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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The recipe queen, social media star, and beloved blogger behind the popular recipe website AmbitiousKitchen presents over 125 nutrient-dense, flavor-packed recipes for every meal of the day. “Monique effortlessly combines creativity with approachability, ensuring each dish is a success. This book is an instant classic for me!”—Alex Snodgrass, New York Times bestselling author and creator of The Defined DishMillions of readers know Monique Volz’s website, Ambitious Kitchen, as a go-to resource for inventive, flavorful recipes that are full of nutrition, comfort, and personality. Now, in her debut cookbook, Monique wants others to find their own Ambitious Kitchen and discover their own version of health, bold flavors, and above all, the unique happiness that food can bring to your life. Whether you’re looking for a show-stopping dish to bring to a gathering, a new home-cooked tradition, or a nourishing meal everyone will love, The Ambitious Kitchen Cookbook has the answers. Monique joyfully showcases a balanced approach to health, with comforting, vibrant dishes that are amped up with extra vegetables, protein, and fiber. Wake up and sip on a Glowing Skin Vitamin A Smoothie or bake The Best Cinnamon Rolls You’ll Ever Eat for someone you love. Enjoy nutritious lunches such as Buffalo Chicken Chop Chop Salad or Roasty Toasty Tomato Soup with Herbed Grilled Cheese Naan. Family dinner might look like It’s a Sheet Pan Honey Mustard Chicken, Sweet Potato & Bacon Situation or Pepperoni Pizza Baked Orzo with Basil and Quick Hot Honey on a busy night, or Everyone’s Favorite Baked Chicken Tacos or Marry Me Ropa Vieja for a crowd. And let’s not forget show-stopping desserts like Tahini Pumpkin Cake with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting and outrageously good Double Strawberry Oatmeal Cream Pies (Little Debras).Most recipes include “Make It Your Way” and “Make It Nutrient Dense” tips to customize food to your tastes. And as an added bonus, most can be made gluten-free, dairy-free, or vegan, allowing readers to tailor recipes to their own version of health.As you turn the pages, you’ll find yourself a guest at Monique’s table, enjoying playful, comforting recipes that will impress everyone (including yourself!).

"Step into the world of beautiful everlasting flowers with this book of thirty-two floral designs that can be made all year round. The beauty of flowers is often fleetingly lovely, but a dried bouquet is a gift that can last for years. In Living with Dried Flowers, farmer-florist Hannah Muller of The Wreath Room at Full Belly Farms shares her everlasting floral arrangements that are full of color and texture. Bursting with images of her stunning creations, from small vases and centerpieces to wreaths and wall hangings, this is the book for anyone looking to learn the art of dried flower arranging. Hannah walks readers through the process of growing and drying flowers as she does at Full Belly Farm, with plenty of tips and suggestions, whether you're an avid gardener or just picking up blooms at the supermarket. Dried arrangements are a natural and sustainable way to add beauty to your home, and Living with Dried Flowers offers more than thirty floral designs for every occasion. Hannah shares her suggestions of what flowers to use and provides the foundation for creating your own arrangements that are just as show-stopping as the ones she creates in The Wreath Room. With step-by-step instructions for creating every arrangement, gorgeous photography to inspire your creations, and helpful information along the way, Living with Dried Flowers is a must-have for every flower lover"--

This immersive coloring book features intricate illustrations of 50 popular houseplants in gorgeous home settings, plus a sprinkling of plant care tips for houseplant lovers.The Happy Houseplant Coloring Book is artist Caitlin Keegan's deep dive into the wild world of houseplants. Dare to dream about your own indoor jungle as you color cozy scenes featuring fifty common plants, from a spiky cactus and luscious anthurium to a majestic dragon tree and trailing pothos.Each of the fifty intricate illustrations display a houseplant in a unique habitat of its own—on an apartment windowsill, in a greenhouse, or prominently featured in a luxe lounge. Color each plant and then flip to the backside of your artwork to learn names of the most common species, read about the plant's natural environment, and study how to care for them with tips on water, soil, sunlight, and whether or not the plant is safe for pets.The sturdy, perforated pages can handle colored pencils, crayons, or markers. Tear out to share with friends or feature as art in the home. Perfect for green thumbs of all hues, this coloring book is a delightful introduction to the world of houseplants.

