Compiled by Bob Howard

— Besh Big Easy by John Besh. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $25

— Maple by Katie Webster. Quirk Books. $22.95

— The Vermont Country Store Cookbook by Ellen Ecker Ogden and Andrea Diehl with the Orton family. Grand Central Publishing. $14.99

— Martha Stewart’s Appetizers. Clarkson Potter. $27.95

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Students line up after school for school buses at Sequoyah Middle School in Doraville on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. The school’s principal told teachers not to talk to students about ICE, and teachers and activists are pushing back. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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