Barbecues, birthday parties, outdoor suppers, and picnics in the park: you’ll surely be trying out some new recipes this month! Try these five fabulous cookbooks for culinary inspiration…and be confident that they’ll look pretty on your counter, too! All are available at Amazon.com for under $30, except for the IKEA baking cookbook, which you’ll have to exert some serious effort to find (let me know if you do!).
1.) Martha Stewart Living Cookbook, by Martha Stewart; 2.) The Good Stuff Cookbook by Spike Mendelsohn; 3.) Peace Love and Barbecue, by Mike and Amy Mills; 4.) Terre à Terre: The Vegetarian Cookbook by Powley and Taylor; 5.) Homemade is Best from Ikea (apparently being given away in Sweden)
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Paint It What I Tell You 
Reading this makes my decisions easier than taknig candy from a baby.