Th e G i f t o f a B o o k
Our editors select their favorite art and photo books, cookbooks, special editions, and other titles perfect for holiday giving Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories By Nigella Lawson Ecco, $31.99 The British food writer best known for How To Eat (1998) and How To Be a Domestic Goddess (2000) returns with her 12th cookbook, an ode to the rhythms and routines of home cooking—which, “like life,” she writes, “relies on both structure and spontaneity.” The book is full of enticing recipes (chicken in a pot with lemon and orzo; “lasagna of love”; chocolate, tahini, and banana two ways) along with brief essays at the head of every chapter (“What Is a Recipe?”; “A Is for Anchovy”; “A Loving Defense of Brown Food”). Lawson sparks the imagination as well as the appetite.
Queen of the Ring: Wrestling Drawings by Jaime Hernandez, 1980-2020 Edited by Katie Skelly Fantagraphics, $24.99 Any fan of Love and Rockets—the groundbreaking alternative comic that Jaime Hernandez has been putting out with brother Gilbert since 1981—will be familiar with the character of Rena Titañon, the women’s wrestling champion. Now his stand-alone drawings of women wrestlers along with excerpts from an interview about the work have been collected for this volume. Many were inspired by the wrestling magazines of his youth (“Barbara Perez Will Do Anything To Keep Her Title” reads one coverline), and all reflect the dynamism and campiness of the sport.
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The Golden Compass By Philip Pullman; illustrated by Chris Wormell Knopf, $37.99 When The Golden Compass was originally published 25 years ago, the Kirkus reviewer recognized a future classic in the making: “This first fantastic installment of the His Dark Materials trilogy propels readers along with horror and high adventure, a shattering tale that begins with a promise and delivers an entire universe.” For the book’s anniversary comes this oversized edition with more than 100 new illustrations by award-winning artist Wormell—the kind of keepsake adults will want to give to young readers (while keeping one to treasure for themselves).
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century (Graphic Edition) By Timothy Snyder; illustrated by Nora Krug Ten Speed Press, $24.00 In 2017, not long after the election of Donald Trump, Yale historian Snyder published On Tyranny, a slim volume enumerating 20 instructions for those seeking to safeguard democracy: “Do not obey in advance”; “Defend institutions”; “Listen for dangerous words”; etc. Our reviewer found it “timely and essential.” Now artist Krug, who won a National Book Critics Circle Award for her 2018 graphic memoir, Belonging, has added her style of watercolor illustrations, found photographs, archival materials, and collaged elements to create a beautiful graphic edition, at once admonitory and inspiring.
