Cookbooks Full of Easter Brunch and Dinner Ideas

Martha Stewart celebrates her landmark 100th book with an intimate collection of 100 treasured recipes, along with stunning photos from her personal archives and the stories behind them. A must for anyone who has ever been inspired by the one and only Martha.

An unexpected weeknight meal with a neighbor or a weekend dinner party with 15 of your closest friends — either way and everywhere in between, having people over is supposed to be fun, not stressful. The social media star, New York Times columnist, and author of Dining In helps you nail dinner with unfussy food and the permission to be imperfect.

Colorful. Convenient. Comforting. 120+ recipes for delicious, soul-warming comfort food … and getting it ready in a hurry — from the author of Half Baked Harvest Every Day.

Author and former James Beard Foundation cookbook committee chair Hsiao-Ching Chou brings her on-ramp approach to Chinese cooking full circle with fresh, uncomplicated home cooking for celebrations typical of the Chinese American experience. Master dumplings, scallion pancakes, and more, to contribute to “tuan yuan” (the act of coming together) that define family meals from Easter to Mid-Autumn Festival, and everything in between.

One hundred vegan recipes that riff on Southern cooking in surprising and delicious ways. From decadent pound cakes and ginger-kissed fruit cobblers to smoky collard greens, amazing crab cakes, and the most comforting sweet potato pie you’ll ever taste, these better-than-the-original takes on crave-worthy dishes are good for your health, heart, and soul.

Your adopted grandmother Babs shares all of the holiday recipes and motherly advice you need to make every celebration special. With menus for festive moments throughout the whole year, you’ll always know what to serve. Babs bestows upon you 100 of her family-favorite recipes — passed down from family and friends through the generations, recorded on tattered and torn recipe cards, and all stored in her old wooden recipe box. She also shares the holiday traditions her family has grown to love so you can pass them down to your family, too, and elevate all of life’s gatherings into memorable occasions.

In this classic Southern cookbook, the “first lady of Southern cooking” (NPR) shares the seasonal recipes from a childhood spent in a small farming community settled by freed slaves. She shows us how to recreate these timeless dishes in our own kitchens — using natural ingredients, embracing the seasons, and cultivating community. With a preface by Judith Jones and foreword by Alice Waters.

You’re invited to pull up a chair to a year of meals, friends, and fun with the Partons, as Dolly and her sister (and favorite cook) Rachel share beloved, crowd-pleasing recipes and family stories. With their trademark warmth and sisterly love, Dolly and Rachel remind you that cooking doesn’t need to be serious — it should be fun! And always good lookin’!

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.

The recipe queen, social media star, and beloved blogger behind the popular recipe website Ambitious Kitchen presents over 125 nutrient-dense, flavor-packed recipes for every meal of the day. Whether you’re looking for a show-stopping dish to bring to a gathering, a new home-cooked tradition, or a nourishing meal everyone will love, The Ambitious Kitchen Cookbook has the answers.

A delectable exploration of Caribbean cuisine through 105 recipes based on 11 staple ingredients, featuring powerful insights into the shared history of the diaspora. Belly Full, with its breadth of stories, recipes, and stunning photography, will leave your stomach and heart more than satisfied.

A celebration of Mexican ingredients and traditions — plus 100 favorite recipes — from Eva Longoria. Eva’s genuine love for cooking and culinary-related history along with her pride for her heritage shine on every page of this beautiful, meaningful, and delectable cookbook.

Tiffy Chen started blogging about food and recipes after learning to cook from her mother and grandmother. In her debut cookbook, Tiffy shares memories and recipes shaped by growing up in Taiwan — a country with rich culture, diverse cuisines, and some of the best street food in the world — along with beloved family recipes and unique dishes inspired by her travels across Southeast Asia. With gorgeous step-by-step photography and heartwarming stories about traveling in Asia, Tiffy Cooks celebrates Asian food and family in this must-make collection of go-to, easy recipes.

A beautiful new edition of one of the most beloved cookbooks of all time, from “the Queen of Italian Cooking” (Chicago Tribune). A timeless collection of classic Italian recipes — from Basil Bruschetta to the only tomato sauce you’ll ever need (the secret ingredient: butter) — beautifully illustrated and featuring new forewords by Lidia Bastianich and Victor Hazan.

An homage to what it means to be Korean American with delectable recipes that explore how new culinary traditions can be forged to honor both your past and your present.

Throughout her career, Toni Tipton-Martin has shed new light on the history, breadth, and depth of African American cuisine. She’s introduced us to black cooks, some long forgotten, who established much of what’s considered to be our national cuisine. After all, if Thomas Jefferson introduced French haute cuisine to this country, who do you think actually cooked it? In Jubilee, Tipton-Martin brings these masters into our kitchens. Through recipes and stories, we cook along with these pioneering figures, from enslaved chefs to middle- and upper-class writers and entrepreneurs. With more than 100 recipes, Jubilee presents techniques, ingredients, and dishes that show the roots of African American cooking — deeply beautiful, culturally diverse, fit for celebration.

The chef behind the groundbreaking Brooklyn restaurant Bonnie’s shares over 85 recipes that showcase his unique style of Chinese home cooking, a mash-up of Americana and Cantonese classics inspired by the flavors of his childhood.

An encyclopedic cookbook (from Chiles Rellenos and Tostones to Golden Coconut Chicken and Dulce de Leche Tart) celebrating Latin American home cooking — the first to cover the day-to-day home cooking of all twenty-one nations — by one of the most respected authorities on the subject.

A joyous cookbook full of gratitude, positivity, and 80+ Southern-inspired comfort food recipes from the culinary sweetheart and blogger behind Grandbaby Cakes.

120 go-to Italian American favorites for all the red-sauced, pan-fried, crispy-cornered, baked-until-bubbly comforting classics you’ll want to eat every night.

In Modern Comfort Food, Ina Garten shares 85 new recipes that will feed your deepest cravings. Home cooks can always count on Ina’s dependable, easy-to-follow instructions, with lots of side notes for cooking and entertaining — it’s like having Ina right there beside you, helping you all the way. From cocktails to dessert, from special weekend breakfasts to quick weeknight dinners, you’ll find yourself making these cozy and delicious recipes over and over again.