My go-to cookbooks: bold, approachable recipes packed with flavor from chefs I love and trust, perfect for easy weeknight dinners, entertaining, and everything in between.
I love Salt Hank because it’s loud, unapologetically flavorful, and full of attitude. The food photography makes me drool before I even cook. And bonus: it teaches you how to make your dishes look as good as they taste.
Salt Hank: A Five Napkin Situation (A Cookbook)|Hardcover
Amazing easy Korean recipes
Simply Korean: Easy Recipes for Favorites
Easy to digest cookbook
Joshua Weissman: An Unapologetic Cookbook
Interesting read
Reverse Wine Snob: Buy & Drink Great Wine
Fantastic chef
Books - Matty Matheson
The og of cravings cookbooks
Cook / Cookbooks
A classic
The Essential New York Times Cookbook
I love nashville
Nashville Eats: Hot Chicken & Buttermilk Biscuits
What’s not to love
Prison Ramen: Recipes and Stories from Behind Bars
If you know nashville, you know international market!
Family Thai: Bringing the Flavors of Thailand Home
Highlight within my cookbooks
From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes by Snoop
A classic
Cravings by Chrissy Teigen
Technique Bible
SALT FAT ACID HEAT
Start with the basics
How to Cook Everything: 2000 Simple Recipes
Great for approachable recipes, entertaining, and actually learning little techniques that make food better.
Seriously, So Good
Very Taylor coded. Bold flavors, lots of sauces, fun recipes, and nothing feels overly precious.
OPEN WIDE by benny blanco
Perfect for your dinner party side. Casual entertaining food that still feels impressive.
Aloha Kitchen
A really solid weeknight cookbook with tons of flavorful dinner ideas that don’t require an entire production.
Bad B*tch in the Kitch: Craveable Asian Recipes
One of the newer ones I’d definitely include. Flavor focused, approachable, and built around food people genuinely want to eat.
Matty Matheson: Home Style Cookery
Especially because Bobby Flay is one of your actual cooking influences. This one makes the list feel more personal to you instead of just being “popular cookbooks.”
SALT FAT ACID HEAT
Probably even more your style than her first book. Big flavor, lots of seasoning, sauces, cheese, texture. Basically not sad food.
