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Cookbook Recs from Someone with 100+ Cookbooks
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items Looking for your next great cookbook? Explore expert recommendations from a collector with over 100 cookbooks—featuring the best picks for baking, cooking and learning about food.
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Greatest of All Time
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Baking & Ice Cream
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Greatest of All Time
My all-time favorite cookbook. I love it so much I’ve accidentally gifted it to certain friends twice. It covers everything you need to know about baking and the recipes never miss. Also some very fun history about the Midwest throughout the book.
Midwest Made: Big, Bold Baking from the Heartland by Shauna Sever, Hardcover
Combining this with Midwest Made would satisfy all my needs in a minimalist collection. It truly covers I’m depth how to make a pie crust with tons of pictures and explanations. So many people I know have made their first successful homemade pie crus...
The Book On Pie: Everything You Need to Know to Bake Perfect Pies|Hardcover
This is certainly my favorite non-baking cookbook. We have worn this book out cover to cover. The dips and spreads in this book are worth making again and again. If you don’t love Za’atar already, you will after cracking open this book.
Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors From My Israeli Kitchen: A Cookbook
As a Texan (but not a homesick one!) I’m biased, but this book is another stand out for me.
The Homesick Texan Cookbook by Lisa Fain, Hardcover
I was shocked when we first started cooking through this book - it’s GREAT. The author of Sababa is her cowriter so that is definitely part of it for me! Lots of these recipes are simple and satisfying to make.
Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat: A Cookbook by Chrissy ...
This is the book for anyone who wants to learn about the kitchen - general techniques, how to stock a pantry, why certain things work. It’s an excellent book that covers a lot of ground. I’m looking forward to her next cookbook coming out this year!
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Resources
This is a really cool resource not many people know about! You enter all the cookbooks you have, then you can search them by ingredient or recipe names. This would be a no-fail gift for any cookbook lover in your life.
Home | Eat Your Books
Each section of this book is arranged by year, starting with the earliest NYTimes recipes from the 1800’s. I actually haven’t cooked from this book, but I love looking through and seeing the older recipes and noting how things change. It’s fun to rea...
The Essential New York Times Cookbook: The Recipes of Record
An incredible collection of the best food writing out there
Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing
Baking & Ice Cream
Exactly what it says it is. Easy to make cakes for snacking. I love it when I want to throw something simple together for guests or to make with my kids!
Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings|Hardcover
When I stray from my two favorite baking books, it’s usually to this extremely strong contender, written by a former Bon Appetit writer
Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence
My husband, whom often makes ice cream, says this is the best resource for interesting flavor combinations.
Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream|Hardcover
This is my husband’s top rec for anyone looking to start making ice cream
The Perfect Scoop, Revised and Updated: 200 Recipes for Ice Creams ...
Mediterranean
This is great for both weeknight dinners and for hosting guests. Lots of simple but flavorful options that keep us coming back to this book often.
Simple Recipes for Healthy Living on the Mediterranean Diet by Sonoma Press ...
America’s Test Kitchen does it right - they research everything thoroughly, trying many different ways to do something. They explain why what they’re recommending works, so you learn a lot of interesting things while cooking from their books. This on...
The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook: 500 Vibrant, Kitchen ...
Super simple recipes! The fig chicken / salmon is a family favorite now
Millennial Kosher: Recipes Reinvented - Apfelbaum
Cooking
The lasagna recipe is killer (but involved!) but the format is divine. This book interviews “grannies” from around Italy each showcasing their own personal regional recipe. It’s like being let in on the secret recipes of 100 different families. The p...
Pasta Grannies: The Official Cookbook: The Secrets of Italy's Best Home Cooks
Yes, the sequel is good too!
Cravings: Hungry for More: A Cookbook by Chrissy Teigen, Adeena Sussman, ...
I like this one just as much as her first one. This is the one to get if you’re cooking for larger gatherings.
The Homesick Texan's Family Table: Lone Star Cooking from My Kitchen to ...