The holidays are almost upon us, and that means one thing: food. Cooking, baking, eating—it’s all happening at an exponential rate over the next couple of months. If you love to cook and/or you are the designated “driver” in the kitchen, let the library help you get through November and December.
When I searched the library’s catalog for cookbooks published in 2023, I received over 150 results. This is a lot considering that I limited my search to one year—and the year isn’t over! But this is just the tip of the iceberg (or ice cream?) because the library owns thousands of food-related titles for all ages and levels of cooks. Talk about a cookbook-palooza!
Enjoy this random sampling of newly published cookbooks, and may the cooking (and eating) be very merry for all.
- Bold Beans: Recipes to Get Your Pulse Racing by Amelia Christie-Miller.
- Company: The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others by Amy Thielen.
- Pasta for All Seasons: Dishes That Celebrate the Flavors of Italy and the Bounty of the Pacific Northwest by Michela Tartaglia.
- Simply Symon Suppers: Recipes and Menus for Every Week of the Year by Michael Symon.
- Vegan Fast Food: Copycat Burgers, Tacos, Fried Chicken, Milkshakes, and More! by Brian Watson.
- Yellowstone: The Official Dutton Ranch Family Cookbook by Gabriel “Gator” Guilbeau.
New at the Library
Fiction
- Blind Dog Canyon: A Widowmaker Jones Western by Brett Cogburn.
- Christmas in Painted Pony Creek by Linda Lael Miller.
- Dirty Thirty: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich.
Nonfiction
- Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Mystical Mushrooms: Discover the Magic & Folklore of Fantastic Fungi by Aurora Kane.
- Painting Abstract Nature on Canvas: A Guide to Creating Vibrant Art with Watercolour and Mixed Media by Jane Betteridge.
Children
- Okra Stew: A Gullah Geechee Family Celebration written and illustrated by Natalie Daise.
- Quest Kids and the Dark Prophecy of Doug written and illustrated by Mark Leiknes.
- Why Does Lightning Strike? by Megan Cooley Peterson.
This is just a small sampling of the many new titles added each week to the Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries collection. Find more in our catalog, or call 360-906-5000 to reserve titles or find additional listings.
Jan Johnston, Collection Manager
Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries
You can email Jan at readingforfun@fvrl.org
