Food Temptress Cookbook Store

06/06/2026

Happy World Plantain Day, an annual celebration honoring the starchy, tropical fruit that's a staple in Caribbean, Latin American, and West African cuisines. 🥂

06/06/2026

What's in season for June? 🥂| Source: Healthy Family Project

06/05/2026

Happy National Soul Food Month. We have curated 15 cookbooks to add to your collection. Link in comment to browse and shop. 🥂

06/04/2026

New releases available in our online bookshop.

"The Ella E. Hall Recipe Book" by Ella E. Hall and forewords by Jessica Kenyatta Walker and Susan Wineberg.

Ella E. Hall (1892-1962), a Black cook and landlord in Ann Arbor, Michigan, collected her favorite recipes in a journal between 1920 and 1939. Published for the first time, Hall's recipe book contains recipes from family and friends, articles, clippings, and advertisements, which provide a glimpse into the food culture and daily life of the time. This cookbook includes more than 50 recipes such as sour milk griddle cakes, Lady Baltimore cake, pepper hash, and beverages such as root beer and ginger ale.

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"Caribbean Cocktails: Drinks and Bites from the Afro-Latino Diaspora by Nelson German and Andréa Lawson Gray

This book is for home bartenders and seasoned mixologists. It includes more than 40 drink recipes (cocktail and nonalcoholic) and 20 food recipes from Top Chef alum and chef-restaurateur Nelson German, the culinary visionary behind Meski, Sobre Mesa, and alaMar Kitchen and Bar. 🥂

06/03/2026

Happy National Soul Food Month. Click to find ways to celebrate.🥂

June is National Soul Food Month, a celebration of theculture, heritage and traditions of African American foodways. Cookbook Author Adrian Miller, also known as the Soul Food Scholar , defines soul food as a traditional African American cuisine that combines the ingredients, culinary technique

06/02/2026

Today, we remember Leah Chase (Jan., 6, 1923 - June 1, 2019), the Queen of Creole Cuisine. Her restaurant, Dooky Chase in New Orleans, opened in 1941. Thousands of locals, celebrities, tourists and Civil Rights activities have past through its doors for creole gumbo, fried chicken, crawfish étouffée and other delectable fare.

The Dooky Chase Cookbook was first published in 1990. It included anecdotes, recounting the restaurant's traditions, origins of recipes and memories.

This revised and expanded edition presents more restaurant's favorites and features a new chapter on drinks. It was released in 2023. 🥂

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06/01/2026

Thank you for the continued support. 🥂

05/29/2026

Update: Food Temptress Cookbook Store was housed inside The Painted Tree Boutiques when it closed abrutly on April 14, sending business owners scrambling. Well, the chain plans to reopen in July under a new name (The Collective Boutiques), new-ish management and the same location. We've been asked to return to our same spot. Unfortunately, we have declined. Meanwhile, we will continue to sell cookbooks online and do pop-up events for now. Our future looks bright; like a Phoenix, we will rise again.