At the corner of summer reading and summer eating, you’ll find cookbooks.

Filled with mouth-watering photos and delectable recipes, cookbooks are capable of transporting readers to tables around the world from their own kitchens. Cookbooks capture the essence of place and time, whether the gastronomic destinations are faraway – like “Portugal: The Cookbook” by Leandro Carreira (out now) and “Kin Thai: Modern Thai Recipes to Cook at Home” by John Chantarasak (May 24) – or closer to home – like “My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef” by Kwame Onwuachi with Joshua David Stein (out now) and “Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin’ in New Orleans” by Mason Hereford with JJ Goode (June 21).