A buffet of 2023 cookbooks for the food lovers on your list

A buffet of 2023 cookbooks for the food lovers on your list Enlarge this image NPR NPR There are a lot of cooks at NPR. — T. Susan Chang, food writer Ed Mitchell's Barbeque by Ed Mitchell and Ryan Mitchell with Zella Palmer Ecco Press This book is a tribute to the "unspoken cuisine of America" and to the authors' enslaved ancestors, the first pitmasters of eastern North Carolina. — Debbie Elliott, correspondent, National Desk Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food by Fuchsia Dunlop W. W. Norton & Company Fuchsia Dunlop finds it a pity that Chinese food is among the world's favorites, yet one of the least understood. — T. Susan Chang, food writer Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook by Sohla El-Waylly Knopf Publishing Group I really can't think of a better kitchen mentor than Sohla El-Waylly. — T. Susan Chang, food writer The World Central Kitchen Cookbook by José Andrés and World Central Kitchen with Sam Chapple-Sokol Clarkson Potter Publishers This is much more than a cookbook: It's a chronicle of World Central Kitchen's profound work nourishing millions of people worldwide in the wake of natural disasters and other crises.