Sweet Farm!: More Than 100 Cookies, Cakes, Salads (!), and Other Delights from My Kitchen on a Sugar Beet Farm

From farm girl to Food Network celebrity, Yeh (Home Is Where the Eggs Are) inhabits the same culinary space as other down-home favorites such as Julia Turshen. She’s everyone’s dream cook next door, the kind of person who’d share a recipe, a few of her chickens’ eggs, an easy tip, or a family-friendly dessert. As a beet farmer, she’s rooted in sweetness, and her latest cookbook confirms that her smile isn’t saccharine—it’s pure sugar, and she dishes up everything from classics to her signature “desserts for breakfast” and some decidedly non-veggie-centered salads. Standouts are her rose shortbread delight and the “overachiever” versions of her cookie-and-candy-bar salads. Plus, by sharing pictures of her lived-in pantry, Yeh shows readers that magic happens even in messiness if folks measure out their favorite staples and mix things up, as in her one-bowl any-butter bars.