Best Cookbooks For Beginners

An air fryer is the latest kitchen must-have, and this is the recipe book to go with it. Similar to an oven, an air fryer utilizes convection heating to create deliciously crisp foods in no time without the added oil. Nutritionist Jenny Tschiesche has...

Featuring more than 125 recipes, My America is a celebration of the food of the African Diaspora, as handed down through Kwame Onwuachi’s own family history, spanning Nigeria to the Caribbean, the South to the Bronx, and beyond. From Nigerian Jollof,...

Bringing together authentic recipes from Italy, Greece, Provence, northern Africa, and the Middle East, DK’s Mediterranean Cookbook gives cooks the necessary tools to recreate the flavors of the Mediterranean in their own homes. Fresh, healthy,...

Invigorating authentic Southern soul cooking with new inspiration, acclaimed chef Deborah VanTrece elevates classic comfort food into unique, surprising dishes worth celebrating. Across bountiful chapters studded with vibrant photography, The Twisted...

This cookbook was just what I needed to begin using my Le Creuset...

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Pros: recipes, gift, layout

Not a Book for Ooni Beginners...

I don't recommend the book for beginners....Cookbook...It's a cookbook

Pros: recipes, ideas, versatility

Delight family and friends with edible gifts and whip up some delicious baked goods to treat yourself through the long winter months after the holidays have ended courtesy of this cookbook from author of the Vanilla Bean Blog, Sarah Kieffer. With cozy...

For decades, Staub has been an international leader and tastemaker in the world of cookware. Made in France, the company’s cast iron graces the shelves of top chefs as well as home cooks. But Staub isn’t just gourmet kitchenware. It inspires...

Pros: recipes, size, design

For Alex Guarnaschelli—whose mother edited the seminal 1997 edition of The Joy of Cooking, which defined the food of the late twentieth century—a life in food and cookbooks was almost predestined. Now an accomplished chef and author in her...

Great Cookbook...Have purchased two more as gifts for Christmas.

Pros: recipes, size, shape

Superstar chef Alex Stupak’s love of real Mexican food quite literally changed his life; it caused him to quit the world of fine-dining pastry and open the smash-hit restaurant Empellón Taqueria in New York City. Now he’ll change the...

Pros: recipes, variety

Throughout her career, Toni Tipton-Martin has shed new light on the history, breadth, and depth of African American cuisine. She’s introduced us to black cooks, some long forgotten, who established much of what’s considered to be our national cuisine....

Featured in the New York Times, Food & Wine, Wall Street Journal, Wine Enthusiast, The Kitchn, Cup of Jo, Food52 and The Today Show and nominated for a 2020 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Cookbooks.

Organized into seven chapters and introducing innovative...

Named one of Bon Appetit's Best Cookbooks of Spring 2023 and one of Forbes Best Cookbooks of Spring 2023

From Sarah Kieffer, the beloved baker behind the bestselling 100 Cookies and Baking for the Holidays, and the popular Vanilla Bean Blog, here are...

James Beard Award winner Kevin Pang and his dad Jeffrey, hosts of the hit America’s Test Kitchen series Hunger Pangs, show you the way to delicious Chinese cooking in this accessible, funny, heartfelt cookbook.

From American Chinese classics to Sichuan...

James Beard Award winning author Georgeanne Brennan shares a lifetime of French farmhouse cooking—combining ingredients from forest, field, sea, and stream—in casual meals for friends and family. Following an approach to daily cooking that’s rooted firmly...

The classic Spanish crowd-pleaser – over 50 recipes including meat, fish and veggie versionsWith beautiful photography throughout, and straightforward, step-by-step instructions, Paella is a joy to cook from and an essential for every kitchen shelf.

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In this stunning and deeply heartfelt tribute to Black culinary ingenuity, Bryant Terry captures the broad and divergent voices of the African Diaspora through the prism of food. With contributions from more than 100 Black cultural luminaires from around...

Whether you’re new to plant-based eating or already a convert, when you cook vegan with Charity Morgan—private chef to elite athletes and rock stars—you may be leaving out the meat, dairy, and eggs, but you won’t be missing out on the flavor and indulgence...

My only request is that someone please write a Breville Fast Slow Pro cookbook. There are so many for the competing manufacturer out there (now that fast/slow is all the rage) it would be nice for those of use who stay loyal to Breville to have a cookbook...

Pros: versatility, easy to use, convenience

My boyfriend and I have never had a home setup like this before and as beginners, this was a good option for us. We were able to make delicious espresso without too much effort and this machine looks great in the kitchen. ...This machine makes the best...

Pros: built-in grinder, easy to use, barista kit

Bob Kramer's Stropping Block is a must for any serious kitchen....The last step in polishing off a sharp edge on knives is the stopping block. This one is perfect for the job....Just like in old timey barber shoppes the leather strop puts the best finishing...

Pros: easy to use, quality, mirror finish

Voted one of the best cookbooks of the year by Epicurious and The New York Times, Simple Pasta is a gorgeous collection of simple, tasty pasta recipes you’ll return to again and again, any night of the week, from the author of the beloved Simple Cake...

I also got the Staub cookbook and have been enjoying using this cocotte with new recipes. ...Great for so many things!...I also bought the Staub cookbook and I have been working my way through it.

Pros: size, versatility, color