Looking to wow the folks you’re feeding or those in your holiday shopping gift lists? Look no further than these new culinary stars of the bookshelf.
We know we shouldn’t play favorites, but when we’re not completely wrapped up in a perfect new novel, we love nothing more than to page through an excellent new cookbook to both decompress, as well as to find kitchen inspiration. This year served up some real stunners, no matter who you’re cooking for, where, or when. Gastro veterans, a star of the small screen, a restaurant genius, a healthful cooking pro — take your pick from this beautiful bounty. Whether you buy for another or yourself is up to you. (We won't judge.)
The New Whole30: The Definitive Plan to Transform Your Health, Habits, and Relationship with Food
by Melissa Urban
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The new and improved Whole30 program, featuring an updated approach to food freedom, the Original and Plant-Based programs, and over 100 new recipes
Do you struggle with cravings, blood sugar regulation, inflammation, fatigue, digestive issues, pain, or other symptoms? The Whole30 can help you discover the foods that are holding you back – in just 30 days.
Since 2009, the Whole30 program has helped millions of people radically transform their health, habits, and relationship with food and discover lasting food freedom. Grounded in nutrition and behavior-change science and fifteen years of clinical evidence, the Whole30 program has been praised by countless doctors and dietitians and is supported by thousands of glowing testimonials.
Inspired by her community, the newest research, and the ever-changing food landscape, Whole30 co-founder Melissa Urban has expanded the program to be even more accessible, supportive, and effective. In The New Whole30, you'll find completely updated rules, language, and success strategies for every phase of your journey. The book now includes two different programs, each with its own guidelines, resources, and recipes: the Original Whole30 (for omnivores) and the Plant-Based Whole30 (for vegans, vegetarians, or anyone exploring a plant-based diet). You'll also find more than 100 all-new recipes plus some updated Whole30 favorites, all of which are 100 percent gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, and free of added sugar.
In her signature direct and empathetic style, Urban distills more than a decade of expert knowledge and experience into the essential resource for Whole30 alumni and first-timers alike. The New Whole30 is sure to be your ultimate guide to success.
Big Bites: Wholesome, Comforting Recipes That Are Big on Flavor, Nourishment, and Fun: A Cookbook
by Kat Ashmore
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the creator of Kat Can Cook comes 110 simple, nourishing, mostly gluten-free recipes that are big on flavor and reimagine the concept of "healthy food."
Kat Ashmore's mission is to empower hungry readers everywhere to feed themselves and their loved ones well and have fun doing it. Rather than focusing on restriction or deprivation, she asks: What can we add to our plates? After she turned to TikTok for a creative outlet, her series of big, meal-in-a-bowl salads, known affectionately as "Hungry Lady Salads," went viral on social media, and she found a likeminded community of home cooks who wanted to fall in love with cooking again.
In Ashmore's debut cookbook, she shares 110 wholesome, comforting mostly gluten-free recipes that are full of flavor, nourishment, and fun – and meant to be devoured in big bites! With her signature personality and joy, this cookbook is a celebration of nature and seasonality and encourages home cooks to rethink familiar ingredients. From Hungry Lady Salads and weeknight dinners to snacks and desserts, Big Bites shares recipes for breakfasts like Avocado Toast with Hot Honey and Goat Cheese Fried Eggs;
snacks like Burrata with Roasted Grapes and 5-Minute Tzatziki; Hungry Lady Salads including Shaved Caesar Salad with Fennel and Crispy Chickpeas and Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Sesame Date Dressing; Sunday Suppers you'll love like The Ultimate Beef Meatloaf with Caramelized Onions and Horseradish and Crispy Cod Cakes with Tartar Sauce and more.
Bring joy back into your kitchen with Kat Ashmore and Big Bites!
Feeding Littles Lunches: 75+ No-Stress Lunches Everyone Will Love: Meal Planning for Kids
by Megan McNamee - Judy Delaware
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 75+ simple and delicious ideas for packed school lunches and snacks for kids of all ages, from the New York Times bestselling authors of Feeding Littles and Beyond.
In a lunch-packing rut? Megan McNamee and Judy Delaware, the founders of Feeding Littles, are here to help with the ultimate lunch box resource. Feeding Littles Lunches is complete with 75-plus lunches that are quick to assemble, safe and easy for kids of all ages to eat, and balanced in nutrients for growth, learning and play. Each lunch idea is easily modified for nine of the most common allergens and includes tips for picky eaters, plus vegetarian swaps and "I Can't Even" tips to make lunch packing even easier. Feeding Littles Lunches is not a recipe book because, let's face it, most parents don't want to spend hours packing lunches. Rather, it's an inspo book with a full-page photo for every lunch, meant to be used with your child as a visual reminder for delicious and easy new ideas that you can assemble from simple ingredients.
