like Kogi BBQ chef Roy Choi’s ode to vegetables in “Choi of Cooking,” or Fishwife founder Becca Millstein’s approachable, picnic-perfect ideas in “The Fishwife Cookbook.” Of course ...

Let's give a hearty cheer, then, to the cookbooks that embolden when we have zero interest in cooking, despite knowing we already have the ingredients to make something from near-nothing.