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Best cookbooks for families who love to cook 🍽️
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items I collect cookbooks, but these are the ones that get the most use in my kitchen!
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I love Melissa Clark, her recipes are easy but so delicious. This is focused on cooking things in one pot—so fast and easy!
Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals: A Cookbook
The sign of a great cookbook is one where the pages are well loved and sprinkled with a few spills. We use this one ALL. THE. TIME. And there’s a huge variety of flavors, something for everyone in here. 😋
Dinner: Changing the Game: A Cookbook by Melissa Clark
She’s the GOAT for a reason. Her recipes are tried and true and not too hard to make. There’s something amazing in every cookbook of hers. Modern Comfort Food is one of my favs from her.
Modern Comfort Food by Ina Garten
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I love Priya, and have followed her since her Bon Appétit days. Great if you want to try Indian flavors but not too complicated recipes.
Indian-Ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family
A great cookbook for two people, and I started doubling the recipes when the kids came along!
One Pan, Two Plates: More Than 70 Complete Weeknight ...
Samin is amazing! Watch her show on Netflix if you love learning about food. This book is amazing for a reason!
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
An award winner for a reason! If you want to know the exact way to cook a specific cut of meat, or an ingredient you don’t know what to do with, this book will walk you through step by step. Makes me appreciate the sheer amount of work that J. Kenji ...
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
Deb Perlman’s first cookbook, she’s an OG food blogger and I love her work. I’ve been following her food blog for 15 years!
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
Want your family to devour a whole bag of spinach in one sitting? Then make the green pasta dish that is on the cover of this book. My kids beg for it regularly.
Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files
An oldie but goodie. Everyone knows you need to try the chicken Marbella recipe inside!
The Silver Palate Cookbook by Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins
Lots of delicious recipes here, especially if you love middle eastern flavors.
Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors From My Israeli Kitchen: A Cookbook
My sister in law gave me this cookbook a few years ago and I love everything I've made from this!
Half Baked Harvest Super Simple: 125+ Easy Recipes
There was a Flying Biscuit where I went to college, and it remains one of my FAVORITE and most nostalgic restaurants when I get to eat there. When I'm not near one of them, I make the oatmeal pancakes with peaches at home. It always takes me back to ...
Flying Biscuit Cafe Cookbook
This one gets so much use. Focused on easy-ish weeknight dinners. Another great general cookbook with so many different kinds of dinner options. Simmering for everyone in here.
Milk Street: Tuesday Nights - 200+ Simple Suppers
I have several of Alison Roman’s cookbooks, they are great.
Dining In: Highly Cookable Recipes: A Cookbook
Baking
A bible for understanding how to make bread, including all the exact measurements and science.
Flour Water Salt Yeast: Artisan Bread & Pizza
10/10 for this book. There's baking recipes for every skill level and flavor preference.
Dessert Person: Recipes & Guidance for Baking
So many delicious options, and much faster to throw together these snacking cakes rather than making a fancy layered birthday cake. Love the ease of these recipes!
Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings
Another OG blogger that I swear by. Everything I’ve made from Sally’s Baking Addiction comes out perfect every time.
Sally's Baking 101: Foolproof Recipes from Easy to Advanced
This is a fabulous baking cookbook for beginner bakers. I've had this book for 15 years and I love it!
The Art & Soul of Baking