Entertainment/craft expert Munro and photographer Flood (coauthor, Rocky Mountain Home) present a gorgeous book of outdoor celebrations for the entire year. Divided into seasons, their book draws upon Munro’s background as a home cook and outdoor enthusiast, with rituals, recipes, and ideas for honoring each season. The winter section, for example, features activities such as putting puzzles in front of a fire, foraging for branches to craft a wreath, and following a recipe for chestnut soup. The chapter about the spring season encourages readers to find fresh flowers, such as tulips; it also includes recipes for cowboy coffee and tomato jam, along with picnic ideas. For summer, there are suggestions to go canoeing and to create a wildflower bouquet, plant an herb garden, or make the book’s pollo al disco recipe over an open fire. In the fall season, readers are urged to do such things as carve a pumpkin, roast seeds, bake the book’s apple galette recipe, and prepare spiritual kindling. VERDICT A guide for cooking and entertaining that’s as thoughtful as it is beautiful. Readers are encouraged to make the most of seasonal bounties and wonders by embracing rituals and gathering outdoors.

– Whitney Bates-Gomez, Library Journal