Best Cookbooks for the Holiday Season

The Food52 Cookbook by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubb. (William Morrow)

Basics to Brilliant, Y’all<b> </b>by Virginia Willis. (Ten Speed Press)

Heartland: The Cookbook by Judith Fertig (Andrews McMeel)

From the Ground Up by James Villas (Wiley, John & Sons, Inc.)

Desserts From The Famous Loveless Cafe by Alisa Huntsman

American Flavor by Andrew Carmellini (Ecco)

The Whole Hog Cookbook by Libbie Summers (Rizzoli)

The Food Of <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/spain.htm#r_src=ramp" class="r_lapi">Spain</a> by Claudia Roden (Ecco )

Tender by Nigel Slater (Ten Speed Press)

All About Roasting by Molly Stevens (Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.)