Whether you still have a bounty of tomatoes and zucchini, you're looking for back to school lunches and treats, or you're itching to get into fall cooking, this month's food magazines have it covered. You'll also find issues focused on restaurants and Southern food.

Below is a quick summary of what's hot in this month's issues of Bon Appetit, Food Network, Food & Wine, and Fine Cooking magazines.

And for a...

Fall is officially right around the corner, but there's still a few beach days left and plenty of time to sink your teeth into these great foodie reads.

Spoon Fed by Kim Severson

In this memoir, New York Times Food Writer and Atlanta Bureau Chief Kim Severson shares with us her very personal story about her battle with alcoholism and journey of self-discovery all the while building a notable career as a...

When I leaped at the opportunity to review Donatella Cooks, I took a little flack here at Project Foodie headquarters. Those not familiar with the über successful restaurateur and frequent television cooking show judge dismissed the book as fluff, their opinions based solely upon its cover. (Isn't there an old idiom that applies here?)

Okay, so the cover is an unfortunate photo of the fetching author-chic and slim, teetering in her signature stilettos—tongs in hand,...

Legend has it that 13th century Spain’s King Alfonso X credits his swift recovery from an unknown illness to sipping wine with small dishes in between meals.  He was so convinced of these dietary effects that he ordered tavern owners across the country to make sure they served a small snack or “tapa” (Tapas) with wine. 

Hmmm, I wonder if this is where more modern bar owners got the idea of serving assorted snacks with cocktails, beer...