Jaden Hair’s approachable recipes have brought fast, fresh, and tasty dishes to dinner tables time and time again with her wildly popular Steamy Kitchen blog, and the accessible and exciting Asian food in her forthcoming book Steamy Kitchen’s Healthy Asian Favorites—all flavor-packed, naturally gluten-free, and including little to no meat—is no exception. See the trailer of Jaden’s new book and get the recipe for a warm, comforting winter dish here!

This isn’t really jam in the classic sense, says Paul Virant in The Preservation Kitchen (Ten Speed Press, April 2012). The combination of a few bottles of stout with sugar, spices, and apple pectin resembles a dark syrup that can be used in cocktails like Paul’s popular beer jam Manhattan, as a glaze, or simply paired with Cheddar cheese.

Today is National Chocolate Chip Day–and that is surely a cause for celebration. Who better to provide a recipe than the self-described “Guru of Ganache,” pastry chef Marcel Desaulnier. His recipe for Caramel-Banana-Chocolate Chip Ice Cream was published in The Cakebread Cellars American Harvest Cookbook by Dolores Cakebread and Jack Cakebread (Ten Speed Press, 2011).

Drizzled with dark chocolate or simmered into a jam is all you need to do to enjoy strawberries, says Nigel Slater, author of Ripe. Get his simple recipe for strawberry tarts.

These Spiced Walnuts and Olives are an easy treat that in one bite will have you traveling to The Middle East and back. Then again, Cindy Pawlcyn’s new book Cindy’s Supper Club (Ten Speed Press, April 2012) will have you globetrotting the whole world while still sitting at the dinner table. Check out this excerpt from Cindy’s Supper Club for recipes inspired by Ireland, France, and Austria. Bon Voyage and Bon Appetit!