Recipes, Photographs, and Voices, which features the popular site Foodista.com, the online cooking encyclopedia everyone can edit with recipes by and the winners of its bloggers’ recipe contest. From bloggers around the world, the recipes represent many types of cuisines, with dishes such as Vietnamese-Style Moo Shu Chive Pancakes With Turkey Leftovers, Homemade Tagliatelle With Wild Boar Ragu, and Bacon Caramels.
www.andrewsmcmeel.com

The Food Stylist’s Handbook
Whether you’re a pro or wannabe pro food stylist or photographer looking for tips to make a career leap, a blogger who wants to wow with great photos, or a chef who needs dishes to look as good as they taste, Denise Vivaldo has all the answers in The Food Stylist’s Handbook. The veteran stylist and award-winning writer, along with Cindie Flannigan, focuses on the needs of pros, sharing the strategies that will help stylists excel in this big bible of visual tips and tricks that produce the most striking food photography.
www.gibbs-smith.com

America the Edible
Do you find the history of food as intriguing as food itself? If you have an appetite for food culture, snap up a copy of America the Edible: A Hungry History From Sea to Dining Sea by Adam Richman, host of the Travel Channel culinary adventure series Man v. Food. With a travel writer’s eye for evocative detail and his food writer’s radar for special places and regional passions, he takes a closer look at nine of the many destinations he’s covered for the show. Whether prowling for barbecue and romance in steamy Savannah, hunting down the best street food in Brooklyn, or recounting a blind date in San Francisco, Richman is an entertaining travel companion who leaves anyone struck with wanderlust both envious and appreciative.
www.rodalebooks.com

Dutch Oven Cooking
Try a new cooking method for your next outdoor feast. Whip up a Tri-Tip Roast, Cowpoke Beans, or Barbecue Country Pork Ribs in a Dutch oven. Get tips and recipes from International Dutch Oven Society Champion Terry Lewis in Dutch Oven Cooking.
www.gibbs-smith.com

Easy Smoothies & Juices
Add a healthful kick to your picnic, BBQ, or tailgate party with refreshing and nutritious smoothies and juices. Instead of soda, try Basil Limeade or a Strawberry Slush With Mango & Lime. Learn how to make them with a little help from Easy Smoothies & Juices: Simply Delicious Recipes for Goodness in a Glass.
www.rylandpeters.com

Biggest Loser Dessert Cookbook
Even dieters need—and deserve—dessert. But if you want to keep on track with weight management, choose wisely. Get help from Chef Devin Alexander and Biggest Loser experts. The Biggest Loser Dessert Cookbook: More Than 80 Healthy Treats That Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth Without Breaking Your Calorie Budget will help you indulge—without guilt—in snacks, frozen treats, drinks, and treats for all occasions.
www.rodalebooks.com

7-Day Menu Planner for Dummies
You have good intentions and want to eat better, but following through isn’t easy. There don’t seem to be any hours left in your busy day to plan a week’s worth of healthy meals, let alone shop and cook. Susan Nicholson, RS/LD, creator of the “7-Day Menu Planner” newspaper column, makes it easy. She’s done all the work in 7-Day Menu Planner for Dummies, not only giving you a blueprint for a week’s worth of good eating (as well as recipes), but showing you how to integrate her tips and strategies into your busy lifestyle so you can create your own menus and make good on your commitment to eat nutritiously, without breaking the bank or spending hours in the market or in the kitchen.
www.wiley.com

Can It, Bottle It, Smoke It
Like Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It, Karen Solomon's latest book, Can it, Bottle It, Smoke It, will delight DIY-ers, food crafters, and others looking for new kitchen projects. She shows you not only how to can but how to dry and ferment and much more. You'll find recipes as well as labeling and wrapping tips for more than 75 new recipes for everything from popsicles to pastrami.
www.canitbottleitsmokeit.com www.tenspeed.com

Wear This, Toss That!
Need a few fashion tips? No time to keep up with the latest styles? Not sure if this goes with that? Get a crash course in updating your style in Amy E. Goodman’s Wear This, Toss That! Hundreds of Fashion and Beauty Swaps That Save Your Looks, Save Your Budget & Save You Time.
www.simonandschuster.com