Treat Yourself (Properly!) to 8 Foodie Must Haves This January

Start a soup club with your friends — essentially, a group where members trade off cooking big batches of soup to share with each other — or fill your freezer with meals for weeks ahead with The Soup Club Cookbook ($25). Guidelines for forming this ingenious club are of course included, as well as delightful-sounding soup recipes like Spanish chickpea and spinach, mushroom and cashew cream, sunchoke puree, and Italian wedding.

— Nicole Perry, assistant editor