Bookstore owner Celia Sack shares her list of notable cookbooks of 2023 — perfect for gift-giving. Yewande Komolafe connects the dots of her Nigerian past, visiting Lagos and returning with a new cookbook. Cooking through grief, food writer Bee Wilson keeps recipes simple and finds joy in the process. Artist and curator Suzanne Joskow collects cookbooks written by everyday people. At the farmer's market, Chef Jeremy Fox of Birdie G's shops in preparation for his Hanukkah(ish) collaboration dinner series.
Best cookbooks of 2023, memories of Nigeria, cooking through grief
Women carry a basket of fish in Lagos, where food writer Yewande Komolafe returned after 20 years to reconnect with the home she left behind. Photo by Lọlá Ákínmádé.
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