Handsomely designed, each Short Stack volume is written by a culinary pro with appropriate expertise, offering simple, imaginative recipes suitable for weeknight cooking. The books are attractive and serious and happen to make great gifts, especially for anyone you know who is swamped by a bountiful garden or a hyperactive CSA.

Some sample recipes: Jamaican grits porridge; grits beignets with country sausage; sweet potato and grits spoonbread.

Paperback.