The Year of Cozy: 125 Recipes, Crafts, and Other Homemade Adventures

From the author of the popular blog, A Cozy Kitchen, comes a beautifully photographed one-stop-shop book with all the recipes and projects you’ll need for some cozy inspiration this holiday season—and all year long. You’ll love Adrianna Adarme’s easy-to-follow instructions and will enjoy getting lost in her warm and comforting photographs. Organized by the months of the year and by categories as “Live,” “Do,” and “Make, ” this book offers ideas for activities, recipes, and DIY projects that make the little moments in life just as exciting as the big. Adarme gives us special (but totally doable) things we can do for others and ourselves. From quick recipes to easy crafts, she focuses on simple, inexpensive undertakings that have a big reward: happiness. The Year of Cozy will surely inspire you to march into your kitchen and craft closet to make something you can truly be proud of.

About the Author
Adrianna Adarme is an author, recipe developer, and blogger. Her blog, A Cozy Kitchen, has become a place for people to read entertaining anecdotes about daily life and to find delicious, comforting recipes. Adarme and A Cozy Kitchen have been featured in Saveur, Self, The Pioneer Woman, Refinery29, Oh Joy, and Rachel Zoe's Zoe Report. She lives in Los Angeles with her boyfriend, Joshua, and her corgi, Amelia.

I have to say, I'm a sucker for "lifestyle" books like Kinfolk that have pretty pictures of completely unobtainable life scenarios, but because of how inaccessible the "lifestyle" they're showing tends to be, they usually end up collecting dust on my coffee table. THIS BOOK is so different. Not only are the photos, crafts and ideas beautifully shot (and equally as deserving of a front-and-center coffee table spot), but the author is one of the most honest, articulate and REAL people I've ever encountered in this kind of book. Rather than presenting recipes or crafts that would require a culinary degree or access to obscure ingredients someone like me would never know how to obtain, she lays out easy to follow recipes with helpful hints about where to locate each ingredient or item. It's like your best friend is telling you how to make a delicious lemon doughnut or make a DIY candle (that actually looks cute and not DIY). In addition to all of the amazing recipes she's so well known for, Adrianna also acts as a totally down-to-earth life coach (again, in such a real, humble, human way), presenting the kinds of advice or ideas that actually make you think "I can totally do this!"I bought several of these books to give out as gifts for the holidays this year, and I'll probably end up buying even more. Save your money on Kinfolk and buy this book --- on that will probably end up full of greasy finger marks and paint stains because you'll actually use it! Another win for A Cozy Kitchen! --Andrew Mayer

This book is fantastic! Adrianna is such an amazing blogger, and that absolutely translates to her book as well. The layout is organized by seasons, and has a year's worth of recipes, activities, and DIY projects. The photography is beautiful, and the book makes for a very nice addition to a coffee table. Thanks! --KEN

This book is fantastic for providing very simple ways to improve your day to day cozy quotient. As a busy mom, I don't have time to secure complicated ingredients or craft items. This book has elevated but truly simple recipes and activities that will provide a sense of a job well done. More importantly, I think, is the promotion of a sense of meaningful work or activities that follows logically from embracing the sorts of things the books contain. If nothing else, the pictures are pretty to look at. --Calawmama