Feeding Littles Lunches also includes a lunch-packing formula to help you plan your own lunches, grocery lists, tips for dealing with cafeteria and school settings, picky eating, food safety, and more! With creative and approachable lunches like Chicken Salad with Mini Brioche Toasts, Sun Butter Banana Roll-Up "Sushi-Style," Build-Your-Own Naan Pizza, Leftover Burger Mini Sliders, Pesto Turkey Wrap Rounds, and more, you'll bring joy back to lunchtime.
Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook
by Yotam Ottolenghi
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The beloved author of Ottolenghi Flavor reimagines comfort food with over 100 global, personal recipes.
Yotam Ottolenghi – the beloved chef who has captured the hearts of homecooks looking for inspiration and great-tasting cooking – is back. In Ottolenghi Comfort, he brings his inspiring, flavor-forward cooking to comfort dishes.
With game-changing low-lift recipes as well as recipes to spend an afternoon on, Ottolenghi Comfort presents creative dishes that are comfortable to both cook and eat. In more than 100 recipes, Ottolenghi – and co-authors Helen Goh, Verena Lochmuller, and Tara Wigley – bring together childhood memories and travels around the world, celebrating food and friends and the connections they build together, ones to pass on from generation to generation.
For Ottolenghi, a bowl of pasta becomes Caramelized Onion Orecchiette with Hazelnuts & Crispy Sage, a warming soup is Cheesy Bread Soup with Savoy Cabbage & Cavolo Nero, and potatoes are transformed into Garlicky Aligot Potato with Leeks & Thyme. In Comfort, he tackles everything from crepes to hummus; lamb meatloaf to quick ramen; savory rugelah to chocolate mousse.
This is a book filled with meals that are easy and exciting, familiar and fresh, new and nostalgic, revelatory yet reassuring.
Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy: A Cookbook
by Tieghan Gerard
120+ recipes for delicious, soul-warming comfort food . . . and getting it ready in a hurry – from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Half Baked Harvest Every Day.
Colorful. Convenient. Comforting.
Mega-bestselling author Tieghan Gerard is busier than ever – always creating recipes, taking photographs, and collaborating with friends. In her fourth cookbook, she returns with a collection of more than 120 recipes that reflect the way she cooks now: simple ingredients, easy to get on the table, short on time yet big on flavor.
Having cooked for her large family from a young age, Tieghan loves the feeling of sharing great food – and now she wants to share that feeling with you. This collection leans into the comfort food she's known for, but with an eye toward getting it ready in a hurry. With many recipes doable in one pot or pan, most in under forty-five minutes, and a more-is-more focus on flavor (but not ingredients), you'll be feasting fast. Start your day with Maple Bacon Pancakes with Bourbon Maple Syrup, snack on Cheesy Roasted Shallot Bread, and make Garlic Butter Steak Bites with Bang Bang Sauce your family's new favorite. Enjoy delicious twists like Sheet Pan Mac & Cheese with All the Crispy Edges, and, of course, finish it all off with something sweet, like a Dark Chocolate Pistachio Cake with Cream Cheese Icing.
Relying on basic ingredients and Tieghan's signature knack for making sauces and dressings that you'll want to double to keep on hand at all times, these recipes will make your meals feel like a warm hug. If you've ever needed a belly full of comfort and a plate bursting with fresh, unexpected flavors – and wanted it all right now – Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy is for you.
Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat
by Emily Weinstein - New York Times Cooking New York Times Cooking
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Take the stress out of weeknights with 100 easy, quick, and flavorful recipes from NYT Cooking.
It's Tuesday, 4 p.m. What's for dinner? For busy people who want something good to eat, culinary powerhouse New York Times Cooking makes meal planning easy, with thousands of recipes to explore in the app. In Easy Weeknight Dinners, editor in chief Emily Weinstein has curated some of the greatest hits – 100 favorite dishes that you can make in as little as 10 minutes, from trusted writers Melissa Clark, Eric Kim, Yewande Komolafe, Ali Slagle, and more, served with mouth-watering photos and notes from the NYT Cooking community.
Organized by main ingredient, length of cooking time, and wow factor, you'll find truly fifteen-minute recipes, like Beef Short Rib Rice Bowls; sheet-pan miracles for easy clean-up, like Feta with Chickpeas and Tomatoes; minimum effort for maximum magic, like San Francisco-Style Vietnamese American Garlic Noodles; plate-licking sauces that steal the show, in Shrimp Fried Rice with Yum Yum Sauce.
