Tasty Recommendations: Pairing Cookbooks with Novels

In this episode of Beyond the Shelves, hosts Sarah and Jes kick things off with a lively conversation about what they've been reading lately and the spring publishing season's standout titles. Along the way they craft thoughtful cookbook–novel pairings built around themes like memory, heritage, legacy, flavor, and identity. Watch this episode on Youtube What We're Reading Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley Adult Braces by Lindy West Gunk by Saba Sams The Children by Melissa Albert Exciting new releases The Tapestry of Fate by Shannon Chakraborty By the Bootstraps by Alexa Martin American Spirits by Anna Dorn Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker Yesteryear by Cara Claire Burke Cookbooks and Novels Praisesong for the kitchen ghosts by Crystal Wilkinson The Kamogawa food detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai Butter by Asako Yuzuki The Butter Book by Anna Stockwell Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev Cook Once Eat Twice by Nadiya Hussain The legendary frybread drive in by Intertribal stories Turtle Island: foods and traditions of the indigenous peoples of North America by Sean Sherman Maydan by Rose Previte The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer The particular sadness of lemon cake by Aimee Bender Dorie's anytime Cakes by Dorie Greeenspan Book Bulletin Release Dates for Next 2 'ACOTAR' Books Revealed by Sarah J. Maas New! Did Not Finish Shelf is On Its Way A.I. Is Writing Fiction. Publishers Are Unprepared.