Fall Cookbook Club 2024

San Diego Cooks

By Ligaya Malones

It’s taken local writer Ligaya Malones five years to create San Diego Cooks: Recipes from the Region’s Favorite Eateries, Bakeries, and Bars (Figure 1, 2024). A compendium of not only where to eat but what to make, this cookbook offers us home cooks a chance to whip up Scallop and Pork Jiaozi like Jacob Jordan and Nicholas Webber, the chef duo behind micro seasonal Chinese pop-up 24 Suns. Or try our hands at an Albacore “en Escabeche” from A.R. Valentien’s executive chef Kelli Crosson. Or bake a Lemon Meringue Cake while pretending the queen of Extraordinary Desserts, Karen Krasne herself, is in the kitchen with us. With vibrant imagery by photographer Deanna Sandoval showcasing regional ingredients, this is a cookbook that feels like home. Available for preorder through November.

» figure1publishing.com/book/san-diego-cooks 

Pretty Simple Cocktails

By Julianna McIntosh

Shake things up in your cocktail routine and crack open Julianna McIntosh’s new book Pretty Simple Cocktails: Margaritas, Mocktails, Spritzes, and More for Every Mood and Occasion (Clarkson Potter, 2024). A self-taught mixologist, McIntosh brings back nostalgic trends for crowd entertaining with punch bowl drinks and shares stunning ideas for craft cocktail garnishes. With recipes for seasonal syrups and shrubs, low- to no-ABV cocktails, and original takes on the classics, like an Olive Oil Martini, there’s something in this book bound to satisfy your thirst.

» penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734618/pretty-simple-cocktails-by-julianna-mcintosh