There are two beautiful cookbooks out right now, one brand new, one several years old, that caught my eye recently. They are both Long Island farm cookbooks.

A little beat up, a little worn down, getting long in the tooth, Sam Acquillo’s back for another seat-of-the-pants investigation into depravity.

“A Delicate Balance” will open a three-week engagement at the cultural center Friday at 7 p.m. Joan Lyons will direct.