Cooking is an excellent pastime, but eating is even better!

Cooking is an excellent pastime that can be done solo, with your family or with a significant other at any time of the year - and, generally, despite any crazy weather formations that may be developing. Cooking can be an indoor activity or an outdoor sport (depending on your level of expertise). And who doesn't love to eat year around?  The primary thing you need is a good recipe.

Here are some new cookbooks to hit our shelves:

The essential New York Times cook book : classic recipes for a new century by Amanda Hesser (641.5 HES)

Nigella kitchen : recipes from the heart of the home by Nigella Lawson (641.5 LAW)

Around my French table : more than 300 recipes from my home to yours by Dorie Greenspan (641.5944 GRE)

My Calabria : rustic family cooking from Italy's undiscovered south by Rosetta Costantino (641.5945 COS)

Not on the shelf?  Not a problem. Visit our online catalog to place them on reserve. While there, do a search for cookbooks to see what other yummy trouble you can get yourself into.

Happy Cooking!  (And Eating!!!)