Just about anyone can follow a recipe, especially with extraordinary new cookbooks like “Crumbs: Cookies and Sweets from Around the World” by Ben Mims. In Louisa Kung Liu Chu’s cookbook guide this year, she is focusing on cookies by bakers across the country who share more than recipes, so you might find inspiration to hold on to. Tap on our bio link to read more. —— Photo: Cookbooks for 2024, clockwise from top left: “Zoë Bakes Cookies” by Zoë François, “Bake Club” by Christina Tosi and Shannon Salzano, “Holiday Cookies” by Chicago Tribune, “Breaking Bao” by Clarice Lam, “The Cookie That Changed My Life” by Nancy Silverton and Carolynn Carreño and “Bodega Bakes” by Paola Vélez. ? Louisa Kung Liu Chu / Chicago Tribune ? Penguin Random House / Chicago Tribune / Union Square & Co. / Chronicle Books

Just about anyone can follow a recipe, especially with extraordinary new cookbooks like “Crumbs: Cookies and Sweets from Around the World” by Ben Mims. In Louisa Kung Liu Chu’s cookbook guide this year, she is focusing on cookies by bakers across the country who share more than recipes, so you might find inspiration to hold on to.

Tap on our bio link to read more.

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Photo: Cookbooks for 2024, clockwise from top left: “Zoë Bakes Cookies” by Zoë François, “Bake Club” by Christina Tosi and Shannon Salzano, “Holiday Cookies” by Chicago Tribune, “Breaking Bao” by Clarice Lam, “The Cookie That Changed My Life” by Nancy Silverton and Carolynn Carreño and “Bodega Bakes” by Paola Vélez.

? Louisa Kung Liu Chu / Chicago Tribune
? Penguin Random House / Chicago Tribune / Union Square & Co. / Chronicle Books