Books by Jaya Saxena

The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025

by Jaya Saxena, Bryant Terry

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The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024 (Best American Food Writing)

by Padma Lakshmi, Jaya Saxena

A collection of the year’s top food and travel writing, selected by the trailblazing New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated host of Taste the Nation and Top Chef Padma Lakshmi.
Author and host Padma Lakshmi selects the best twenty articles published in 2023 that celebrate food and travel.

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Dad Magazine: America's #1 Magazine for "Pop" Culture

by Jaya Saxena, Mattie Lubchansky

Packed with dad jokes and parenting humor, this parody "magazine" is the perfect gift for Fathers Day or cool dads anytime.

This hilarious dad-centric satire is the first "magazine" written exclusively by dads, for dads! Complete with hard-hitting feature reporting (“What’s Going On with Your Neighbor's Lawn?”), in-depth lifestyle articles (“How to Talk to Your Son About Growing A Beard”), fashion tips (“Buying Shoes on eBay: A Guide”), and insightful opinion pieces (“These Smoke Detectors Are Too Damn Sensitive, If You Ask Me”), this is the perfect faux periodical for dads of every age, facial-hair style, and sandals/socks combo. Photos, illustrations, and humorous (fake) advertisements throughout showcase all the frustrations, failures, and funny moments that make up the face of modern fatherhood.

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Basic Witches How to Summon Success, Banish Drama, and Raise Hell with Your Coven

by Jaya Saxena, Jess Zimmerman

A magical lifestyle guide for everything from powering up a stylish crystal to banishing terrible Tinder dates

Want to feel terrifyingly beautiful? Wear the right color of eye shadow to project otherworldly glamour. Need to exorcise a toxic friendship? Repeat the proper incantation and make it disappear. Want to increase your energy? Whip up a tasty herbal “potion” to rev up your stamina. DIY projects, rituals, and spells—along with fun historical sidebars—summon the best trends of the modern witchy lifestyle and the time-trusted traditions of the hell-raising women of the past. With humor, heart, and a hip sensibility, Jaya Saxena and Jess Zimmerman dispense witchy wisdom for the curious, the cynical, and anyone who could use a magical boost.

Selected Table of Contents:

CHAPTER 1 - Self-Initiation: An Induction into Basic Witchery
What We Mean by “Witchcraft”
Our Favorite Pop Culture Witches

CHAPTER 2 - Glamours: The Power to Change How You Look
How to Clothe Yourself in Literal Darkness
The Dark Magic of Unfeminine Haircuts
A Spell for Self-Care

CHAPTER 3 - Healing: The Power to Care for Yourself
A Spell to Make Peace with Your Body
Magical Exercise
A Ritual for a Relaxing Netflix Binge

CHAPTER 4 - Summoning: The Power to Care for Others (and Have Them Care for You)
The Transformative Power of Vulnerability
A Collaborative Ritual to Deepen Friendship

CHAPTER 5 - Enchantment: The Power to Make Choices about Love and Sex
Conjuring Your Perfect Mate
The Magic Circle of Consent
A Spell for Talking about Sex

CHAPTER 6 - Banishment: The Power to Avoid What Brings You Down
Expelling Social Toxicity
The Different Types of Personal Demons
A Spell to Counter Impostor Syndrome

CHAPTER 7 - Divination: The Power to Decide Your Destiny
A Spell to Name Your Heart’s Desire
How to Read Tea Leaves

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The Book of Lost Recipes: The Best Signature Dishes From Historic Restaurants Rediscovered

by Jaya Saxena

Enjoy Celebrated Recipes from Top Hotels and Restaurants of Their Era

Discover amazing signature recipes lost to time from the most fashionable hotels and restaurants of bygone times. Part vintage nostalgia, part history tour, but all great food, the recipes―often inseparable from their legendary haunts―were meticulously researched and reconstructed by author Jaya Saxena for this unique cookbook.

Now you can experience the legendary institutions of the American restaurant landscape from coast to coast, including the M&L Chopped Liver at New York’s Moskowitz & Lupowitz and the Baked Cannelloni at Paoli’s in San Francisco. Find delight in the Blintzes from Ashkenaz’s Deli in Chicago or the Fried Fish Cakes and Famous Baked Beans at Horn & Hardart Automat in Philadelphia.

Bring the glamour, elegance and taste home with this beautiful collection of historic recipes.

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