"In Italian American Forever, beloved Food Network star Alex Guarnaschelli dishes up 120 of her go-to Italian-American favorites for all the red-sauced, pan-fried, crispy-cornered, baked-until-bubbly classics you'll want to eat every night. Alex Guarnaschelli is a French-trained chef, a celebrity chef, a short-order-mom chef...and she's also an Italian American chef. Her famous cookbook-editor mom's heritage was Sicilian (which Alex says made her slightly more dangerous); and her dad's people are from Bari. She pledged allegiance to her father's marinara on weekdays and her mom's on the weekend and grew up eating at many of the red-checked tablecloth trattorias in New York City-and she still shops for fresh mozz and crunchiest biscotti in the specialty stores and bakeries in Little Italy. For Alex, this isn't special occasion eating-this is life. She devotes the entirety of Italian American Forever to the Italian American "greats," from Carmella Soprano's Lasagna (yes, that Carmella Soprano!) to Whole Chicken alla Diavola, Pork Chop Scampi, and Stuffed Artichokes so big and bursting, that they're a main course unto themselves. From simple weeknight suppers to slowly simmered Sunday sauces, these 120 recipes with 115 stunning photos are a celebration of garlic and tomatoes, Parmesan, pesto, and all the meatballs, sausages, and Tiramisu in between. This is the food we make to celebrate, commiserate, and just to be-it's Italian, it's American, it's all of us"--

"Stunning, delicious, minimal effort: Meet your new favorite go-to baking book for all things sweet and nostalgic by social media star and viral baker Sarah Fennel of Broma Bakery. When Sarah Fennel launched her website Broma Bakery in 2010, little did she know that 10 years later her brown butter chocolate chip cookie recipe would have more than 2.5 million views across social media! Fans flock to her blog and feeds for easy and ultra-bakeable recipes like Sugar Cookie Bars, Cinnamon Bun Cake, and Hot Chocolate Cookies that spin nostalgic trends and favorites into totally updated and beyond delicious treats. In her first cookbook, she divides 100 recipes for easy bakes into chapters like Elevated Nostalgia (Peanut Butter + Jelly Swirled Blondies), Inventive Sweets (Espresso Martini Cake), Brunch Bakes (Raspberry Croissant Bread Pudding), Almost Too Pretty (Salted Caramel Pot de Cremes), and Holiday Baking (Coconut Cake Snowballs). Her fans also love single-serve sweets, so in Sweet Tooth, they get a whole chapter of them-like Molten Lava Cakes for Two and Small-Batch Blueberry Muffins. Tips and key intel abound, including a baker's pantry (ofc!), a whole section devoted to never overbaking again, storage strategies, and pan prep. Useful, playful, and with often-times "I can't believe it was so easy!" instructions, these recipes suit beginners, pros, and anyone who has a sweet tooth"--

Color your way to mindfulness with Mindful Coloring, an immersive coloring book featuring illustrations of 45 mantras from New York Times bestselling author and master of meditation Deepak Chopra.The experience of coloring can be a powerful mindfulness tool, and Deepak Chopra’s Mindful Coloring offers a unique way to calm the mind. Each page features intricate mandalas to color paired with mantras that provide a point of focus so you can quiet your inner thoughts and bring peace to your heart. Once filled in, Mindful Coloring is a beautiful and personal tool for your ongoing mindfulness journey

For the first time ever, fans of Maya Angelou have creative space to write their own masterpieces alongside quotes from the phenomenal poet, memoirist, activist, and actor in this elegant and evocative journal.Building on the rich legacy of Maya Angelou’s publishing catalog, this blank journal—sprinkled with her signature wit and wisdom throughout—offers readers and fans new ways to celebrate one of America’s literary heroes and enjoy her words of wisdom, inspiration, encouragement, and empowerment.This gorgeous writing notebook includes some of Dr. Angelou's most powerful statements, including, “What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.” And readers will be prompted along their own journeys with affirmations from her most famous poems, like, “I am a woman phenomenally; phenomenal woman—that’s me.”Whether you’re finally starting that book you’ve been meaning to write, taking notes at church, capturing key information while on the go, or just meditating with your pen line by line, wherever you open these pages, Dr. Angelou will be with you and encouraging you to continue.

