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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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...
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...

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