By Bob Howard
— Cookies and Beer: Bake, Pair and Enjoy by Jonathon Bender. The author offers advice for pairing craft beer with everything from breakfast and savory cookies to chocolate, fruit and holiday cookies. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $19.99.
— Field Guide to Bitters and Amari by Mark Bitterman. The author provides tasting notes, maker profiles and suggested uses that make selecting and mixing and cooking with bitters a snap. Adrews McMeel Publishing, $25
— Paleo Planet by Becky Winkler. The book offers more than 125 recipes that gives paleo eaters a range of new dishes and ingredients with flavor-packed recipes from around the world. Harvard Common Press. $24.95.
— Dinner Pies by Ken Haedrich. More than 100 recipes follow the trend toward savory pies, featuring recipes such as eggs florentine breakfast pies, salmon, smoke cheddar and dill quiche and pumpkin biscuit crust. Harvard Common Press. $24.95
— The Laws of Cooking and How to Break Them by Justin Warner. The Food Network star encourages improvisation and creativity in the kitchen while explaining the “flavor theory” of why certain flavors combine well. Ycmedia. $35.
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