Some of you have messaged me in the past asking for cookbook recommendations, so here I’ve compiled a list of (most of) mine. They appear in alphabetical order, though the ones with asterisks (*) are the ones I use with most frequency. I’ve also made note of those that may be of interest to cooks with special dietary restrictions. Enjoy!
GENERAL COOKBOOKS
- Ad Hoc at Home, Thomas Keller *
- Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook, Anthony Bourdain
- Dining with Sherlock Holmes, Julia C. Rosenblatt and Fredric H. Sonnenschmidt
- Eat Like a Man, Ryan D’Agostino, David Granger, and Tom Colicchio
- The Flavor Bible, Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
- Home Made, Yvette van Boven
- My Last Supper, Melanie Dunea
- My Last Supper: The Next Course, Melanie Dunea
- New England Soup Factory Cookbook, Marjorie Druker and Clara Silverstein *
- Pretty Delicious, Candice Kumai
- Real Fast Food, Nigel Slater *
- Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook, Dinah Bucholz
SPECIFIC BY CUISINE
- Asian, Linda Desser
- Cooking with Italian Grandmothers, Jessica Theroux
- Falling Cloudberries, Tessa Kiros
- The Foods & Wines of Spain, Penelope Casas
- From Mom with Love: Complete Guide to Indian Cooking & Entertaining, Pushpa Bharghava
- The Mafia Cookbook, Joseph Iannuzzi
- Mangoes & Curry Leaves: Culinary Travels through the Great Subcontinent, Alford Duguid
- Moro East, Samuel Clark and Sam Clark
- My Grandmother’s Chinese Kitchen, Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
- The New Book of Middle Eastern Food, Claudia Roden *
- The New Indian Cooking Course, Manisha Kanami and Shehzad Husain *
- Thai Street Food, David Thompson
- Twelve: A Tuscan Cookbook, Tessa Kiros *
- Wok & Stir-Fry, Cook’s Library *
VEGETARIAN, SEASONAL, FARM-FOCUSED
- The Cheesemonger’s Kitchen, Chester Hastings and Joseph De Leo
- Fresh from the Market, Laurent Tourondel, Charlotte March, and Quentin Bacon
- Harvest to Heat: Cooking with America’s Best Chefs, Farmers, and Artisans, Darryl Estrine, Kelly Kochendorfer, and Alice Waters
- In Season: Cooking with Vegetables and Fruits, Sarah Raven *
- Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America’s Farmers Markets, Deborah Madison (100% vegetarian)
- Lucid Food: Cooking for an Eco-Conscious Life, Louisa Shafia
- Miss Dahl’s Voluptuous Delights, Sophie Dahl *
- Plenty, Yotam Ottolenghi (100% vegetarian) *
- Ripe, Nigel Slater
- The Santa Monica Farmer’s Market Cookbook, Amelia Saltsman
- Super Natural Every Day, Heidi Swanson (100% vegetarian)
- Tender, Nigel Slater *
- The Urban Pantry, Amy Pennington and Della Chen
- Veganomicon, Isa Moskowitz and Terry Romero (100% vegan, very GF-friendly)
- Very Fond of Food, Sophie Dahl *
BRUNCH, BREAD, BAKING, CHOCOLATE
- Alice’s Tea Cup, Haley Fox and Lauren Fox *
- A Baker’s Tour, Nick Malagieri
- Baking, Dorie Greenspan
- The Bread Book, Sara Lewis
- Breakfast, Lunch, Tea, Rose Carrarini
- Chocolate, Cook’s Library
- Chocolate: A Love Story, Max Brenner *
- The Cookie and Biscuit Bible, Catherine Atkinson *
- Dessert University, Roland Mesnier
- Desserts to Die For, Marcel Desauliniers
- Discover Chocolate, Clay Gordon
- The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook, Elana Amsterdam (100% GF)
- Junior’s Cheesecake Cookbook, Alan Rosen, Beth Allen, and Mark Mark Ferri
- The King Arthur Flour 200th Anniversary Cookbook
- Pillsbury Best Desserts
- Rose’s Heavenly Cakes, Rose Levy Beranbaum
- Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey, Jill O’Connor and Leigh Beisch *
- Tartine, Elisabeth Prueitt, Chad Robertson, France Ruffenach, and Alice Waters *
BOOKS ABOUT FOOD (WITH RECIPES DISPERSED)
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver
- French Women Don’t Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano
- French Women For All Seasons, Mireille Guiliano
- Life is Meals: A Food Lover’s Book of Days, James Salter and Kay Salter
- M. F. K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans: Celebrating Her Kitchens, Joan Reardon
- My Life in France, Julia Child and Alex Prud’Homme
- The Physiology of Taste, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
BOOKS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY WORLDVIEW
- Comfortably Unaware, Richard A. Oppelander
- In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, Michael Pollan
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- The World Peace Diet, Dr. Will Tuttle
WISH-LIST (BOOKS I WILL CERTAINLY OWN AT SOME POINT)
- The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts, Jennifer May
- The Blackberry Farm Cookbook: Four Seasons of Great Food and the Good Life, Sam Beall
- Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia, Naomi Duguid
- The Italian Farmer’s Table: Authentic Recipes and Local Lore from Northern Italy, Matthew Scialabba
- La Tartine Gourmand: Recipes for an Inspired Life, Béatrice Peltre
- Love, Laughter, and Lunch, Helen Tsanos Sheinman
- Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child
- Mediterranean Street Food, Anissa Helou
- My Vietnam: Stories and Recipes, Luke Nguyen
- Radically Simple, Rozanne Gold
Great organized list of recommendations!