10 Fall Cookbooks We’re Beyond Excited to Cook From

Lately, I’ve been in a cooking rut…as in, I’ve been way too languid and overheated and scrambling between bouts of summer travel to actually turn on my stove. So it’s been all about crudité platters and dips of various stripes; cheese plates aplenty,…

Lately, I've been in a cooking rut...as in, I've been way too languid and overheated and scrambling between bouts of summer travel to actually turn on my stove. So it's been all about crudité platters and dips of various stripes; cheese plates aplenty, and some good, new-fashioned salads.

But I can only eat this way for so long—I yearn to return to the kitchen to make all manner of braises, roasted vegetables, and hearty, creamy pastas. More than that, I'm itching to try new dishes from the treasure trove of forthcoming fall books that cross my desk at this time of year. Here's a list of the 10 new cookbooks I'm most excited to dive into this fall, and beyond. They're organized by publication date, so mark your calendars and get ready to cook up a storm.

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35 Fall Side Dishes That’ll Be the Star of Your Table

I’m probably not alone when I say I adore fall. I look forward to this time of year from January onward: the crisp air, the colorful foliage, the warm and cozy knitwear, the even warmer and cozier food.
See, fall gives me a reason to turn on the stove…

I'm probably not alone when I say I adore fall. I look forward to this time of year from January onward: the crisp air, the colorful foliage, the warm and cozy knitwear, the even warmer and cozier food.

See, fall gives me a reason to turn on the stove again, after a summer of tomato sandwiches and ice-cream cones. Holidays galore mean a lot of time spent in the kitchen, preparing for near-constant feasting with family and friends.

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44 Labor Day Recipes to End Your Summer With a Bang

To me, nothing says summer quite like the heady smell of smoke, emanating from a grill at a backyard BBQ. Enveloped by that smell, I’m likely to have friends nearby, an ice-cold beer in hand, and a freshly charred meal on the way. This very smell, recu…

To me, nothing says summer quite like the heady smell of smoke, emanating from a grill at a backyard BBQ. Enveloped by that smell, I'm likely to have friends nearby, an ice-cold beer in hand, and a freshly charred meal on the way. This very smell, recurring each weekend from May through August, makes me hope that summer will never end.

But alas, when Labor Day inevitably rolls around, the twilight starts retracting earlier into the evening, and the weekly gatherings begin to slow, the bliss of summer also feels like it's slipping out of reach. And that may well be the case. But there's always time for a final stint outdoors with fire and lots of food.

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