In "The Cuban Sandwich", Andrew T. Huse, Bárbara C. Cruz, and Jeff Houck give the titular dish a well-deserved spotlight. The Cuban sandwich, or Cubano, has been a favorite in both Cuba and the United States for over a century.... Read More

Compositionally diverse, "Faces We Love" is a perfect coffee table book to flip through and explore. A celebration of finding joy in daily life, Faces We Love: Shanghai is a curated art book exploring Shanghai’s crowded streets,... Read More

In "From Gay to Z", a compendium of queer culture more akin to a kiki than an encyclopedia, Justin Elizabeth Sayre serves up a blend of earnest information and loving snark. A humorist rather than a historian or social scientist, Sayre... Read More

Heather Wibbels’s "Bourbon Is My Comfort Food" is a beautiful, detailed guide to making and enjoying bourbon cocktails. Wibbels notes that many classic cocktails are made with bourbon, including Old Fashioneds, Manhattans, bourbon... Read More

The interviews collected in "Voices of Navajo Mothers and Daughters" illuminate the everyday tasks and special events that mark their subjects’ lives. Kathy Eckles Hooker and David Young-Wolff’s cultural survey gives Navajo women the... Read More

Asserting that diversity in the workplace has to be intentional, "The Waymakers" is a timely, action-oriented leadership guide. Tara Jaye Frank’s emphatic leadership book "The Waymakers" is packed with recommendations for creating and... Read More

Isn’t It Kind of Funny That… is a thoughtful but brief essay collection with actionable suggestions for life improvements. The short, connected essays of Jerry Schaefer’s Isn’t It Kind of Funny That… meditate on the busy lives... Read More

Historian of Native America Gregory D. Smithers’s "Reclaiming Two-Spirits" tackles the colonization of sexuality and gender in Indigenous American communities. “‘Two-Spirit,’” Smithers explains, “is derived from the Northern... Read More