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Harris Salat

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Manoj's Gujarati Kitchen

Everyday recipes transcribed from cooking sessions with Manoj — rotli and thepla, shaak and dal, dhokla and khandvi, a dozen chutneys, and the balanced thali that holds it all together. Every recipe began as a transcript of Manoj cooking at home; quantities and techniques were then checked against traditional Gujarati practice.

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Kenyan Coast

The Swahili Coastal Kitchen

Twenty-eight recipes from Mombasa, Lamu, Malindi & Kilifi — a cuisine born of monsoon winds: mbaazi and mahamri, pilau and biryani, samaki wa kupaka, and Old Town street food.

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The South Indian Kitchen

Dosas, idlis & the rhythm of the tiffin table — twenty-five recipes from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra & Kerala, from the mother batter to the last tumbler of filter coffee.

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Morabeza — The Cape Verdean Kitchen

Twenty-six recipes from ten islands where Africa met Portugal mid-Atlantic — cachupa and jag, tuna pastels "with the devil inside," Sunday pots, doces, and the grogue table.

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★ Out Now ★

Fourth Cookbook by the Authors of the Bestselling
Japanese Soul Cooking

New · Ten Speed Press · 2026

Japanese Comfort Cooking

An Opinionated Guide to Modern, Homey, Classic Japanese Recipes — by Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat

Over 100 achievable recipes — fast enough for weeknights, elegant enough for the weekend: soul-satisfying miso soups, toothsome soba, broiled fish three ways, Japanese-style sandwiches, wagyu burgers, and the best fried chicken on planet Earth (promise).

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