COOKBOOKS
(2023)
Break free from common baking myths, fears, and unnecessarily fussy procedures, with Bake Smart, filled with Sam’s tips and warm reassurances plus 100 stunning, mouth-watering recipes that are surprisingly achievable for any home baker. Chapters are organized by main baking ingredient (Butter; Sugar; Eggs; Flour, Nuts & Cocoa; and Yeast), each starting with a quick intro to break down the fundamentals of baking, as well as core recipes—like Basic Custard, Any-Nut Frangipane, and Rough Puff Pastry—that are easy to master and return to again and again.
(2019)
NEW YORK TIMES’ BEST OF 2019
The Joys of Baking features 75 recipes for baking up a sweet life. Each chapter explores a feeling — Courage, Grace, Bliss, Love, and Wisdom — through humorous and touching essays, with beautiful photos throughout.
(2016)
The best way to eat healthier is to cook real foods you love at home. Here are weeknight dishes you thought you'd never enjoy again — not without resorting to expensive packaged gluten-free foods that aren't as delicious or healthful as the real thing. These quick-cooking meals are for any time of day, all made from scratch without hard-to-digest processed additives.
(2015)
JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE
The New Sugar & Spice is a collection of 80 lively recipes that open up dessert to a whole new world of flavor. Vibrant spices — including vanilla, cinnamon, peppercorns, cardamom, and others — inspire unexpected and classic recipes that combine with fascinating histories and origin stories to prove that the best desserts are much more than just sweet.
Seneviratne contributed as a recipe developer and stylist for two cookbooks for Martha Stewart — A New Way to Bake: Classic Recipes Updated with Better-for-You Ingredients from the Modern Pantry (2017) and ONE POT: 120 Easy Meals from your Skillet, Slow Cooker, Stockpot and More.
(2017)
A New Way to Bake has 130 foolproof recipes that showcase the many ways these newly accessible ingredients can transform traditional cookies, pies, cakes, breads, and more. Chocolate chip cookies gain greater depth with earthy farro flour, pancakes become protein powerhouses when made with quinoa, and lemon squares get a wonderfully crumbly crust and subtle nutty flavor thanks to coconut oil. Superfoods are right at home in these baked goods; granola has a dose of crunchy chia seeds, and gluten-free brownies have an extra chocolaty punch from cocoa nibs.
(2014)
One Pot is an exciting new way to approach everyday cooking: Imagine perfect pasta dishes for which everything goes in the pot at once (yes, that’s pasta, tomato, garlic, basil, and water all cooked together), dinner-party ready roasts with tender vegetables, and down-home casseroles, along with wholesome fish, chicken, and vegetarian dishes. There are a dozen outstanding recipes for surprising and simple desserts that can be ready when you are.