Cookbook Favorites


Half Baked Harvest: Recipes from My Barn in the Mountains	Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking	Scandinavian Comfort Food: Embracing the Art of Hygge
This cookbook soared to the top of my most-loved list as soon as it came out! Tieghan writes a gorgeous blog at Half Baked Harvest and her first cookbook is full of her best cozy, delicious mountain fare Every picture is drool-worthy!	The new bible for learning to cook intuitively! This book is as close as you can get to having a personal chef instruct you in your own kitchen. Colorful, fun illustrations and hilarious commentary trick you into learning the science behind cooking.	The cookbook equivalent of wrapping yourself in a soft blanket by a roaring fire. Every page is personal, with sections like “What I Eat During The Day” and “Friends Over For Christmas Lunch”. Perfectly defines cozy comfort food.

Joy the Baker Cookbook	Joy the Baker Over Easy	The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
Joy the Baker was one of the very first food bloggers I started following. Her recipes are fresh and creative, her sweet personality shines, and she is the absolute queen of baked goods. I trust her absolutely on all things baked.	Joy’s weekly Let It Be Sunday posts always leave me wishing we could meet up for brunch, so this is the next best thing – I swear I want to devour every single dish on these pages. Preferably with a cocktail in hand, Joy-style.	Like Joy, Deb is one of the OG food bloggers. I can’t count how many of her recipes I tried and learned from while I was learning to cook as a teenager. Smitten Kitchen helps us be kitchen fearless and makes entertaining feel easy.

Love Real Food: More Than 100 Feel-Good Vegetarian Favorites	Modern Native Feasts: Healthy, Innovative, Sustainable Cuisine	The Forest Feast Gatherings: Simple Vegetarian Menus
Cookie + Kate is one of the most-loved vegetarian food blogs for a good reason! Super-approachable vegetarian recipes to keep your body happy, whether you’re vegetarian or not.	We need so many more Native American recipes – here’s a good start from a member of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. Traditional recipes slightly updated for health & modern day.	Is it inappropriate to call this cookbook porn? I don’t care, every page is so gorgeously illustrated! Each vegetarian recipe is handwritten over photos with creative drawings.

The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science	The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity	Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give a F*ck
Dream cookbook for every science-loving kitchen nerd! Kenji is the managing culinary director of Serious Eats, so you know he knows what he’s talking about – and then some.	I love the phrase “culinary creativity” – that’s what cooking is all about! If you’ve ever wondered what flavors to pair together or why a certain dish works, this is the book for you.	Ever wish that vegan cooking was just more in-your-face hardcore? Inspiring you to “eat some goddamn vegetables” and take charge of creating delicious healthy food on a budget.

Delicious Iceland: Tales of Unique Northern Delicacies	Messipes: A Microwave Cookbook of Deliciously Messy Masterpieces
I picked this up on my first visit to Iceland. Lots of background on native ingredients interwoven with beautiful storytelling and culture.	I just had to include my very first cookbook! Every Saturday my parents would wake up to a new concoction. So much fun and perfect for young kids!