Meera Sodha brings 120 plant-based recipes from across Asia to your weeknight table in East, a collection of vibrant, fuss-free dishes inspired by home cooks and gourmet chefs from Bangalore to Beijing.
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Ice cream in this guide appears less as its own genre than as a component within broader traditions, turning up as no-churn coffee ice cream, kulfi, gelato, and a s'mores ice cream cake.
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Meera Sodha brings 120 plant-based recipes from across Asia to your weeknight table in East, a collection of vibrant, fuss-free dishes inspired by home cooks and gourmet chefs from Bangalore to Beijing.
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Stop buying vegan cheese and start making something better, which is exactly what Miyoko Schinner and Isa Chandra Moskowitz deliver in The Homemade Vegan Pantry.
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Let Meera Sodha walk you through Made in India, over 130 recipes from her family kitchen that taste nothing like the takeout menu.

Let Andrea Nguyen walk you through Vietnamese Food Any Day, turning weeknight dinners into meals that taste like Hanoi without ever leaving your neighborhood.
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Dorie Greenspan's Baking With Dorie pairs 150+ recipes—from browned butter apple pie to footlong cheese sticks—with the kind of clear instructions that make every technique feel effortless.

Bake It Better insists your oven's been holding you back from what you're actually capable of, and Matt Adlard has 70 recipes to prove it.

My Sweet Mexico by Fany Gerson opens the door to cinnamon breads, mango paletas, and the stories baked into Mexico's beloved sweets.
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Italian Street Food skips the piazzas and heads straight for the recipes locals guard jealously, and Paola Bacchia has the back-alley addresses to prove it.

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Updated August 2026