Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
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.
Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza
Truly the go-to for perfecting homemade breads. It has a cult following for good reason! From baker’s percentages to hydration ratios, there’s no better introduction to the science behind delicious fresh bread out of your own oven.
Half Baked Harvest Cookbook: Recipes from My Barn in the Mountains
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!
Joy the Baker 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.
Half Baked Harvest Super Simple
Round two of Half Baked Harvest, this time even easier! More craveable comfort foods in the form of one-pot meals, night-before prep, and slow cooked goodness.
Joy the Baker Over Easy
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.
Scandinavian Comfort Food: Embracing the Art of Hygge
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.
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
Dream cookbook for every science-loving kitchen nerd! J. Kenji López-Alt is the managing culinary director of Serious Eats, so you know he knows what he’s talking about – and then some.
Love Real Food
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.
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
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.
Forest Feast Gatherings: Simple Vegetarian Menus for Hosting Friends & Family
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.
Modern Native Feasts: Healthy, Innovative, Sustainable Cuisine
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.
The Flavor Bible
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.
Delicious Iceland: Tales of Unique Northern Delicacies
I picked this up on my first visit to Iceland. Lots of background on native ingredients interwoven with beautiful storytelling and culture.
Messipes: A Microwave Cookbook of Deliciously Messy Masterpieces
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!