"100 accessible, stress-free recipes to make plant-forward cooking more streamlined than ever, from the bestselling author of The Weekday Vegetarians. Jenny Rosenstrach's bestselling cookbook, The Weekday Vegetarians, introduced home cooks to the idea that you don't have to be a vegetarian to eat like one. In Get Simple, she shares 100 new recipes that make eating meat-free even easier, even tastier. Jenny focuses on solutions to common misconceptions and roadblocks-like "Vegetarian cooking is so complicated!" which she counters with the skillet and sheet pan dinner chapter and recipes like a cozy Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Butternut Squash. Or, "Vegetarian dinners just aren't filling!" which became the comfort food chapter, rich with recipes for hearty dishes like a Golden Greens Pie and Mushroom-Chard Bread Pudding. And, "I don't want to eat pasta every single night!" as a driver for showcasing dinner-worthy bowls like Crispy Eggplant Bowls with Pistachios & Basil and Farro Piccolo with Crispy Mushrooms & Parm. If you're new to eating less meat and need an easy "just start here" option, go straight to Jenny's vegetarian starter kit that mixes and matches 15 ingredients into 8 different meals, from Carbonara with Cabbage & Miso to Tostada with Eggs & Pickled Onions. And like in her first Weekday Vegetarians cookbook, home cooks will find a whole new battery of hooks, sauces, and sides that will leave you loving your meat-free nights"--

1,000+ stickers featuring the rich, symbolic artwork from Tarot of the Divine, a tarot deck with global influence and unparalleled style.This portable sticker book is packed with over 1,000 vibrant, mystical stickers based on Tarot of the Divine, a traditional tarot deck rooted in multicultural deities, folklore, and fairytales. Sticker your planner with specific tarot cards as a reminder of where to draw your focus, decorate your stationery and tech accessories, or add to notes and birthday cards!These 40 full-color sticker sheets lay out the Fool's journey through the Major and Minor Arcanas of a traditional, 78-card tarot deck. Turn them over to learn about tarot's universal themes, archetypes, and numerology, or find a journaling template for keeping track of your tarot readings, no matter what deck you use.These stickers bring dozens of multicultural stories to life, allowing you to share your knowledge of the tarot and get curious about the deities, folklore, and fairy tales included in Tarot of the Divine.

Bring Greek mythology to life in this stunningly illustrated coloring book featuring gods, goddesses, unique creatures, epic scenes, and more.From the gleaming heavens up above to the darkest depths of the underworld, this coloring book takes you on a journey through the incredible stories of Greek mythology. Created by artist Jen Yoon, this coloring book features 45 intricate illustrations of gods and goddesses, mythical creatures, and a variety of mesmerizing scenes, allowing you to bring your own artistic interpretation to the legends you know and love.Complete with perforated pages that you can tear out and display proudly, this coloring book is the perfect space to flex your creativity and imagination while immersing yourself in the magical world of Greek mythology.

"Join chef Deuki Hong and journalist Matt Rodbard as they take an insider's look at the ... evolution of Korean food in modern times, breaking new recipe ground with beloved sweet-spicy barbecue, creative rice and seafood dishes, powerful stews, and KPOP-fueled street food. .. . They show how Korean cuisine around the world is nothing less than a culinary revolution, from the ancient plant-based cooking of famed Buddhist monk-chefs to modern charred-greens rice rolls and pork-stuffed fried peppers. Koreaworld takes us into the modern-day Korean barbecue scene in Seoul, the late-night bar crawls of Los Angeles, and into the kitchens of innovative chefs from Denmark to Portland, Oregon"--

