Cookbooks
March 2026
New Releases
The Complete Grilling and Barbecue Cookbook: 400+ Recipes Plus Techniques, Tools, and Science by America's Test Kitchen
The Complete Grilling and Barbecue Cookbook: 400+ Recipes Plus Techniques, Tools, and Science
by America's Test Kitchen

The only grilling cookbook you'll ever need: Explore the full range of grilling, grill-roasting, smoking, and regional barbecue with 400+ recipes for every outdoor cook. 30 years of expertise and innovation from the people you trust to deliver recipes that work--the first time and every time. From America's Test Kitchen to your backyard, a complete grilling and barbecue education between two covers. Whether you're a casual griller, barbecue enthusiast, or pitmaster, this cookbook will level up your game so you can pull off any recipe--even an entire meal, from Charred Pineapple Margaritas to Green Chile Cheeseburgers with Sweet Potatoes to a grilled Rustic Summer Fruit Tart--without breaking a sweat.
The Scone Queen Bakes: 100 Recipes for Scones, Muffins, Cookies, and Cakes from the Founder of the Hungry Gnome: A Cookbook by Danielle Sepsy
The Scone Queen Bakes: 100 Recipes for Scones, Muffins, Cookies, and Cakes from the Founder of the Hungry Gnome: A Cookbook
by Danielle Sepsy

When Danielle Sepsy started baking scones for friends, she had no idea that one day she would have her own successful whole-sale and online bakery, The Hungry Gnome--or that her scones would be sold in hundreds of coffee shops all over the tristate area and celebrated on a hit television show. Here, in her long-awaited first cookbook, The Scone Queen Bakes, Sepsy gives us over 100 delightful recipes for scones, muffins, cookies, bars, breads, snacking cakes and other sweet treats.
The Build Your Bowl Salad Cookbook: 75 Recipes for Healthy Salad Bowls to Support Everyday Wellness by Nina Cherie Franklin
The Build Your Bowl Salad Cookbook: 75 Recipes for Healthy Salad Bowls to Support Everyday Wellness
by Nina Cherie Franklin

Embrace the joy of salad making and learn how to build balanced nutrient-dense bowls to support your lifelong wellness goals.

In today’s fast-paced world, making confident, healthy food choices can be challenging. With conflicting advice and diet trends flooding the wellness industry, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. The Build Your Bowl Salad Cookbook bridges the gap between short-term diets and long-term wellness, offering a sustainable path to health through the art of salad making.
I Sleep in My Kitchen: Comfort Food Recipes from My Palestinian American Home: A Cookbook by Mariam Daud
I Sleep in My Kitchen: Comfort Food Recipes from My Palestinian American Home: A Cookbook
by Mariam Daud

In I Sleep in My Kitchen, she offers a collection of the recipes that have shaped her life--dishes that carry the flavors of her heritage and the ease and creativity of a home cook who simply loves to feed others, from cherished classics like her mother's irresistible Cheese Fatayer, a savory cheese-stuffed pastry, to her takes on everyday favorites like Triple Stack Smash Burgers or tender, pull-apart Cinnamon Rolls.

At the heart of I Sleep in My Kitchen are the flavors Mariam Daud grew up with in her Palestinian American home, including celebratory dishes like Msakhan, the national dish of Palestine, of soft flatbread, caramelized onions, tender stewed chicken, and toasted pine nuts, alongside playful recipes infused with Middle Eastern flavor, like her Mediterranean Pasta Salad with Sumac-Vinaigrette, and Tahini Browned Butter Banana Bread.
Maxi's Kitchen: Easy Go-To Recipes to Make Again and Again: A Cookbook by Maxine Sharf
Maxi's Kitchen: Easy Go-To Recipes to Make Again and Again: A Cookbook
by Maxine Sharf

Find your go-to dishes for every day of the week with simple, delicious recipes from the creator of Maxi's Kitchen. Culinary creator Maxine Sharf has built a community of over 4 million people who trust her for recipes that strike the perfect balance between healthy and comforting. Her debut cookbook is all about finding your weekly go-tos: the easy, delicious recipes that you'll make on repeat to nourish yourself and your family. Maxi's Kitchen is organized by day of the week, with intentions for each day that help you pick the perfect recipe to match your mood. 
Let's Get Cooking: Everyday Meals, Tipsy Favorites and Comfort Food Cravings (a Cookbook) by Remi Cruz Parsons
Let's Get Cooking: Everyday Meals, Tipsy Favorites and Comfort Food Cravings (a Cookbook)
by Remi Cruz Parsons