Whether you're seeking a standout meal for one, crowd-pleasers for picky kids, or something special for company, Easy Weeknight Dinners offers versatile, flavor-packed meals for busy lives.
Sweet Tooth: 100 Desserts to Save Room For
by Sarah Fennel
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 100 stunning, delicious, must-bake recipes for everyone who saves room for dessert from the wildly popular baker and social media star behind Broma Bakery.
"These are recipes to make us happy from morning to midnight. Sweet Tooth is like being in the kitchen with Sarah, and that's a treat." –Dorie Greenspan, New York Times bestselling author of Baking with Dorie
Sarah Fennel began her website, Broma Bakery, as a hobby that combined her love of baked goods with her passion for photography. Soon, millions of readers fell in love with her reliable recipes for nostalgic desserts with a modern twist like Strawberry Shortcake Cake, Oatmeal Cream Cookies, and White Chocolate Brownies.
In Sweet Tooth, Sarah introduces brand-new recipes – like Espresso Martini Cake and Vanilla Bean-Blackberry Scones – and shares a few classic fan favorites too, including her Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in the World, shared, liked, and commented on by millions of fans. Whether you're a new or experienced baker, the tips and insights throughout the book will make your cakes fluffier and crusts flakier while building confidence along the way. With an essential baker's pantry and a guide to never overbaking again, Sarah sets you up for success with each recipe, from Small Batch Blueberry Muffins, a make-ahead Tiramisu Icebox Cake, and an impressive Apple Rose Tart for a crowd.
Irresistible, entertaining, and with "I can't believe it was so simple!" instructions, Sweet Tooth is for bakers of all levels. The only requirement? A deep, unwavering love for dessert.
The Four Horsemen: Food and Wine for Good Times from the Brooklyn Restaurant
by Nick Curtola - Gabe Ulla - James Murphy - Justin Chearno - Mike Paré
The highly anticipated cookbook from the Michelin-starred restaurant, written by acclaimed chef Nick Curtola, James Murphy, James Beard Award-winning wine director Justin Chearno, and co-author Gabe Ulla.
Much like the irresistibly warm restaurant that inspires it, The Four Horsemen: Food and Wine for Good Times is about more than just amazing food.
The story begins in 2014, when four friends with practically zero restaurant experience between them naively decided to open a restaurant in New York City. They called the place The Four Horsemen, and they hired a largely unknown chef, Nick Curtola, to lead its tiny kitchen. Even though they did almost everything wrong at the start, The Four Horsemen now has a Michelin star, a waiting list for tables seven nights a week, and a James Beard Award for the best wine program in the United States – not to mention a global reputation as a must-visit destination in New York City. Of Curtola's food, New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells wrote, in a glowing review, "The effortlessly casual plates are not, in fact, effortless or casual, a realization that only dawns on you as you're wondering why this sausage or that pickle is the best thing you've tasted in ages."
In the acclaimed restaurant's debut cookbook, Curtola explains his approach to simplicity with warmth, clarity, and more than 100 recipes. The book begins with a humorous and moving introduction by co-founder James Murphy, which sets the stage for Curtola's writing and recipes, casual and informative essays by natural wine pioneer Justin Chearno, and appearances by Murphy and Chearno's fellow horsemen Christina Topsøe and Randy Moon. Throughout, readers will also find suggestions related to a subject on which the four unwitting friends were experts long before they built the restaurant: how to have a bit of fun.
Sesame, Soy, Spice: 90 Asian-Ish Vegan and Gluten-Free Recipes to Reconnect, Root, and Restore
by Remy Morimoto Park
The social media star, recipe developer, and health blogger behind Veggiekins shares delicious vegan and gluten-free meals, influenced by her pan-Asian background and her personal journey to wellness.
Growing up in an international family, Remy Morimoto Park ate food from her parents' Korean, Japanese, and Taiwanese cultures; other family members' French and Brazilian origins; and close friends' Thai homes. When she began struggling with an eating disorder and problems with addiction, she turned to a vegan and gluten-free lifestyle and found herself drifting away from her family meals and childhood comfort foods, locking on to the cucumber sticks, grilled chicken salads, and bean burgers that dominate the popular diet and vegan spaces. But Remy's rejection of meat dishes, and frustration in finding vegan meals while eating out at Asian restaurants, put a stress on potential ways to connect with family members and her heritage.
Turning her old comfort foods into inspiration for new dishes, she was able to strengthen her relationship with food, a crucial part in her recovery from addiction and disordered eating. It also gave her opportunities to explore traditional vegan diets in her cultures, including Korean temple food, Japanese Buddhist cuisine, and Taiwanese faux meats, and she found that the compassionate lifestyle that is a part of veganism was a pillar in her recovery.
