Sometimes a cookbook is more than just a cookbook. Such is the case with The Mon Lapin Cookbook, a newly published compilation of recipes that also pays tribute to the first dazzling years of the Montreal restaurant’s life. Three hundred pages, 100 recipes, wine essays, conversational asides on brown butter and snow crab, this cookbook isn’t just a how-to when it comes to cooking – it’s an invitation to have fun, relax and go with the flow. Read more, and check out the recipe for Maple Rice Pie.

And with Thanksgiving around the corner, get ready to talk about Ozempic (even if you’re not on it!); Plus: Christopher Waters offers up his picks for the wines to serve at your feast; and a recipe for a veggie-forward stuffed cabbage that will make a delicious addition to your spread.

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