Make pizza night a weekly tradition with these 52 seasonal pizzas paired with salads for a complete meal—from the award-winning author of Bread Toast Crumbs and creator of the popular blog Alexandra’s Kitchen.Making great pizza isn’t complicated. Whether you’re using a kitchen oven, a grill, or an outdoor pizza oven, it all starts with the dough.In Pizza Night, Alexandra Stafford presents four simple doughs—thin-crust, pan, Neapolitan-style, and gluten-free (plus sourdough variations)—and easy techniques for perfecting your crust. From there, you can create a variety of delicious pizzas, including Detroit-Style Pizza for a Crowd, Classic Margherita Pizza, and Winter White Pizza with Garlic and Herbs. You can make it the same day or ahead; make it extra cheesy and decadent or go the healthy road—pizza-making easily adapts to busy schedules and tastes and requires little in special equipment.Arranged seasonally, each pizza is paired with a salad, from a springtime Salami and Red Onion Pizza with Calabrian Chiles and Hot Honey served with an Arugula Salad with Prosciutto and Parmesan, to a fall Broccoli Rabe and Smoked Mozzarella Pizza accompanied by a Farm Share Harvest Slaw to a summery Roasted Hatch Chili Pizza with Corn and Oaxaca with a Melon, Cucumber and Mint Salad. To end your meal on a sweet note, there are also a handful of simple desserts to choose from (Loaf Pan Tiramisu, One-Bowl Lemon Ricotta Pound Cake). Pizza Night serves up a year’s worth of delicious, inspired, and satisfying pizzas and salads.

A visual celebration of natural Black hair that highlights the powerful connection between mothers and their children during their wash day rituals. “A beautiful love letter to natural hair and the rituals Black women have created.”—Roxane GayIn this stunning book, documentary photographer Tomesha Faxio explores the power of “wash day,” a day that Black women dedicate to washing, detangling, conditioning, and styling their natural hair. The significance of wash day goes far beyond hair care—it’s an opportunity for Black women to pour love into their curly, coily locks and, when they have children, pass on this sacred ritual to the next generation. Wash Day celebrates the unique bonds between Black mothers and their children through intimate photographs of their hair-care routines and insightful stories that detail their natural hair journeys. Faxio brings you into the homes of twenty-six different families, illustrating the many ways that these mothers have used wash day to instill love, acceptance, and confidence in their children about wearing their natural hair. Through hours spent with their children, typically at the kitchen sink, each of these mothers is resisting generations of hair discrimination by creating a space for empowerment, all while finding their own sense of self-acceptance along the way. Capturing the inherent beauty and diversity of natural hair, Wash Day is a visual homage to Black culture, Black rituals, and the generational bonds that strengthen the Black community.

"Take the stress out of wedding planning with this easy-to-follow, 12-month, pocket-sized guide that covers all the ins and outs of modern weddings. From the writer behind The New York Times article "How to Plan a Wedding" comes a portable while comprehensive guide to planning your dream wedding and minimizing stress. Whether you're eloping at city hall or throwing a no-expense-spared reception for 300 guests, this month-by-month guide will help you knock out to-dos and divvy up tasks so you can enjoy every minute of your engagement, wedding, and marriage. With a fresh, gender-neutral design and interactive elements like a couple's questionnaire, a wedding style quiz, and lines for jotting down notes, you'll want to bring this book with you to every venue visit (that's in month one), vendor appointment (month three), tasting (month four), and fitting (month ten). You can even bring it along for the ride to your bach party (plan that in month seven)-cheers! Terri guides you step-by-step leading up to the big day and beyond, encouraging you to choose the things you actually want, to skip those that don't matter, and to enjoy every moment along the way"--

"Gina Homolka understands how tough it can be to put a meal together after a busy day or when she's tight for time. Skinnytaste Simple is the solution: recipes with minimum ingredients but maximum flavor and nutrition. These game-changing, no-fuss dishes use no more than seven ingredients each, which means healthy meals on the table faster, easier, and with more savings. From hearty breakfasts like chilaquiles with fried eggs and PB&J smoothie bowls to crowd-pleasing dinners including one pan shrimp and saffron orzo and caramelized onion fig pizza, you'll find recipes [to suit every occasion]"--]cProvided by publisher.

