This lovely cookbook aims to help home cooks get delicious, easy, healthy meals on the table on a daily basis. (It’s also a good fit for those like me who love to cook but hate to clean up.) Recipes I can’t wait to try include whole poached chicken with asian flavors, provençal vegetable tian, mexican-style lasagna, giant almond crumble cookie, and the myriad fresh takes on the roasts, braises and stews that are perfect for this time of year. Lots of pretty pictures.

Ginger says: With 100 books to choose from, it’s hard to go wrong with Martha Stewart, but her book on wreaths stands out in my collection. Each wreath is inspired by the foliage of one particular state. They’re all beautiful, so it’s informative to flip through but it would be particularly fun to make a wreath inspired by your own state, or gift a copy along with a wreath from your recipient’s state of origin. Martha’s famous step-by-step instructions make it easy.