— The Ultimate Soups & Stews/ Better Homes and Gardens. More than 400 recipes of soups for any season or taste. $19.95

— Chocolate: 150 Delicious and Decadent Recipes/ Fine Cooking. Recipes include everything from cookies and bars to cakes, pies, frozen treats, truffles and candies, and breads and muffins. $17.95

— Gran’s Kitchen/ Recipes from the Notebooks of Dulcie May Booker by Natalie Oldfield and Dulcie May Booker. Seventy-six of the best tried-and-true homemade recipes from a bygone era, selected from the notebooks of 95-year-old Dulcie May Booker. $29.95