Thoughtful Cookbooks To Gift This Year

Gina Homolka, founder of the longstanding go-to healthy eating blog Skinnytaste, is an expert at creating super-simple, weeknight friendly, flavor-packed recipes that meet all your dietary needs. In Skinnytaste: Everyday High Protein, each recipe packs at least thirty grams of protein per serving (including options for vegetarian, dairy-free, and gluten-free eaters) and there are plenty of one-pot, meal-prep friendly, and streamlined recipes for every meal of the day.

Discover the Italian approach to healthful eating — where nothing is off the menu — with 100 delicious, superfood-packed recipes from New York Times bestselling author Giada De Laurentiis.

Joanne Molinaro, author of the New York Times bestselling and James Beard Award-winning Korean Vegan Cookbook, returns with fresh new dishes with Korean twists. As Joanne likes to say, she loves to “veganize” Korean cuisine and “Koreanize” everything else. This book is a tribute to all the culinary inspirations that have shaped her cooking over the years and the incredible flavors they have created. With her stunning signature photography and tips for building a Korean pantry, Joanne celebrates the magical connections between family, home, and food.

Everybody’s favorite grandmother is here to answer the age-old question “What’s for dinner?” with 101 tried-and-true recipes, plus genius tips and tricks that make getting dinner on the table even easier. No matter how you’re feeling by dinner, there is a recipe in here that will fit the bill. Your family will soon be part of the clean plate club and you will be considered a virtual magician in the kitchen, too! Don’t panic, it’s easier than you think. Babs has you covered!

100 free-spirited, comforting recipes for Southern-style dishes made with love from the social media icon behind LilyLouTay. Measure with Your Heart has ideas for sweet and savory breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, as well as drinks, appetizers, and, for parents reading, even snacks for your kids (and pups!) — so get in the kitchen and try things out. If you totally mess up, even better! For Hannah, home cooking is not about being perfect — it’s about having fun and nourishing the ones you love.

Delight your friends and family (and yourself) with 100 delicious cookies from NYT Cooking and curated by recipe creator, video journalist, and YouTube personality Vaughn Vreeland. Cookies is the ultimate collection of treats — from classic recipes that taste like home, to flavor-packed bites that will become your new go-tos. Cookies will serve up delight and inspiration for any party, picnic, or regular Tuesday night. Because you deserve a cookie.

Celebrate your pregnancy with 100 gluten- and dairy-free recipes, stories, and advice from the New York Times bestselling authors of Meals She Eats, Rachael and Tom Sullivan. Organized by trimester, each week focuses on an ingredient that represents the size of your baby. As your baby grows from the size of a blueberry in Week 8 to the size of a watermelon at Week 40, you can mark each milestone with the perfect dish. You’ll find breakfasts, snacks, main dishes, and, of course, sweet treats and mocktails, all designed to satisfy your cravings and deliver the nutrition you and your baby need.

Say goodbye to boring salads with 100 unbelievably delicious plant-based recipes from Danielle Brown, the bestselling author of HealthyGirl Kitchen. Life-Changing Salads is more than just a cookbook — it’s your ultimate guide to creating satisfying, plant-based salads that you’ll crave. From crunchy chopped salads to cozy warm bowls, hearty salad wraps, quinoa powerhouses, and even no-lettuce salads (perfect for meal prep), every salad situation is covered!

In Something from Nothing, bestselling author Alison Roman gives you a collection of simple, smart, timeless recipes that rely on a home cook’s best kept secret: A well-stocked pantry. Whether you’re feeding yourself on a busy weeknight or hosting a last-minute dinner party, this book has just what you need. For easy, straightforward recipes that still impress, Something from Nothing has you covered, showing you how to turn every bag of beans, tin of anchovies, and jar of olives into a meal worth celebrating.

100 flavor-packed recipes that bring vibrant health, energy, and joy to the plate for every meal of the day — and will inspire everyone, vegan or not, to crave more plants.

The ultimate baking book for home cooks of all skill levels with 101 sweet and savory, foolproof recipes plus helpful tips for best results — from the creator of the beloved website Sally’s Baking Addiction. With Sally’s Baking 101 as your guide, you’ll gain the knowledge you need to feel confident baking from scratch with tempting, reliable recipes guaranteed to delight family and friends.

Learn to cook, host, and eat like a private chef with 100 recipes from Meredith Hayden of Wishbone Kitchen. With sharp, witty commentary, themed menus, and gorgeous imagery, The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook will inspire you to rediscover the joy in cooking, romanticize your grocery hauls, and find any excuse to celebrate with friends and family.

For Padma Lakshmi, food is a lens. Through it, we can explore the influence of an eclectic array of cultures — and come to see, clearly, who we are and how we eat as a nation. Padma’s All American gives us a kaleidoscopic view of the vast range of incredible dishes she delighted in tasting on her travels, from coast to coast, and everywhere in between. This book is a love letter to the people who create and evolve American cuisine every day. It is also a road map to the foods that give America its vibrant palate.

Culinary icon, founder of the Kogi food truck, New York Times bestselling author of L.A. Son, and star of Netflix’s The Chef Show shares 100 flavor-packed recipes that empower you to eat healthy — or, at least, healthier — without ditching your go-to favorites.

