If you’ve yet to sample Somali cuisine, let Ifrah F. Ahmed be your guide. In Soomaaliya, the cookbook author threads together essays on her homeland with recipes for digaag (spiced chicken) and xawaash (a seven-spice blend), the backbone of many Somali dishes. Ahmed describes it as “part cookbook, part history and sociology text,” saying she hopes it acts as an antidote to the xenophobic rhetoric levelled against Somali immigrants by the Trump administration.

And for those gearing up for patio season, Christopher Waters has eight refreshing wines that he says are ideal for summertime entertaining.

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