Mother’s Day Gifts from Rizzoli
April 23, 2021Whether you spent the last year longing to see them or you’ve been blessed to keep them close to your hearts, there has never been a more important time to let our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and wives know how much they are appreciated.
To help you celebrate these women, we’re sharing a wide range of gift books—including such subjects as cooking, interiors, gardening, and more—that will become a cherished part of their home.
Image from The Ladies Village Improvement Society Cookbook
INTERIORS
From Charlotte Moss Flowers
Charlotte Moss Flowers
Renowned interior designer and tastemaker Charlotte Moss celebrates flowers and offers endless inspiration in their use as glorious additions to decorating, entertaining, and everyday living.
Rattan: A World of Elegance and Charm
A celebration of rattan—a traditional yet sustainable material that exudes laid-back exoticism and an air of glamorous relaxation.
Stamps & Stamps: Style & Sensibility
Be enveloped in the charming and traditional English-inspired aesthetic that interior design duo Stamps & Stamps bring to their cozy interiors.
A Tower in Tuscany:
Or a Home for My Writers and Other Animals
A glimpse inside a magical Tuscan villa that nurtures the world’s finest literary talents.
Dream Rooms for Children:
Inspiring Spaces for Sleep, Study, and Play
Excellent designs for kids’ rooms, featuring stylish spaces created by well-known designers, parents, and even the kids themselves.
The Spanish Style House:
From Enchanted Andalusia to the California Dream
Luminous photography showcases contemporary and historic homes in the beloved Spanish Style in Southern California.
Island Whimsy:
Designing a Paradise by the Sea
Celerie Kemble recounts the deeply personal and creative journey of designing Playa Grande and bringing this labor of love to life.
Inviting Interiors:
A Fresh Take on Beautiful Rooms
The first book from Atlanta designer Melanie Turner shares her secrets for creating understated, sophisticated, and functional rooms.
A Summer Place:
Living by the Sea
Noted designer and author Tricia Foley shares how to create airy and relaxed homes, which capture the essence of the seaside.
Beata Heuman:
Every Room Should Sing
This highly anticipated debut monograph from one of today’s leading designers offers fresh ways to think about decorating a home.
More Beautiful:
All-American Decoration
The author of Beautiful is back with a new book of his interiors, filled with blue-and-white vignettes, wicker, saturated color, and pretty patterns.
Design Remix:
A New Spin on Traditional Rooms
The first book from AD100 interior designer Corey Damen Jenkins, known for his colorful, youthful traditionalism.
S Is for Style:
The Schumacher Book of Decoration
The legendary fabrics and wallpapers house of Schumacher shows how you can use their iconic prints and patterns to create a variety of beautiful, chic interiors in the style that most suits you.
Designing History:
The Extraordinary Art & Style of the Obama White House
The long-awaited insider’s look at one of the design milestones of the twenty-first century: Michael S Smith’s celebrated decoration of the Obama White House.
de Gournay: Hand-Painted Interiors
Renowned for its elegant hand-painted wallpapers and textiles, de Gournay creates some of the most beautiful interiors in the world.
Visions of Home:
Timeless Design, Modern Sensibility
Esteemed architecture firm Historical Concepts reveals their extraordinary homes rooted in tradition and enriched with a modern sensibility.
Romantics and Classics:
Style in the English Country House
English country homes that blend contemporary style with the old, good bones of manor houses, creating interiors that are both chic and intimate.
Designing Paradise: Juan Montoya
Interior-design legend Juan Montoya takes us on a tropical adventure with his recent breathtaking seaside residential projects.
COOKING & ENTERTAINING
A Year at Clove Brook Farm
Renowned ceramicist Christopher Spitzmiller shares his advice and inspiration for seasonal entertaining, gardening, tending chickens, and more..
Entertaining Beautifully
Iconic tastemaker and hostess Aerin Lauder reveals how to bring beauty, style, and joy into events, holidays, or everyday moments and meals.
Milk Jar Cookies Bakebook:
Cookie, Cakes, Pies, and More for Celebrations and Every Day
Featuring seventy-five recipes for adorable, irresistible hand-rolled cookies, classic cakes and pies, no-bake treats, homemade marshmallows, and even sweet drinks.
The Flour Craft Bakery & Cafe Cookbook
Gluten free as it should be, The Flour Craft Bakery & Cafe Cookbook includes 75 impeccable, seasonal recipes for every time of day.
