Bookshelf

Fandango (Artisan) Oak Savanna Vineyard owner Sandy Hill and chef Stephanie Valentine team up for a look at 18 theme-inspired dining celebrations.

1,080 Recipes (Phaidon) In this definitive book on Spanish cuisine by its foremost authority, Simone Ortega, you’ll find everything from paella to flan.

Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen (Norton) Gina DePalma, pastry chef at Mario Batali’s restaurant Babbo, shares her dessert recipes, as well as her expertise on Italian culture.

Welcome to Michael’s (Little, Brown and Company) Restaurateur Michael McCarty of Michael’s Restaurant—known as the watering hole of New York City’s media élite—gathers 85 of his most popular recipes.

Park Avenue Potluck (Rizzoli International Publications) How and what do New York City’s wealthiest eat? This book by Florence Fabricant (with the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) lets you peek.