Home & Craft
February 2026
 
 
Kitchen
Linger: Salads, Sweets and Stories to Savor: A Cookbook by Hetty Lui McKinnon
Linger : salads, sweets and stories to savor : a cookbook
by Hetty Lui McKinnon

Linger by Hetty Lui McKinnon is a cookbook featuring over 100 inventive, vegetable-forward recipes that celebrate salads as communal, comforting dishes. Documenting real gatherings with friends, the book blends seasonal menus, sweets, and small bites with personal storytelling. Moving beyond traditional leafy greens, McKinnon redefines what a salad can be, emphasizing creativity, connection, and shared meals.
Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond by Laurel Kratochvila
Dobre dobre : baking from Poland and beyond
by Laurel Kratochvila

This masterful exploration of Polish baking combines vivid storytelling with over 120 recipes that range from sweet to savory, classic to contemporary, and from deep within the Polish heartland to the outer reaches of the diaspora. Discover breads, bialys, cheesecakes, donuts, Danishes, meringues and more that win the coveted praise: Dobre, dobre, nie za s±odkie.
Padma's All American: Tales, Travels, and Recipes from Taste the Nation and Beyond: A Cookbook by Padma Lakshmi
Padma's all American : tales, travels, and recipes from Taste the Nation and beyond : a cookbook
by Padma Lakshmi

From the Top Chef host and award-winning cookbook author, a culinary anthology filled with 100 authentic recipes from ethnic communities across America and discovered while filming Taste the Nation.
Athens: Food, Stories, Love: A Cookbook by Diane Kochilas
Athens : food, stories, love : a cookbook
by Diane Kochilas

Giving readers a taste of the ways in which the culinary traditions of other countries are shaping the way Athens eats today, Diane Kochilas offers a recipe for a French-influenced cross between a croissant and spanakopita, shares an Italian twist on a Greek classic with shrimp saganaki risotto, updates a Greek bean dish with a Grec-Mex twist on gigantes, and much more.
Dinner Party Animal: Recipes to Make Every Day a Celebration by Jake Cohen
Dinner party animal : recipes to make every day a celebration
by Jake Cohen

Jake's punim is as mind blowing as his recipes! -Rachael RayFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Jew-Ish and I Could Nosh and star of A&E's Jake Makes It Easy comes a fun, unfussy, and inventive collection of recipes to entertain with ease and enjoy any day of the week.An impromptu cocktail party, casual brunch with friends, or celebratory dinner with family--food just tastes better when shared. For chef Jake Cohen, making a homemade meal from scratch for those you love is nothing short of magic. Now he's giving you everything you need to cook and entertain with ease in this highly anticipated collection of 100 delicious recipes and sixteen inventive menus for every mood, occasion, and possible guest list.
  
Garden
The Kindest Garden: A Practical Guide to Regenerative Gardening by Marian Boswall
The kindest garden : a practical guide to regenerative gardening
by Marian Boswall

Change the world from your back garden. Leading landscape designer Marian Boswall has worked on some of the UK's most ambitious and innovative regenerative landscape projects, and now she shares her wisdom in this trail-blazing guide. Drawing on lessons from forward-thinking farmers, foresters, re-wilders and nature itself, The Kindest Garden shows you how to create a garden that is both a beautiful sanctuary for yourself and also a place where nature can thrive. 
Flora Nouveaux: Not Your Grandma's Dried Flowers by Carla Wingett
Flora nouveaux : not your grandma's dried flowers
by Carla Wingett

Embrace the unique and sustainable beauty of dried flowers with this bright, fun, and modern flower book from Carla Wingett, popular flower designer and founder of Idlewild Floral.
Craft
The Stitched Landscape: An Embroidery Field Guide to the Textures, Colors, and Lines of the Natural World by Anna Hultin
The stitched landscape : an embroidery field guide to the textures, colors, and lines of the natural world
by Anna Hultin

Artist Anna Hultin's step-by-step projects blend traditional embroidery skills with experimental techniques that draw inspiration from the lines, patterns, and textures of the natural world. Learn how to embroider flowers, plants, and trees using a few basic stitches, discover new techniques for a variety of non-traditional materials and methods like painting on fabric with watercolors, collaging with fabrics to create depth, and more.