Those topics also informed this list of some of her favorite books, which she was generous enough to share in a conversation this month. The words below about her choices are her own, derived from that conversation and reformatted by us. (Which is to say, that any errors or misspellings in them are almost certainly ours.) We love the books she chose and are very happy to share this with you.

Thanks to Kate for sharing some wonderful books. If you like these books, you can find most of them on our shelves, or all of them on our site.

Buying one of her books (Art of the Pie, Pie Camp, and Home Cooking) would be a gift for yourself, just trust us.

You can follow along with what Kate is reading, as well as what she's getting up to in her garden and orchard, or with her dog GP at katemcdermott.substack.com.