Dumplings Equal Love Delicious Recipes from Around the World

You can make dumplings a weeknight comfort food staple—and this cookbook will show you how with 40 easy but innovative dumpling recipes from around the globe.

Shumai, gyoza, mandu, komber, pierogis: a dumpling by any other name would taste as comforting. The original comfort food in every culture, the humble dumpling takes center stage in this beautiful cookbook. Author Liz Crain offers up beloved staples—with easy, step-by-step instructions for dumpling skins and fillings—and regional favorites, including:
 
Classics: Chinese soup dumplings and shumai; Japanese gyoza; Eastern European pierogi; Italian goat cheese arrabbiata

Regional: Northwest American morel sherry cream; Cincinnati Chili; Shrimp & Grits; Nettle & Caramelized Onions; and Bananas Foster  
 
With 40 recipes, full-color photographs—plus vegan, gluten-free and kid-friendly options—Dumplings Equals Love is the perfect gift for the foodie or home cook in your life.

LIZ CRAIN is a longtime writer on Pacific Northwest food and drink, the coauthor of the Toro Bravo cookbook, and author of Food Lover’s Guide to Portland and Grow Your Own: Understanding, Cultivating, and Enjoying Cannabis. She is a cofounder of the annual Portland Fermentation Festival and is an editor and publicity director at Hawthorne Books in Portland.