The year's best cookbooks

This is the second year I have salivated over NPR’s round-up of the year’s best cookbooks. So many yummy things to consider making.

I’ve recently discovered that cookbooks make for good toddler reading, at least for a toddler who enjoys food as much as River does. I’ll hand him a cookbook in the stroller or in the car and he’ll flip through the pages, enjoying the food porn and commenting on which things he wants to try. It’s an easy entertainment source (parenting magazines work similarly well) and an interest we can share.

What are your favorite cookbooks?