In the months since Hurricane Sandy left some New York-area communities in a state of panic and disaster, no neighborhood has stepped up in a more inspiring and positive way than Red Hook.

Today All Hands on Deck, a cookbook containing 25 recipes from Red Hook's restaurants, bars, bakeries, and supper clubs, is available online for $15. All proceeds from the book's sales will directly benefit Restore Red Hook, a group founded by small business owners in the wake of the Hurricane.

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Looking for 23 ways to use schmaltz in your holiday recipes? Michael Ruhlman's got an app for that.

The Book of Schmaltz: A Love Story to a Forgotten Fat is the James Beard Award winning author's ode to the "heart attack food." Ruhlman, who details his new appreciation for self-publishing on his blog, fell hard for the rendered chicken fat after being passed a family recipe from a Jewish neighbor. The book features old-world recipes, as well as more modern ones -- so you can serve your kreplach with a side of Parisienne gnocchi. Ruhlman also describes how to make "the best chopped liver you've ever had," which might cause a few neglected grandmothers to reconsider how they describe themselves.

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A recipe and an artifact, from Michael Popek's new book

Following up on our post about bookseller Michael Popek's charming collection, Handwritten Recipes and Forgotten Bookmarks, here's a quick look at three recipes and the books they were found inside.

Above, the Blonde Brownies found in Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn. The fat called for in this recipe is melted shortening, which dates the recipe a bit, but the book was published by Vintage in 1999.

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A recipe for corn muffins found in "Cat's Cradle"

Those of us who spend a lot of time rifling around old books are always finding unexpected treasures in the pages -- handwritten shopping lists, photographs, candy wrappers, receipts. What about recipes?

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Actress, activist, and vegan cook Alicia Silverstone announces via her blog that she will be writing two new cookbooks: The Kind Mama will cover cooking during pregnancy and while caring for young children. The Kind Diet Cookbook will be a companion to her 2009 vegan cookbook The Kind Diet.

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People's Pops launched in 2008 when Nathalie Jordi, David Carrell, and Joel Horowitz set up a booth at the New Amsterdam Market, where they decided to sell ice pops made with local fruits. Over the years they experimented a lot, developed a fan base, opened shops in the East Village and Chelsea Market, and started selling to Whole Foods. They're now our city's ice pop masters.

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A Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin makes what he calls an "embarrassing confession" in the new cookbook based on his popular fantasy series: He can't cook.

In his introduction to A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook, Martin explains that he has always been better at eating than he has at cooking. And he goes on to explain why he spends so much time writing about food:

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Fancy a groosling recipe?

OMFG, the Hunger Games movie is just a few months away, and really, who isn't secretly super-excited for the teen post-apocalyptic book trilogy to make it to the big screen? Watching the trailer on repeat is pretty fun and all, but now comes an even better way to sate your appetite -- literally -- until the film comes out. Someone has published The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook!

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Besh champions familial foodies.

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The Recipe Project

Having trouble remembering just what goes into Chris Cosentino's recipe for Brains and Eggs? Try setting it to music. That's what the folks behind The Recipe Project did. It's a cookbook that comes with a CD, with recipes from famous chefs set to music. And now, it's also an app that you can download for free from the iTunes store. To see what you're in for, check out the video for that brains recipe.

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