13 of our favourite cookbooks from 2013

Cozy up with chef Magnus Nilsson's newest cookbook, and dream about life at his superb 12-seat field-to-farmhouse restaurant in an agricultural hamlet north of Stockholm. Using pure ingredients and precise but doable techniques, his cooking will definitely inspire many a longing sigh. Our favourite-sounding recipes: vegetables cooked with autumn leaves and scallops cooked over burning juniper branches.

Fäviken, Magnus Nilsson, $50.