17 New Essentials to Stock in Your Kitchen This Summer

"'Life is short-eat dessert first,' says Jimmy Buffet's sister Lucy in her newest cookbook Gumbo Love: Recipes for Gulf Coast Cooking, Entertaining, and Savoring the Good Life ($20). Not only does Lucy (or LuLu as she's more commonly known) start this book off with all of her favorite Southern sweets but each page is filled with mouthwatering recipes that make me want to literally lick the page clean. All those oysters, and shrimp, and buffalo wings! I seriously cannot wait to try out these recipes on a lazy Summer Sunday. Plus, in the forward, she lays out 10 grateful ingredients for a bright and happy kitchen. #3 is 'Life is; just live it!' — a mantra I could easily adapt." — NI