Four recipes from some of our favorite new cookbooks to keep the holiday baking--and eating--going strong.

For a holiday cookie exchange or just for fun-- Sally's Cookie Addiction is packed with sweet ideas like this one. 

Want to wow your dinner guests this holiday season?  This dessert from Jamie Oliver can't help but impress with looks and flavor.

Fudge. Any way you slice it, it's rich holiday goodness.  This recipe from Holiday Cookies looks especially delicious with a killer combo of dark chocolate and hazelnut...

Holiday breakfast or lazy post-holiday mornings go best with a beautiful bundt cake from Zingerman's Bakehouse cookbook.  The Lemon Poppy Seed variation looks amazing too, so maybe try both...

A dish from Smitten Kitchen Every Day (our top pick for the best cookbook of the year) that's quickly become a weeknight staple at my house...

Out of the stacks and stacks of cookbooks that crossed the desk and hit the kitchen counter, here's a taste of the twenty we think are the must-haves of 2017. 

"In France, Paul and Julia were deeply in love—with each other, with photography and food, with the people and the places they encountered. ... 'I was so excited' to be in that place at that time, Julia recalled, 'that I sometimes forgot to breathe.' ”

Macaroni and cheese. Bacon. Texas-style gravy. Living in harmony in a cast-iron skillet. Make sure you get the big spoon...

The Trim Healthy Mamas are back with 300 new recipes in Trim Healthy Table, including this one for a make-ahead that will be a sanity saver when things start getting whiny...

Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero talk about vegan cooking in the decade since they wrote their seminal cookbook, Veganomicon, and share a favorite recipe from the new 10th anniversary edition.

With Jessica Siskin's book of wildly fun recipes and a handful of simple ingredients you'll be amazed at the irresistible goodies you can create...

Check out the latest from Salman Rushdie, National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, John Le Carré, and more...

Need to bring a dish to a barbecue or backyard party over the long weekend? Here's a recipe for a salad that may just become your signature side...