Our Favorite Cookbooks

Expand your meal rotation, find new recipes for upcoming celebrations, and more with these librarian-recommended cookbooks!

Updated October 28, 2024
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How to cook everything : simple recipes for great food
Bittman, Mark
Paper Book
The ultimate kitchen companion, completely updated and better than ever, now for the first time featuring color photos   For twenty years, Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything has been the definitive guide to simple home cooking. This new edition has been...
Thanksgiving : how to cook it well
Sifton, Sam.
Paper Book
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY EATER.COM From one of America's finest food writers, the founder of The New York Times Cooking section, comes a definitive, timeless guide to Thanksgiving dinner--preparing it, surviving it, and pulling it off in style.
Gooseberry Patch big book of holiday cooking : celebrate year-round with favorite family recipes
Paper Book
Celebrate the holidays with Gooseberry Patch's biggest collection of holiday recipes throughout the entire year. Loyal fans of Gooseberry Patch and new readers alike will delight in this must-have cookbook with delicious home-cooked holiday meals to celebrate with family and friends.
Simply delicious diabetes cookbook : 160+ nutritious recipes for foods you love
Paper Book
160+ delicious, easy and surprisingly healthy recipes for managing diabetes Managing diabetes doesn't have to feel overwhelming or even like you're depriving yourself. Betty Crocker Simply Delicious Diabetes Cookbook offers 162 easy, delicious recipes to help you enjoy a...
Corn dance : inspired First American cuisine
Oden, Loretta Barrett
Paper Book
Growing up in Shawnee, Oklahoma, among a host of grandmothers and aunties, Loretta Barrett Oden learned the lessons and lore of Potawatomi cooking, along with those of her father's family, whose ancestors arrived on the Mayflower. This rich cultural blend came to bear in the iconic restaurant she...
Tasty latest & greatest : everything you want to cook right now
Paper Book
Tasty, BuzzFeed's popular cooking brand, delivers both comforting and healthy weeknight dinners for meat-lovers, vegetarians, and vegans alike, plus treats like ice cream, chocolate desserts, and rainbow recipes galore. You've been mesmerized by their top down recipe...
Rose's ice cream bliss
Beranbaum, Rose Levy
Paper Book
Foolproof recipes for homemade ice cream from best-selling author and "diva of desserts" Rose Levy Beranbaum With Rose's easy-to-follow, meticulously tested, and innovative recipes, perfect ice creams and other frozen treats are simple to churn up anytime....
The Sioux chef's indigenous kitchen
Sherman, Sean
Paper Book
2018 James Beard Award Winner: Best American Cookbook Named one of the Best Cookbooks of 2017 by NPR, The Village Voice, Smithsonian Magazine, UPROXX, New York Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Mpls. St. Paul...
Simple fruit : seasonal recipes for baking, poaching, sautéing, and roasting
Pfalzer, Laurie
Paper Book
Whip up over 50 fruit-forward recipes that are 'pear-fect' for any occasion-with preparation tips, vibrant photos, equipment recommendations, and more Some fruits are at their best when eaten fresh, while others reveal their truest and most delicious flavor when cooked....
Cooking from the heart : the Hmong kitchen in America
Scripter, Sami
Paper Book
The first cookbook of Hmong-American cuisine, filled with unique recipes and stories Simple, earthy, fiery, and fresh, Hmong food is an exciting but still little-known South Asian cuisine. In traditional Hmong culture, dishes are created and replicated not by exact measurements but by...
Seed to plate, soil to sky : modern plant-based recipes using Native American ingredients
Frank, Lois Ellen
Paper Book
This enriching cookbook celebrates eight important plants Native Americans introduced to the rest of the world: corn, beans, squash, chile, tomato, potato, vanilla, and cacao--with more than 100 recipes. When these eight Native American plants crossed the ocean after 1492, the world's...
Everyday grand : soulful recipes for celebrating life's big and small moments
Adams, Jocelyn Delk
Paper Book
"Jocelyn's infectious joy and love for food and family leap from the pages to your table. Your family will be begging for seconds in no time."-JENNIFER GARNER A joyous cookbook full of gratitude, positivity, and 80+ Southern-inspired comfort food recipesfrom the culinary sweetheart...
Totally kosher : tradition with a twist! 150+ recipes for the holidays and every day
Apfelbaum, Chanie
Paper Book
More than 150 fun, flavorful, and modern kosher recipes inspired by dishes from around the world-featuring quick-and-easy weekday meals, traditional recipes, and unfussy holiday dinners from the creator of the blog Busy in Brooklyn Known for bringing a trendy edge to...
New Native kitchen : celebrating modern recipes of the American Indian
Bitsoie, Freddie
Paper Book
From Freddie Bitsoie, the executive chef at Mitsitam Native Foods Café at the Smithsonian's Natural Museum of the American Indian, and James Beard Award-winning author James O. Fraioli, New Native Kitchen is a celebration of Indigenous cuisine. Offering delicious dishes like Cherrystone...
In winter's kitchen : growing roots and breaking bread in the northern heartland
Dooley, Beth
Paper Book
Beth Dooley arrived in Minnesota from her native New Jersey with preconceptions about the Midwestern food scene. Having learned to cook in her grandmother's kitchen, shopping at farm stands and making preserves, she couldn't help but wonder, "Do people here really eat swampy broccoli, iceberg...
Vegetables illustrated : an inspiring guide with 700+ kitchen-tested recipes
Paper Book
The only vegetables book you'll ever need reveals hundreds of ways to cook nearly every vegetable under the sun. We're all looking for interesting, achievable ways to enjoy vegetables more often. This must-have addition to your cookbook shelf has more than 700 kitchen-tested...

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