Eleven Madison Park Cookbook

If you have not eaten at Eleven Madison Park in Manhattan - put it on your list. Owned by restaurant guru Danny Meyer, this extraordinary spot has a four-star rating from the New York Times and the coveted three stars from Michelin. If you can't make it to New York you are in luck! Chef Daniel Humm and general manager Will Guidera have just come out with a cookbook. Buy a COPY for the chef on your list. And this gorgeous book has a trailer - so cool! Watch HERE

Photo credits: Eater, New York Times, NY Mag, NY Serious Eats

Gifts Cooks Love

With the holidays around the corner, I am thinking about wrapping paper, party menus and gifts for family and friends. I love making treats from scratch, wrapping them beautifully and using them as hostess gifts. For inspiration I just ordered a copy of GIFTS COOKS LOVE from the folks at Sur La Table. The treats look amazing!

Fab Beekman Boys Cookbook

Josh and Brendt, and their adventures on a farm in upstate New York, will have you thinking of a modern day Green Acres. Hysterical! This stylish duo have compiled all of their wonderful recipes in a new cookbook - THE BEEKMAN 1802 HEIRLOOM COOKBOOK.

Pick up a copy and enjoy their time-tested family recipes. Perfect with the holiday season fast approaching!

It seems like every family has a time-tested and perfected recipe--be it apple pie, tomato sauce, or latkes--that has been passed down through generations. The Fabulous Beekman Boys are celebrating these recipes by compiling their own (and their friends') in The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Cookbook. 

Images: MNN, Bon Appetit, Martha Moments

Cooking with Gwyneth

Is there anything GP can't do and do well? (Ok...maybe Country Song wasn't her best call, as the movie was pretty darn awful.) I just picked up a copy of her new cookbook MY FATHER'S DAUGHTER and it is fantastic. It would be a great gift for Father's Day. 

Celebrity chef Mario Batali (and one of her besties) wrote the forward. The book is filled with wonderfully simple recipes, along with family photos, especially of her late father, Bruce.

We all look like this while we cook, right? 

The photography is beautiful and your mouth will water as you flip through the pages

Want to try Blythe's Blueberry Muffins? RECIPE

Or killer Fish Tacos - perfect for summer RECIPE

It's official - I love GP!

Cook with America's Best Chefs

While in Maine for the weekend, I picked up a copy of HARVEST TO HEAT as a birthday gift for a friend. (He is a serious cook.) The book is a must for anyone who loves to cook and has amazing recipes from the best chefs across the country. They also have a great BLOG.

The authors Darryl Estrine and Kelly Kochendorfer

Some of the wonderful photos of the artisans, farmers and famous chefs

And the food