Mastering Spice
Recipes and Techniques to Transform Your Everyday Cooking
By Lior Lev Sercarz with Genevieve Ko
(Clarkson Potter)

For his third book, spice guru Lior Lev Sercarz has a great format: base recipes with four or five variations. The recipes are easily recognizable—Chunky Vegetable Soup and Braised Chicken Thighs, for instance—but each features an intensely flavorful spice blend. Sercarz is all about getting you to try new spices, reconnect with familiar ones, and combine them in surprising ways.