From breakfast to dessert and every meal in between, Sesame, Soy, Spice provides standout vegan and gluten-free recipes alongside thoughtful reflections on family, culture, and wellness. As Remy says, the recipes in this book are love letters to her family members, to the countries she's lived in, and to her teenage self--the one who thought she had to reject the food of her culture to live authentically for herself.
Come Hungry: Salads, Meals, and Sweets for People Who Live to Eat
by Melissa Ben-Ishay
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From Melissa Ben-Ishay – the co-founder of Baked by Melissa and creator of the viral Green Goddess Salad – comes an irresistible, veggie-packed cookbook with over 100 flavorful, nourishing recipes to inspire you to eat delicious meals that make you feel great.
When Melissa Ben-Ishay, the co-founder and CEO of bite-size cupcake empire Baked by Melissa, posted her vegan Green Goddess Salad on TikTok, it became a viral sensation. The recipe exploded online, gaining over 25 million views, landing Melissa on the TODAY Show, and inspiring fans like Cardi B and Lizzo to make their own version of the salad.
After the success of the Green Goddess Salad, Melissa continued to share her finely chopped, vegetable-focused recipes and inspired millions of fans to eat more greens with her flavorful, fresh creations. The meals all highlight Melissa's food philosophy: if you get your nourishment from mealtime, you can absolutely indulge in dessert every day, just like she does.
In Come Hungry, Melissa shares her favorite everyday recipes and tips for creating nourishing, delicious meals the whole family will love. With flavorful ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions, Melissa encourages home cooks of all levels to cook outside of their comfort zones and reveals her go-to techniques for creating the perfect bite. Packed with colorful, craveable recipes, Come Hungry offers a wide range of simple dishes for any diet.
From her grandmother's kitchen in the Catskills to her in-laws' home on the Mediterranean, Melissa features recipes inspired by meals that have shaped her as a cook and promote a veggie-packed way of eating, from mouthwatering toasts topped with leftovers to filling a pita with flavorful small plates. Ultimately, each and every recipe encourages creativity in the kitchen and invites the reader – as Melissa's family says to guests on their way for dinner – to come hungry.
I Love You: Recipes from the Heart
by Pamela Anderson
"Literally . . . the most beautiful cookbook I have ever seen. It is stunning." –Drew Barrymore
Join actress, activist, and New York Times bestselling author Pamela Anderson on a deeply personal culinary journey that harmonizes style, compassion, and the pleasures of plant-based cooking – "a gift to all families" (Booklist)
In a career spanning fame and activism, Pamela Anderson has ventured from a humble upbringing to the forefront of Hollywood – and has always been a passionate cook and gardener. Now, she invites you into her kitchen to share 80 delicious recipes that nourish the soul.
This cookbook began as a box of recipe cards: a housewarming gift for her sons inspired by homegrown traditions and world travel. It grew to become her gift to you, showing how romantic, comforting, and indulgent it can be to cook only with vegetables.
At Pamela's down-to-earth fairy kingdom on Vancouver Island, you'll join her on the dock for Chicory Dandelion Coffee and Whipped Cranberry Porridge, for picnics in the forest with a Green Goddess Mason Jar Salad and Tomato Galette, and at the dinner table for her Anti-inflammatory Lentil Soup, Minty Pea-potato Pierogis, and more.
She also shares her love affair with bread, from Maple-glazed Cinnamon Rolls to Rustic Sourdough Loaves and Fougasse Dipped in Herby Pistou, alongside insights into life, love, entertaining guests, and preserving nature's bounty.
Why I Cook
by Tom Colicchio
From Emmy Award-winning chef Tom Colicchio – a cookbook and memoir that shares an exclusive look inside the mind and kitchen of the beloved restaurateur and TV personality * An Amazon Best Book of 2024 * A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2024
Tom Colicchio cooked his first recipe at 13 years old – a stuffed eggplant from an issue of Cuisine magazine that he picked up out of boredom – and it changed his life. Now for the first time ever, Tom recounts the extraordinary personal journey that brought him from his working-class Italian background in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to the award-winning kitchens of New York City's best restaurants, to the set of Top Chef and the stage of the Emmy Awards.
Through 10 memoir chapters and 60 recipes, Why I Cook shares Tom's personal reflections of more than 40 years behind the stove. From pre-dawn fishing excursions with his grandfather to running the flat-top at the snack shack of the local swim club, to finding his way as a young chef in New York City, Tom chronicles the dishes and memories that have shaped him as a person and chef.
Through these meaningful dishes, gorgeous recipe shots, and images from Tom's childhood, Why I Cook is the most personal look into Tom's life yet.