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A cookbook of today will reflect our tastes, offering us gourmet home cooked meals one night, Asian or Middle Eastern, the next. Books about food are as numerous now as cookbooks. Some are amusing, written to make us chuckle over our food obsessions; others are scientific, increasing our skills by increasing our knowledge. You may find here a cookbook devoted to one ingredient, another cookbook that suggests diet plans, but every cookbook opens possibilities that we could not have imagined. A gourmet chef shares secrets in a cookbook and offers his inspired dishes. An author does research on a particular area and writes a cookbook that saves traditional recipes that might be lost otherwise. All of them are welcomed additions to a home library.

Cookbook reviews tend to be too briefly written. We are attempting here to offer you reviews that will inform you before purchasing a new cookbook. Scroll through all. Enjoy browsing.

All cookbook reviews contain selected recipes shared by the authors and publishers.

Scroll and browse or find books in a specific area by clicking one of these links:

American (primarily regional) cookbook reviews       Baking and dessert cookbook reviews       BBQ and outdoor cooking    
Chef Cookbook Reviews       children's cookbook reviews       fruit and vegetable cookbook reviews     single ingredient books 
 
Health-Conscious and Diet Cookbooks      International Cuisine Cookbook Reviews      Family-Style Cookbooks     
Food Nostalgia       Jam & preserve cookbooks        Seafood cookbook reviews        soup cookbook reviews             
Food, Drinks & Wine: History, humor, culinary memoirs    

 


Reviews of Quality Cookbooks and Books about Food and Wine

new cookbook reviews

My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family, and Big Sur - by Romney Steele

Pure & Simple:  Homemade Indian Vegetarian Cuisine -  cookbook by Vidhu Mittal

Bubby's brunch cookbook - cookbook by Ron Silver with rosemary Black

Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Cookbook - cookbook by Tosca Reno

Warm Bread and Honey Cake: Home Baking from Around the World - cookbook by Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra -  cookbook review by Marisa Viola

my new orleans: the cookbook - by John Besh

Venezia: food & dreams - cookbook by Tessa Kiros

what do I eat now?- diabetic nutrition, information and recipes by Patti B. Geil and Tami A. Ross, the American Diabetic Association

b. smith cooks southern-style - southern foods cookbook by Barbara Smith

The Spice Kitchen: Everyday Cooking with Organic Spices - by Sara Engram and Katie Luber with Kimberly Toqe

eating: a memoir - a food memoir with recipes by Jason Epstein

I know how to cook (je said cuisiner) - the French culinary bible by Ginette Mathiot

lidia cooks from the heart of italy - regional Italian cookbook by Lidia Bastianich

the pleasures of cooking for one - cookbook by Judith Jones

tips cooks love - from Rick Rodgers and Sur la Table

grilling for all seasons  - cookbook by Rick Browne

petite sweets - cookbook by Beatrice Ojakangas

the diabetes seafood cookbook - cookbook by Barbara Seelig-Brown for the American Diabetic Association

500 Casseroles - cookbook by Rebecca Baugniet

500 White Wines & 500 red wines - compendiums by Natasha Hughes, Patricia Langton & Christine Austin

cooking the cowboy way - a cowboy cookbook by Grady Spears

The conscious cook - vegan cookbook by Tal Ronnen

the silver spoon: pasta - pasta cookbook, companion to The Silver Spoon from Phaidon Press

bread matters - cookbook by Andrew Whitley

The Physiology of Taste - the classic work by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

the berghoff cafe cookbook -by Carlyn Berghoff with Nancy Ross Ryan

clean foods by Terry Walters

my rustic sandwiches - a bread and sandwich cookbook, by Sam Sidawi

The Big Sur Bakery Cookbook: A Year in the Life of a Restaurant - cookbook by Michelle & Philip Wojtowicz and Michael Gilson

The Barcelona Cookbook: A Celebration of Food, Wine, and Life - cookbook by Sasa Mahr-Batuz and Andy Pforzheimer

Vefa's Kitchen - Greek cookbook by Vefa Alexiadou

Falling Cloudberries - A World of Family Recipes  - by Tessa Kiros

The Scandinavian Cookbook - cookbook by Trina Hahnemann

knives cooks love - Sur La Table with Sarah Jay

things cooks love by Sur La Table with Marie Simmons

the pioneer woman cooks - cookbook by Ree Drummond

Cookin' with Coolio: 5 star meals at a 1 star price a cookbook by Coolio

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American (primarily regional) Cookbook Reviews



Baking & Dessert Cookbook Reviews


Barbecue & Outdoors Cookbook Reviews


Chef Cookbook Reviews

Children's Cookbook Reviews

Fruits & Vegetable Cookbook Reviews

Single Ingredient Cookbook Reviews

Health-Conscious & Diet Cookbook Reviews

International Cuisine Cookbook Reviews  
(also look under chef cookbook reviews, as most chefs specialize)


Family Style Cookbooks (see also nostalgia below)

Food Nostalgia Book Reviews

Jam and Preserve Cookbook Reviews

Seafood Cookbook Reviews

Soup Cookbooks Reviews

Reviews of Books about Food, Drinks and Wine: History, Humor, Culinary Memoirs - With & Without Recipes

Miscellaneous Reviews- Too Good to Miss


Articles about Food: On the Site

Special: Publishing Cookbooks click for shearer publishing

300 cookbooks and nothing to eat 

about the lure of collecting cookbooks          

"my grandmother's cookbook " - an early cookbook  

What do we look for in a cookbook when we are writing reviews? First we look at the recipes and the clarity with which they are presented. If we find that insufficient, we will not write reviews for that particular cookbook. We look for the exuberance of the writer, the care that the publisher has put into the book. Taste is subjective, but a good cookbook review does not reflect the taste of the review writer. Some people like the inspiration they find in the complexity of a chef's cookbook, others prefer a book that works with readily available ingredients and recipes that are prepared when time is pressing. That must be reflected in the review.  We hope to give you enough information in our reviews that you find the cookbooks you love.  The goal of each review is to match the book to the reader.  Each review must be honest.

Unless otherwise credited, cookbook reviews are written by our editor, Diana Serbe.

 

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