Michael Symon "shares more than 175 of his favorites for the family dinner table, [utilizing] pantry staples ... and accessible ingredients to create simple meals with big flavor. Michael's biggest collection of recipes to date, [the book] offers home cooks a series of mains and sides strategically paired to keep dinner delicious, healthy, and streamlined"--

"Through seventy-five witty and informative recipes, Alex and Ava share a repertoire of dishes that define their modern family meals: bold flavored, comforting, satisfying, and always supremely delicious. Side by side, they cook their way through family favorites like Alex's renowned cookbook editor/mom's famous Blueberry Pie and Nanny Ida's Crisp Potato Latkes and offer sound cooking advice for achieving the fluffiest frittatas (add water, never milk) and how to properly season and mix a chicken meatball mixture so the meatballs stay juicy (spread the mixture up around the sides of the bowl and then season). There's even a bonus recipe for dog biscuits, inspired by Alex and Ava's family dog, Leon!"--

"An accessible, authoritative guide for refreshing and tailoring your home one weekend at a time, with 65 inspired ideas and projects from the design gurus at Tastemade. Want to spruce up your home's curb appeal with a fresh door color or a House Number Planter Box? Looking to totally overhaul your apartment's kitchen with a new back splash or space-saving Wall Mounted Folding Table? Weekend Refresh shows you how to make your spaces stylish and comfortable in short order: from primers on creating and using moodboards to caring for the houseplants you use as dâecor and entertaining your loved ones. With easy-to-follow illustrations, photos, and diagrams the experts at Tastemade walk you through transformational projects, sharing everything you need to know to succeed including: building a toolbox safely executing 65 doable DIY projects such as the Floral Explosion Welcome Mat, on Ombre Triptych, or a build it yourself Balcony Bench keeping everything clean and tidy and maximizing the utility of every space Weekend Refresh will help you update and maintain your home with simple, Pinterest-worthy projects for every space: from studio apartments to houses and entryways to backyards"--

"Introduce rich, complex Indian flavors to your everyday cooking with 80 easy recipes and ingenious guidance from Julia Child Best First Book Award winner Maya Kaimal. In Indian Flavor Every Day, Indian cooking authority Maya Kaimal proves it's possible to experience the joy of this cuisine with minimal time and a handful of special ingredients like ghee and dried chilis. She distills essential flavor-building methods, like blending spices and tempering them in oil to release their essence, and applies these techniques to accessible, flexible ingredients any home cook has on hand. With many vegetarian, gluten-free, and wholesome, hearty offerings, Indian Flavor Every Day includes both simplified classic dishes and new twists. Recipes like Masala Roasted Chickpeas, tangy Fried Tomatoes and Spicy Onions, cozy Split Pea Coconut Dal, and deeply flavorful Malabar Shrimp Curry are designed to build your confidence and spark inspiration, so incredible new flavors can become an everyday pleasure. Embrace the simple tips in this book, purchase a few ingredients for your pantry, and Maya promises you will soon have a comfort level with Indian food you didn't know was possible"--

"115 recipes from Brooklyn's The Dynamite Shop for young budding home chefs to cook for their families, themselves, or their communities, perfecting their kitchen skills along the way. When Sara Kate Gillingham and Dana Bowen founded The Dynamite Shop in Brooklyn, they wanted to create a space where kids could learn fundamental, practical kitchen skills that they could carry into their home kitchens and real life. But they also wanted to teach kids about food on a deeper level: how food connects us to the people we love, the communities we belong to, and the wider world. Dynamite Dinners features 115 recipes that build on the mission to empower and engage the rising generation of young cooks and their families. This is a book that celebrates the everyday - with recipes ranging from The Perfect Fried Egg and Summery One-Pot Mac to Cantonese-Style Dumplings and Dutch Babies, kids have the opportunity to practice their skills in the kitchen and to reflect upon the stories and importance behind each recipe. This is the cookbook that all kids, young and old, should use to educate themselves and their families about issues in the kitchen and beyond"--

"From the New York Times bestselling author and his superteam of chefs, this is Ottolenghi, unplugged: 86 irresistible recipes for relaxed, flexible home cooking that will bring the love to every shelf in your pantry, fridge, and freezer. Led by Yotam Ottolenghi and Noor Murad, the revered team of chefs at the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen gives everyday home cooks the accessible yet innovative Middle Eastern-inspired recipes they need to put dinner on the table with less stress and less fuss ... Shelf Love teaches readers how to flex with fewer ingredients, get creative with their pantry staples, and add playful twists to familiar classics. All the signature Ottolenghi touches fans love are here--big flavors, veggie-forward appeal, diverse influences--but are distilled to maximize ease and creative versatility"--

"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Ebury Press, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 2019"--Copyright page.

