25 Best Cookbooks Everyone Should Have in Their Kitchen
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Today we are sharing the 25 best cookbooks everyone should have in their kitchen!
Over the years we have become a bit obsessed with collecting cookbooks and a lot of these we are sharing today are one’s that we own!
Cookbooks can spark inspiration that can challenge you to make dishes you never thought you could serve. You may even find a cookbook that makes you fall in love with being in the kitchen!
All the more, cookbooks can be conversation pieces and can serve a decoration. If you are not much of a cook, many (if not all) of these cookbooks we have listed here today are great visuals that can be pieces of art and conversation in your home. Place them on your coffee table for casual reading or arrange them as decoration on your kitchen counter as a focal point.
The list we have put together is so versatile, we think there is a cookbook for every person – whether you like sweets, are needing to follow a special diet, wanting unique recipes, we have you covered!!
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The Best Cookbooks Online
1. Eat Smart by Niomi Smart
This book has 140 plant-based recipes with unique flavor combinations and creative ingredients in each delicious recipe. A great go to for a plant-based mac and cheese, smoothies and oatmeal.
2. The Honeysuckle Cookbook by Dzung Lewis
Dzung is a foodie, recipe creator and founder of the Honeysuckle Youtube channel. Her recipe book incorporates Vietnamese recipes with a modern twist.
3. Sweet Laurel by Laurel Gallucci and Claire Thomas
Laurel Gallucci is the owner of the LA based bakery Sweet Laurel Bakery. She has truly mastered the art of baking recipes that are grain-free, refined sugar free and paleo and shares those recipes in this book.
4. Sweet Laurel Savory by Laurel Fallucci and Claire Thomas
After the success of her Sweet Laurel sweets cookbook, she launched her Sweet Laurel Savory cookbook THIS YEAR! This book is filled with grain-free, refined sugar free and paleo breakfasts, lunches, and dinners.
5. Half Baked Harvest by Teighan Gerard
We of course had to give a shoutout to our girl Teighan Gerard, founder of Half Baked Harvest food blog and author of two cookbooks. This book provides 150 simple, flavorful homestyle meals perfect for any night of the week.
6. Platters and Boards by Westerhausen Worcel
This book will spark inspiration for charcuterie boards or spreads fit for any occasion. Flipping through the pages, you will find presentation tips, recipes and beautiful images of dreamy platters and boards.
7. Cookie Perfection by Martha Stewart
Who doesn’t love cookies?? This book elevates the cookie “game” with over 100 cookie recipes that are sure to redefine what a cookie should be!
8 & 9. Magnolia Table Volume 1 and 2 by Joanna Gaines
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Both books bring to life all of the home cooked meals she has made through the years. Both books are focused on making recipes that will bring people together around the table to enjoy good food and company.
10. Joy Bauer’s Superfood!: 150 Recipes for Eternal Youth
Joy Bauer pulls from her expertise as a dietitian to create colorful, super-food-packed recipes! We bought our mom this book for her birthday and she loves it!
11. The Lost Kitchen by Erin French
Erin French a chef and owner of the Lost Kitchen in Freedom, Maine where she works with local farmers to create dishes with what is in season. Her cookbook is filled with the farm to table recipes she shares for many at her restaurant each year.
12. Modern Comfort Food by Barefoot Contessa
Barefoot Contessa gives recipes with a modern twist to the comfort food dishes we all know and love. This book holds 85 new elevated comfort food dishes.
13. New world Sourdough: Artisan Techniques for Creative Homemade Fermented Breads by Bryan Ford
Who else made sourdough bread during quarantine like we did? Bryan Ford, known as @artisanbryan on social media has gained a following making and sharing his sourdough bread creations. This cookbook gives step-by-step instructions on how to bake perfect sourdough creation at home.
14. Eat Better, Feel Better: My Recipes for Wellness and Healing, Inside and Out by Giada De Laurentiis
We mentioned this cookbook in our Mother’s Day Gift Guide earlier this year! This book is filled with recipes designed to better your health and make you feel better, through your food choices. Giada pulls influence from her Italian background and years of cooking professionally to put together 100 new beautiful and healthy recipes.
15. The Blue Zones Kitchen by Dan Buettner
Blue Zones are locations around the world where quality of life and longevity are the highest. All the ingredients used in these recipes have been proven to increase life quality – boosting health, longevity and mood.
16. Just the Good Stuff by Racheal Mansfeild
This book provides recipes that balance comfort food with better-for- you ingredients. The author of this book does not follow a certain diet but includes flavorful grain-free, gluten free, and paleo recipes.
17. Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman
Alison Roman is a chef based out of Booklyn and author of two cookbooks filled with simple recipes for any sort of gathering at home. Recipes don’t have to be complicated to make an impact. Celebrate any night of the week with these recipes!
18. Well + Good by Alexia Brue
Well + Good is the go to site for all things trendy in the health and wellness world- skincare, food and nutrition, exercise and so much more! The founders of this site have beautifully executed this book , including over 100 recipes and calling on experts for wellness advice.
19. It’s Not Complicated by Katie Lee Biegel
Katie Lee Biegel is probably best known for her appearance on Food Network’s the Kitchen. With each recipe, Katie focuses on comforting foods and simple ingredients to make life easier, because life is already complicated as is!
20. Mandy’s Gourmet Salads by Mandy Wolfe, Rebecca Wolfe, Meredith Erickson
Who said salads had to be boring??? Mandy and Rebecca Wolfe are sisters who opened the first salad bar in Montreal. Learn to make amazing salads with their recipes and tips to create the perfect flavor and texture salad combination.
21. The Well Plated Cookbook by Erin Clarke
Erin Clark is the founder of the Well Plated food blog. Her book includes, budget-friendly, quick, one-pan dishes that are so tasty!
22. The Little Women Cookbook by Jenne Berstrom, Miko Osada
This book is such a fun concept, especially for anyone who is a fan of little women. This book is filled with history and inspired by the March sisters. It even includes a quiz to see which sister you are most similar to and what recipes each character would whip up!
23. Plant Over Processed by Andrea Hannemann
She tells the story of how removing processed foods and switching to a plant based diet changed her life and provides plant-based recipes and gorgeous looking recipes.
24. Vibrant and Pure by Adeline Waugh
Flipping through this book is just so happy! This is book provides 80 recipes that show cooking can be super simple, fun and colorful.
25. Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Lousette Bertholle, Simone Beck. Knopf
We had to throw in a Julia Child Cookbook , because no kitchen is complete without a Julia Child’s cookbook! Highly educational and pure perfection.
That’s all for 25 of the Best Cookbook Online! We hope you feel inspired and invited to create a meal for you, your friends and family! Food is a love language, and these cookbooks surely help feed the soul in ways that other things can not!
This post is about the best cookbooks.