Cookbooks

Non-fiction books that contain a collection of recipes, techniques, and tricks of the trade or else focus on the exploration of food, cooking, and culture of food. Many cookbooks are divided into sections such as baking, dinner, and breakfast. A specialty cookbook may focus only on a certain country's cuisine, such as Italian or Cajun. There are some cookbooks that are written to highlight one ingredient (i.e. honey), and some cookbooks focused on only one branch of cooking (such as bread.) Even further, some cookbooks focus on types of cooking (microwave, barbecue, baking.) ...more

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The Tomato Grower's Handbook: Everything you need to know, from seed to harvest and beyond
King Arthur Baking Company's Book of Pizza: Recipes for Every Pizza Maker (A Cookbook)
Cafe Cùil Cookbook: Recipes from the Isle of Skye
Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations
Of Course It’s Good!: Aggressively Delicious Meals ANYONE Can Make and EVERYONE Will Love
The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County
Tasting History: Explore the Past Through 4,000 Years of Recipes
The Pioneer Woman Cooks―The Essential Recipes: 120 Greatest Hits, New Twists, and Perfected Classics – The Bestselling Foolproof Guide for Home Cooks
The Perfect Loaf: The Craft and Science of Sourdough Breads, Sweets, and More
Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
Super Gut: A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight
The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms
Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today
All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now
Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots
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Baking Across America: A Vintage Recipe Road Trip
Zoë Bakes Cakes: Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Favorite Layers, Bundts, Loaves, and More
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    Colonel Beauregard Cracker's: Southern Recipes of 1865: Recipes and Tall Tales of the Civil War
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  • The Culinary Hill Cookbook by Meggan Hill
    The Culinary Hill Cookbook: Modern Home Cooking with a Midwestern Heart

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  • Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
    Joy of Cooking
    Mastering the Art of French Cooking
    Jerusalem: A Cookbook
    How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food
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    The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Recipes and Wisdom from an Obsessive Home Cook
    The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
    The Moosewood Cookbook: Recipes from Moosewood Restaurant, Ithaca, New York
    Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
    Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book
    The Oh She Glows Cookbook: Over 100 Vegan Recipes to Glow from the Inside Out
    Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give a F*ck
    Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat
    Keto Diet for Beginners: 30-Day Keto Meal Plan for Rapid Weight Loss.
    Mamushka by Olia HerculesJerusalem by Yotam OttolenghiJerusalem by Yotam OttolenghiTaste of Persia by Naomi DuguidThe Food of Morocco by Paula Wolfert
    Around the World in Cookbooks
    578 books — 66 voters
    The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerMastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia ChildBetty Crocker's Cookbook by Betty CrockerBarefoot Contessa at Home by Ina GartenBetter Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by Better Homes and Gardens
    THE VERY BEST COOKBOOKS
    475 books — 146 voters

    The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerThe New Basics Cookbook by Julee RossoThe Fannie Farmer Cookbook by Marion CunninghamThe Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie KatzenBarefoot Contessa Family Style by Ina Garten
    Best Cookbooks Ever
    548 books — 216 voters

    The Forager Chefs Club by Rita Mace WalstonThe Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerMastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia ChildThe New Basics Cookbook by Julee RossoThe Compleat I Hate to Cook Book by Peg Bracken
    Cook Books
    585 books — 138 voters
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    Easy Cookbooks for Kids
    200 books — 49 voters


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