"The ultimate truffle true crime tale"*: A thrilling journey through the hidden underworld of the world's most prized luxury ingredient.*Bianca Bosker, New York Times bestselling author of Cork Dork Beneath the gloss of star chefs and crystal-laden tables, the truffle supply chain is touched by theft, secrecy, sabotage, and fraud. Farmers patrol their fields with rifles and fear losing trade secrets to spies. Hunters plant poisoned meatballs to eliminate rival truffle-hunting dogs. Naive buyers and even knowledgeable experts are duped by liars and counterfeits. Deeply reported and elegantly written, this page-turning exposé documents the dark, sometimes deadly crimes at each level of the truffle's path from ground to plate, making sense of an industry that traffics in scarcity, seduction, and cash. Through it all, a question lingers: What, other than money, draws people to these dirt-covered jewels?Advance praise for The Truffle Underground"In elegant, mesmerizing prose, Ryan Jacobs has delivered a forest-to-table page-turner from the outer limits of our foodie culture, a place where colorful farmers, serial dog murderers and famous chefs grapple over a crudely foraged fungus that's traded in parking lots and bars, like heroin. The Truffle Underground is an eye-opener for anyone who's picked up a fork."-Steve Fainaru, New York Times bestselling author of League of Denial and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter"The Truffle Underground is a fascinating, genre-blending romp. It's a business book, a mystery, a science lesson, and a love story that's as seductive as the buttery fungus at the heart of it all."-Derek Thompson, national bestselling author of Hit Makers and staff writer at The Atlantic"Investigative journalist and first-time author Jacobs does a remarkable job reporting from the front lines of the truffle industry, bringing to vivid life French black-truffle farmers, Italian white-truffle foragers, and their marvelously well-trained dogs."-Booklist (starred review)"[A] fascinating work . . . This deeply researched and eye-opening account of the lengths people will go for wealth, gratification, and a taste of the prized fungus will captivate readers."-Publishers Weekly

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive cookbook for using a spiralizer: the kitchen gadget that turns vegetables and fruits into imaginative, low-carb dishes. On her wildly popular blog, Inspiralized, Ali Maffucci is revolutionizing healthy eating. Whether you're low-carb, gluten-free, Paleo, or raw, you don't have to give up the foods you love. Inspiralized shows you how to transform more than 20 vegetables and fruits into delicious meals that look and taste just like your favorite indulgent originals. Zucchini turns into pesto spaghetti; jicama becomes shoestring fries; sweet potatoes lay the foundation for fried rice; plantains transform into "tortillas" for huevos rancheros. Ali's recipes for breakfast, snacks, appetizers, sandwiches, soups, salads, casseroles, rices, pastas, and even desserts are easy to follow, hard to mess up, healthful, and completely fresh and flavorful. Best of all, she tells you how to customize them for whatever vegetables you have on hand and whatever your personal goal may be-losing weight, following a healthier lifestyle, or simply making easy meals at home. Here, too, are tons of technical tips and tricks; nutritional information for each dish and every vegetable you can possibly spiralize; and advice for spiralizing whether you're feeding just yourself, your family, or even a crowd. So bring on a hearty appetite and a sense of adventure-you're ready to make the most of this secret weapon for healthy cooking.

"Jocelyn Delk Adams believes every day deserves to be celebrated, from seemingly mundane weekdays to exuberant weekends and holidays. Her approachable take on comfort food features Southern-steeped recipes that are jazzed-up, remixed classics, all sprinkled with the vibrant, colorful personality she's best known for. Each flavor-packed recipe suggests a reason to celebrate, a reminder that events big and small can have a moment of culinary gratitude. Try the Georgia Peach Salad with Candied Pecans and Cornbread Croutons on that perfect summer day or the Mojito-Marinated Skirt Steak with Chimichurri for a backyard date night (BYO blanket and bubbly). Or enjoy a Southern Sunday supper of spicy Hot Sauce Chipotle-Fried Chicken and whip up the Turkey and Mustard Greens Enchiladas to deliver to your bestie "just because." Don't forget gooey Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies for a really good hair day (because yes, you deserve to celebrate this!). Everyday Grand shows readers how to cultivate their inner joy through affirmations, thankfulness, and most important, ridiculously good food"--