Our cookbook of the week is What Can I Bring? by food writer, recipe developer and cookbook author Casey Elsass. Article content

Jump to the recipes: whipped blue cheese , black bean salad with Sazón vinaigrette , and peach and ginger upside-down cake .

To say Casey Elsass is no stranger to writing cookbooks would be an understatement. What Can I Bring? (Union Square & Co., 2025) is technically his 20th title — his first solo effort after co-authoring and ghost-writing 19 others. Not one to rest on his laurels, Elsass has four more cookbooks coming out this fall and next spring, with other projects on the horizon. As much as he enjoys writing for and with others, though, the experience of going it alone was freeing.

“It was really nice to be able to write as myself for the f

See Full Page