Remi Cruz Parsons, social media star behind the multi-platform Cooking with Remi, shares her first cookbook, filled with flavorful and accessible recipes for having fun in the kitchen no matter your skill level. Growing up in a Korean American household in Southern California, Remi's earliest memories were steeped in the flavors and creativity of her mother's cooking. Dishes like Korean short ribs and kimchi pancakes filled the family table, fostering a deep cultural appreciation that would later fuel her passion for food. When she began her own solo cooking adventure, trial and error evolved into a joyful exploration of recipes allowing Remi to become inventive in the kitchen. Since 2021, Remi has captured her journey on her multi-platform brand Cooking with Remi but now, she invites us to discover our own confidence in the kitchen with Let's Get Cooking.
Home cooking? In this economy?
Well fed, flat broke : recipes for modest budgets and messy kitchens by Emily Wight
Well fed, flat broke : recipes for modest budgets and messy kitchens
by Emily Wight

In this winsome cookbook, blogger Emily Wight offers fantastic recipes, ideas, and advice on how to prepare imaginative, nutritious, and delectable meals without breaking the bank. Perfect for students, families, and anyone on a budget, Well-Fed, Flat Broke proves that while you may occasionally be flat broke, you can always be well fed.
The Affordable Feasts Collection : Budget-Friendly Family Meals by Canadian Living Test Kitchen
The Affordable Feasts Collection : Budget-Friendly Family Meals
by Canadian Living Test Kitchen

The Affordable Feasts Collection brings together a selection of the best budget-friendly recipes created by The Canadian Living Test Kitchen. Each chapter focuses on a specific type of ingredient that's always reasonably priced -- ground meat, chicken thighs, beans, pasta, root veggies and more. The Test Kitchen dresses up these ingredients with inexpensive, flavourful pantry and freezer staples and affordable fresh ingredients, creating mouthwatering meals that taste like you spent a fortune. 
Hack Your Cupboard: Make Great Food with What You've Got by Carla Carreon
Hack Your Cupboard: Make Great Food with What You've Got
by Carla Carreon

One of the most important concepts in this book is the idea of hacking your recipes and using what you have on hand. Hacking involves thinking about what you like to eat and how it might improve the dish you’re cooking. It's not always easy to try out a new recipe, but sticking to what you know and love can get pretty boring.
The Waste Not, Want Not Cookbook : Save Food, Save Money, and Save the Planet by Cinda Chavich
The Waste Not, Want Not Cookbook : Save Food, Save Money, and Save the Planet
by Cinda Chavich

Imagine going to the supermarket and buying three bags full of food but then dropping one in the parking lot before driving away. With the amount of food we waste, it's like we all do the equivalent of that every single week.

Forty percent of food is wasted in North America. When you drop leftovers into the household trash or even the compost pile, not only are you emptying your wallet, you are also contributing to global warming. It's time to get smarter about sustainable consumerism.
Taste of Home Affordable Eats: 237 All Time Favorites That Won't Break the Bank by null
Taste of Home Affordable Eats: 237 All Time Favorites That Won't Break the Bank
by Book Author

This Taste of Home book shows you how to eat right when cash is tight. Chicken Enchiladas, Pizza Casserole, Creamy Fettuccine, Peanut Butter Dump Cake...whip them up with a few bills and some change. You'll even find bargain breakfasts and inexpensive lunch ideas that cash in on flavor without breaking the bank. 
Spend with Pennies Everyday Comfort: Family Dinner Recipes from Fresh to Cozy: A Cookbook by Holly Nilsson
Spend with Pennies Everyday Comfort: Family Dinner Recipes from Fresh to Cozy: A Cookbook
by Holly Nilsson

For over a decade, Holly Nilsson's website Spend with Pennies has been a go-to source for tried-and-true family recipes. In her debut cookbook, Holly shares ... comforting dinner recipes from fresh to cozy--as well as a few favorite desserts to end the meal on a sweet note. ... These are recipes made for real life, designed to meet you where you are in the kitchen. With chapters like Weeknight Quick Fixes, Slow Down Sunday Suppers, and When All You Have Is Chicken, you'll never be left wondering what's for dinner.
Cook More, Waste Less: Zero-Waste Recipes to Use Up Groceries, Tackle Food Scraps, and Transform Leftovers by Christine Tizzard
Cook More, Waste Less: Zero-Waste Recipes to Use Up Groceries, Tackle Food Scraps, and Transform Leftovers
by Christine Tizzard

An indispensable cookbook of delicious, flexible recipes, and easy, everyday solutions to reduce the amount of food waste you produce--for life. THE STATS ON FOOD WASTE ARE STAGGERING: currently one-third of all the food produced in the world is thrown away. Going zero-waste with food isn't some-thing we'll reach overnight, nor is it a hard and fast rule; but it's something we should all be moving towards--to help the environment, and our own wallets too! 
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