Caroline Wright is about to save dinnertime with a book full of twenty-Dollar, twenty-minute meals you'll actually want to make -- including Merguez Burgers that we'll be grilling all summer. Bonus: we're giving away five copies!

Caitlin Freeman of Blue Bottle Coffee has finally filled a cookbook with her inspired, playful desserts based off of works in the SFMOMA. We recently spoke to her about what inspires her work, what she likes to cook, and what she hopes that this book will accomplish. We even snagged a recipe for her Kahlo Mexican Wedding cookies, which we'll be wrapping up for every gift-giving occasion in the near future.

Michael Pollan thinks that we can solve a whole lot of problems by simply getting into the kitchen. And we're totally on board with that.

We talked to Food52er and cookbook author Jennifer Perillo about the challenges of writing a cookbook, her Food52 favorites, and the from-scratch recipe she wants everybody to make.

Today, we talk to Mary Roach, whose new book Gulp fearlessly investigates what happens to our food after it leaves our plate. Read on for a laugh, a few fun facts, and a new book for your nightstand -- we're giving away three copies!

We talk to Eugenia Bone, food writer and mushroom enthusiast.

In his new book, Baby Meets World, Nicholas Day sheds a new light on infancy and those mysterious little creatures we call babies. As an excuse to read more of his hilarious writing, we asked him to tell us a little more about babies, share his go-to dinner strategies, and write a haiku. 

Deborah Madison's new book, Vegetable Literacy, sheds light on the relationships within families of vegetables, and shows us how to capitalize on those ties in our cooking.

20 years before the latest study on the Mediterranean diet, Nancy Harmon Jenkins sang its praises in The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook. Today, we sit down with her to discuss the beauty of olive oil, the benefits of the Mediterranean style of eating, and her favorite pasta recipe.

We're sitting down with our favorite writers and cooks to talk about their upcoming cookbooks, their best food memories, and just about anything else.

Today: We sit down with Hiroko Shimbo, the ever-enthusiastic author of Hiroko's American Kitchen, who is making accessible, exciting Japanese food a reality in our country -- one kitchen at a time.