In appealing new books from brands like Fishwife and Fly by Jing, the promotion is subtle and the viewpoint is surprisingly personal. Both the recipes and the writing provide plenty to chew on.

For the past six years, teacher Jessica Lander of Lowell High School has worked with immigrant students in her U.S. History 2 seminar to write a cookbook. Each student brings a recipe from home.

DENVER — "Cocina Libre" is not just a cookbook. It's a collection of stories, recipes and traditions shared by immigrants and refugees who have made Denver their home.

There are recipes representing 32 countries in a new cookbook, and the authors have the pantries to prove it. The Peruvian pepper paste aji panca, timur peppercorns from Nepal, Vietnamese ngo gai ...

Her new cookbook, Cocina Libre: Immigrant Resistance Recipes, puts faces and names to Front Range immigrants, including people who were held at the immigrant detention center in Aurora. The potato ...

"Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and Vietnamese Recipes from the Heart" provides a culinary journey into the life of the Nguyen family, Vietnamese immigrants who eventually found refuge in ...

Sometimes, being in the kitchen is an experience that's about much more than just cooking. For Andrea Pons, food stylist and immigration rights advocate turned cookbook author, it's about family ...

In her new cookbook, Yogurt and Whey: Recipes of an Iranian Immigrant Life, Dashtaki weaves her personal journey through nearly 100 recipes, old and new. One key ingredient is whey, the liquid ...

For me, cookbooks are a snapshot in time of a country’s cuisine. Whether it be preserving historical dishes or capturing modern classics, cookbooks help us map places and their foodways.

A new cookbook by New York City immigrant grandmothers—who are also expert cooks—includes personal stories, cultural customs, and secret tips that elevate dishes from good to extraordinary.

For the cookbook, a team of people—from a photographer to an ESL teacher to other immigrant women acting as translators—went to the recipe creators’ homes to cook alongside them (and often other ...