I’ve just had breakfast and I’m starving reading through this list. Everything sounds delicious. We will be coming here for recs as we choose our cookbook club books 😍
I have about 17 of these cookbooks. If I had to choose only one book, it would be “Six Seasons” by Joshua McFadden, because I love to cook seasonally, and it also has so many great sub-recipes, for flavorful additions.
It’s nearly impossible to choose just one cookbook—I will add that many of our family favorite recipes over the years have also come from Ina Garten cookbooks and Deb Perelman’s Smitten Kitchen cookbooks. Oh, and also, Vivian Howard’s “Deep Run Roots.”
I was surprised to see so many I know and so many I don’t.
I started to teach cooking to support my cookbook habit! I think I cook from a Vegan Richa book at least once a week, and Vegan Under Pressure by Jill Nussinow is my stalwart companion in the kitchen. So is Milk Street Fast and Slow. Andrea Nguyen introduced me to cooking the Vietnamese food I love and I use Evergreen Vietnamese and Vietnamese Food Anyday on the regular.
At times The Baker’s Dozen Cookbook, Bittersweet by Alice Medrich and the Bread Bible by Rose Levy Berenbaum scratch some of the baking itches, and the Ben and Jerry’s cookbook and Meredith McCarthy’s Sweet and Natural get use when I’m baking or making desserts. Crossroads by Tal Ronen or Veganomicon when I’m entertaining.
I’ve leaned on Myra Kornfeld The Voluptuous Vegan, Peter Berley’s The Modern Vegetarian and Flexitarian at others it’s been Isa Chandra Moscowitz - Appetite for Reduction or Vegan Cookies Take Over Your Cookie Jar.
(I teach Vegan cooking and I recommend Lucas Volger’s “Bowl” to everyone. In the same vein for omnivores Twelve recipes by Cal Paternelli and Samin Nosrat’s Salt Fat Acid Heat)
I have found that many people don’t like to cook from a cookbook, but that reading them and getting ideas is really helpful. Like looking at three different online recipes. And sometimes I follow the recipe to the letter… and sometimes I substitute like crazy.
What an amazing list - and resource!!
I’ve just had breakfast and I’m starving reading through this list. Everything sounds delicious. We will be coming here for recs as we choose our cookbook club books 😍
I have about 17 of these cookbooks. If I had to choose only one book, it would be “Six Seasons” by Joshua McFadden, because I love to cook seasonally, and it also has so many great sub-recipes, for flavorful additions.
It’s nearly impossible to choose just one cookbook—I will add that many of our family favorite recipes over the years have also come from Ina Garten cookbooks and Deb Perelman’s Smitten Kitchen cookbooks. Oh, and also, Vivian Howard’s “Deep Run Roots.”
I love Deep Run Roots!
The binding is falling apart on my copy, I’ve used it so much 🤣
YES! A cookbook lover's paradise!
This is INCREDIBLE OMG
What an incredible list! Thanks for taking the time to compile it. When cookbook authors recommend cookbooks it’s time to pay attention!
wow. THANK YOU!
This list is awesome. You will now find me in the land of Excel.
This list is a treasure trove!
I was surprised to see so many I know and so many I don’t.
I started to teach cooking to support my cookbook habit! I think I cook from a Vegan Richa book at least once a week, and Vegan Under Pressure by Jill Nussinow is my stalwart companion in the kitchen. So is Milk Street Fast and Slow. Andrea Nguyen introduced me to cooking the Vietnamese food I love and I use Evergreen Vietnamese and Vietnamese Food Anyday on the regular.
At times The Baker’s Dozen Cookbook, Bittersweet by Alice Medrich and the Bread Bible by Rose Levy Berenbaum scratch some of the baking itches, and the Ben and Jerry’s cookbook and Meredith McCarthy’s Sweet and Natural get use when I’m baking or making desserts. Crossroads by Tal Ronen or Veganomicon when I’m entertaining.
I’ve leaned on Myra Kornfeld The Voluptuous Vegan, Peter Berley’s The Modern Vegetarian and Flexitarian at others it’s been Isa Chandra Moscowitz - Appetite for Reduction or Vegan Cookies Take Over Your Cookie Jar.
(I teach Vegan cooking and I recommend Lucas Volger’s “Bowl” to everyone. In the same vein for omnivores Twelve recipes by Cal Paternelli and Samin Nosrat’s Salt Fat Acid Heat)
I have found that many people don’t like to cook from a cookbook, but that reading them and getting ideas is really helpful. Like looking at three different online recipes. And sometimes I follow the recipe to the letter… and sometimes I substitute like crazy.
Julie, I love your list! Definitely recommend tuning into the Gena Hamshaw episode if you have time!
That was my second thought after reading the list😊thanks for recommending!
What a fantastic resource!
I wish I could take a year off to read through each of these books!
omg how amazing that would be. There are so many cookbook-writing retreats but maybe we need to do a cookbook-reading retreat!!!
Love it!
YES I'M IN.