Add some razzle dazzle to your home cooking with 80 recipes for your favorite Asian takeout dishes from culinary influencer Cassie Yeung. She believes that the #1 rule in the kitchen is to have fun, let loose, and cook the way you want to. With Cassie’s delicious and approachable recipes, you can confidently whip up classic noodles, stir fries, and soups whenever the craving strikes.

Toni Chapman is a social media star who shares easy recipes for the homey classics you crave. Toni grew up in a family that loves to cook, and her homestyle cooking speaks to the beautiful intersectionality of food and family. Her dishes are inspired by the multicultural community she grew up in, with flavors from all over the globe. The 100 recipes she shares in Everything’s Good are approachable and weeknight-friendly, dialed in with her relentless attention to detail, and brought to life by her bold and flavorful style.

The book that started it all: The essential guide to entertaining from cultural icon Martha Stewart, with 300 recipes, 450 full-color photographs, and thousands of inspiring ideas that stand the test of time.

Uncover the stories behind the foods that have linked the natural environments, traditions, and histories of Indigenous peoples across North America for millennia through more than 100 ancestral and modern recipes from three-time James Beard Award-winning Oglala Lakota chef Sean Sherman.

Celebrate any occasion (really, any occasion!) with 100 creative recipes and endless ideas for your next party, from Academy Award-winning actor Brie Larson and former Milk Bar culinary director Courtney McBroom. This is an entertaining book, but Brie and Courtney are serving up more than party tips and menus. They give you the tools to spark a new dining revolution in your home, one where connection takes center stage and entertaining is an afterthought. Now, go forth and party!

Achieve your fitness goals and hit your macros with 100 mouthwatering recipes from Will Tennyson — and make every day feel like a cheat day. Easy-to-follow and packed with Will’s provocative humor, this book makes starting — or continuing — your fitness journey a piece of cake.

Learn to make elevated, professional-quality meals in your own kitchen with over 100 creative, seasonal recipes from Hailee Catalano. Inspired by her professional training and love of seasonal cooking, Hailee includes details on how to keep a calm kitchen, navigate a farmers market, make your own broths and the perfect sourdough loaf, and plan out a Friday Night Dinner menu. Carefully crafted from the heart, this is a book you’ll return to again and again.

The dynamic couple behind @BenGingi share their favorite mix-and-match-ready recipes for effortless everyday dining and easy hosting. With favorites such as Ben’s freshly baked Pita, Zikki’s crunchy chopped Jeweled Celery Salad, and creamy Cashew Basil dip, this ultimate hosting cheat sheet helps home cooks transform simple ingredients into beautiful, intentional dishes. This book is a celebration of the feast-ready lifestyle, and a guide to spreading love through food.

Stella Drivas created her blog Hungry Happens to share her easy, healthy meals that use wholesome ingredients. In Hungry Happens: Mediterranean, Stella makes it easier than ever to cook healthy meals the whole family will love on repeat. She delivers simple, Mediterranean-inspired recipes bursting with fresh flavors that anyone can recreate. Stella believes that cooking is one of life’s greatest pleasures, and with Hungry Happens: Mediterranean, she encourages us to embrace it with vibrant flavors and the freshest ingredients and share it all with the ones we love.

The debut cookbook from social media sensations Food Dolls, with more than 110 simply sophisticated, fresh, and vibrant Mediterranean dishes with a Middle Eastern twist. Fresh, streamlined, healthful, and proven family-friendly, Pretty Delicious will inspire you with dozens of ingenious ways to level up dinner.

Drinking is an essential part of Korean culture, one that’s guided by a complex web of unspoken rules, deep tradition, and lots and lots of food. With Soju Party, food writer, chef, and co-owner of Brooklyn’s Orion Bar Irene Yoo has written the book on drinking like a Korean. This ultimate guide includes recipes for cocktails, bomb shots, drinking food, hangover cures, and much more.

From her salad-delivery days in Sydney to her current career as a food writer and bestselling cookbook author in New York, Hetty Lui McKinnon has long known the power of salads to connect and create community. Salads are meant to be shared; they are what you bring to a gathering of friends or family, the ultimate comfort food. With over 100 inventive recipes for meal-worthy salads, smaller bites, and simply sweets, Hetty invites you to become a part of an unforgettable shared experience of community, food, and friendship.

From Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, an innovative cocktail book that caters to a growing trend — mocktails for nondrinkers that are just as delicious and fun as their cocktail counterparts — in a joyful combination of seventy elevated, perfectly paired alcoholic and nonalcoholic recipes that let everyone raise a glass.

An enthralling, intimate collection of essays and over 75 recipes exploring the history of eight countries to understand the impact of geopolitical conflict and its outcomes on cuisine and food systems, from Somali refugee and James Beard Award-winning author of In Bibi’s Kitchen.

The James Beard Award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Mi Cocina is back with a guide to the brightest dish in any Mexican meal, snack-filled afternoon, or sun-drenched beach day: Salsa. From refreshing classics to rich sauces, this collection of over seventy salsas and twenty-four easy meals is a fun-loving introduction to the joy of Mexican cooking.