A Baker's Dozen - Books for World Baking Day!

Did you know May 18th is World Baking Day? Check out one of these books and celebrate with your own homecooked project!

Updated May 14, 2025
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An African American cookbook : exploring Black history and culture through traditional foods
Bailey, Phoebe
Paper Book
400 Soul Food Recipes for Appetizers, Main Meals, Breads, Pies, Cakes, Salads, and More! An African American Cookbook: Exploring Black History and Culture Through Traditional Foods is a bountiful collection of favorite foods and the memories that go with them. The...
Bake! : essential techniques for perfect baking
Malgieri, Nick.
Paper Book
After 30 years of teaching and writing eight cookbooks, Malgieri shares a collection of 20 essential techniques, with three to five variations thereof--outlining the easiest way to learn the essentials of baking.
Baking
Peterson, James.
Paper Book
The learn-to-bake master class in a book. The craft of baking is based on good technique. Learn the fundamentals well, and you can bake perfect cakes, cookies, tarts, breads, and pastries each and every time. That's the premise of Baking, revered cooking teacher...
Baking School : lessons and recipes for every baker
King Arthur Baking Company
Paper Book
A Food & Wine Best Cookbook of 2022 Baking is a craft, one that has been celebrated by King Arthur Baking Company for more than two centuries. Their Baking School, an essential part of the King Arthur community, is now a book to cherish. It reflects a curriculum that has been honed and...
The big book of amazing cakes
Paper Book
THE BRAND-NEW OFFICIAL BAKING SHOW BOOK!   The ultimate cake-baking bible: the first official, Americanized cookbook from The Great British Baking Show   The Big Book of Amazing Cakes brings the magic of ...
Big book of bread : 125+ recipes for every baker
Battilana, Jessica
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller * USA TODAY Bestseller * Publishers Weekly Bestseller Named One of the Best Cookbooks of the Year by: New York magazine, The Readable Feast, AOL, Here & Now From the beloved baking...
The elements of pizza : unlocking the secrets to world-class pies at home
Forkish, Ken
Paper Book
The James Beard and IACP Award-winning author of Flour Water Salt Yeastand one of the most trusted baking authorities in the country proves that amazing pizza is within reach of any home cook. "If there were ever to be a bible for all things pizza-and I mean all things...
Flour water salt yeast : the fundamentals of artisan bread and pizza
Forkish, Ken.
Paper Book
From Portland's most acclaimed and beloved baker comes this must-have baking guide, featuring recipes for world-class breads and pizzas and a variety of schedules suited for the home baker. There are few things more satisfying than biting into a freshly made, crispy-on-the-outside, soft...
The Great British baking show. Comfort bakes
Hollywood, Paul
Paper Book
The new Great British Baking Show book ties into the 2024 season of the UK's most popular cooking show. Indulge in the very best comfort bakes that you'll want to make time and again, with recipes from Paul, Prue and the bakers. This new book showcases 80 wonderful bakes...
Half baked harvest every day : recipes for balanced, flexible, feel-good meals
Gerard, Tieghan
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . More than 120 all-new recipes that will leave everyone feeling good, from crowd-pleasers with a healthier twist to family favorites you can rely on every day-from the author of Half Baked Harvest Super Simple. Balanced. Bold....
Nadiya bakes
Hussain, Nadiya
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The host of the beloved Netflix series Time to Eat and Nadiya Bakes and winner of The Great British Baking Show returns to her true love, baking, with more than 100 delicious, Americanized recipes for sweet treats. ...
Sweet tooth : 100 desserts to save room for
Fennel, Sarah
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . 100 stunning, delicious,must-bake recipes for everyone who saves room for dessertfrom the wildly popular baker and social media star behind Broma Bakery. "These are recipes to make us happy from morning to midnight. Sweet Tooth is like...
Turkuaz kitchen : traditional & modern dough recipes for sweet & savory bakes
Tunç, Bëtul
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In her first cookbook, social media star and baker Betül Tunç of Turkuaz Kitchen shares 85 recipes for sweet and savory doughs and the dishes to make with them. Betül Tunç's love affair with dough began when she was just eight years...

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