An Entertaining Story
Style icon India Hicks’s charming take on entertaining, featuring dreamy tablescapes, recipes, and enjoyable family anecdotes.
The Ladies’ Village Improvement Society Cookbook:
Eating and Entertaining in East Hampton
A delicious melding of traditional taste with the flavors of the Hamptons, this cookbook offers 100 recipes for entertaining and everyday meals.
A Home for All Seasons:
Gracious Living and Stylish Entertaining
Tastemaker and designer Danielle Rollins invites readers to join her at home for a primer on living and entertaining in style.
Petite Patisserie:
180 Easy Recipes for Elegant French Treats
A delightful volume devoted to the delicate, charming treats that are the soul of France’s neighborhood patisseries.
Soupology:
The Art of Soup From Six Simple Broths
Easy to follow, this book is a master class on how to use six “mother broths” to create more than sixty delicious, zero-waste soups that can be nutritious full meals or accompaniments.
Eat Cool:
Good Food for Hot Days
Eat Cool gives readers easy recipes and smart tips for delicious and satisfying meals that won’t chain the cook to the stove on a hot day.
The Twisted Soul Cookbook:
Modern Soul Food with Global Flavors
Invigorating authentic Southern soul cooking with new inspiration, chef Deborah VanTrece elevates classic comfort food into unique, surprising dishes worth celebrating.
The New Cucina Italiana:
What to Eat, What to Cook, and Who to Know in Italian Cuisine Today
Recipes from the kitchens and restaurants of Italy’s new culinary masters, who combine quintessentially Italian flavor with a contemporary approach.
GARDEN & LANDSCAPE
The Naturally Beautiful Garden:
Designs That Engage with Wildlife and Nature
This book showcases the beauty and visual impact produced by ecologically friendly garden design principles.
The Garden Source:
Inspirational Design Ideas for Gardens and Landscapes
The perfect visual resource for anyone looking for garden inspiration, showcasing image after aspirational image of garden designs and solutions.
FASHION
Dior Hats:
From Christian Dior to Stephen Jones
The great hats of Dior, as chosen by Stephen Jones, one of the most revered milliners of our times.
Bill Cunningham Was There:
Spring Flings + Summer Soirées
Celebrate the iconic New York Times photographer with his images of the vibrant events of spring and summer.
Come Fly with Me:
Flying in Style
A wistful love letter to the joys of flying and the fun, fashion, and glamour that go with it.
Her Dior:
Maria Grazia Chiuri’s New Voice
This powerful collection of photographs and essays by trailblazing women celebrates the feminist spirit.
Beautiful Creatures:
Jewelry Inspired by the Animal Kingdom
Creatures from the animal kingdom represented in exquisite jewelry by renowned masters Cartier, Bulgari, Tiffany & Co., JAR, Belperron, David Webb, Schlumberger, Boucheron, and many other brilliant jewelers.
The World of Federico Forquet:
Italian Fashion, Interiors, Gardens
A sweeping survey of the work of celebrated bon vivant Federico Forquet, whose decades-long design career has embraced couture fashion, elegant interiors, and imaginative gardens, reflecting both the best of Italian style and the dolce vita era of Rome.
LIFESTYLE & TRAVEL
Joy in the Little Things:
Finding Happiness in Style, Home, and the Everyday
Illustrator Kerrie Hess celebrates the best, most important joys of all—the little pleasures—in this guide full of ideas and inspiration for tapping into your own happiness and creativity.
Paris: From the Air
Photographer Jeffrey Milstein combines daring aerial photography with the restricted airspace over Paris to reveal both breathtaking and unparalleled views.
PHOTOGRAPHY & ART
Good Dog: A Collection of Portraits
Whether a rescue or a show dog, a pedigree or a mutt, you can’t help falling in love with Randal Ford’s dog portraits, as each evokes the unparalleled bond we feel for our greatest companions.
American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds
This book reveals the beauty, historical significance, and technical virtuosity of American vanes fashioned between the late seventeenth and early twentieth centuries.
POP CULTURE
I Love Lucy: The Joys of Friendship
I Love Lucy‘s Lucy and Ethel are TV’s original BFFs. This celebration of their friendship is the perfect way to share the laughter, joy, and love of best girlfriends.
Tina Turner: That’s My Life
The first authorized pictorial biography by the legendary Tina Turner, containing iconic as well as never-before-seen candid photos, letters, and other personal items of The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, from her early career to today.