5 must-read reference books like The Secret of Cooking: Recipes for an Easier Life in the Kitchen by Bee Wilson

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The Secret of Cooking: Recipes for an Easier Life in the Kitchen

By: Bee Wilson

4.33

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A culinary companion to simplify cooking while making it more enjoyable, The Secret of Cooking is p…

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1. Quartet in Autumn

By: Barbara Pym

3.90

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more

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2. After World

By: Debbie Urbanski

3.30

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The story of an Artificial Intelligence tasked with writing a novel—only for it to fall in love wit… read more

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3. Antoni: Let's Do Dinner

By: Antoni Porowski

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Antoni Porowski shares 80 of his favorite weeknight recipes to help fans make it from Monday to Fri… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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4. 100 Morning Treats: With Muffins, Rolls, Biscuits, Sweet and Savory Breakfast Breads, and More

By: Sarah Kieffer

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A Bon Appetit' s Best Cookbooks of Spring 2023 * A Forbes Best Cookbooks of Spring 2023 From Sarah… read more

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  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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5. Cook This Book: Techniques That Teach and Recipes To Repeat

By: Molly Baz

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

If you seek out, celebrate, and obsess over good food but lack the skills and confidence necessary … read more

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  • foodie
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • reference
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6. The Secret of Cooking: Recipes for an Easier Life in the Kitchen

By: Bee Wilson

4.33

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A culinary companion to simplify cooking while making it more enjoyable, The Secret of Cooking is p… read more

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  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • womens
  • adult
  • how to
  • food writing
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7. Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks

By: Crystal Wilkinson

4.43

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful … read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • food writing
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8. Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals & Moments from The Lost Kitchen

By: Erin French

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Big Heart Little Stove is your new go-to inspiration for cooking thoughtful and meaningful, yet ref… read more

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  • cooking
  • food
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9. The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days

By: Helen Rebanks

3.89

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

A portrait of life at Helen Rebanks' Lake District farmhouse that beautifully captures the unsung w… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • womens
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10. Come Hungry: Salads, Meals, and Sweets for People Who Live to Eat

By: Melissa Ben-Ishay

4.12

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

From Melissa Ben-Ishay—the co-founder of Baked by Melissa and creator of the viral Green Goddess Sa… read more

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  • cooking
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  • nonfiction
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11. Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook: A Cookbook

By: Sohla El-Waylly

4.48

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

Change the way you think about cooking! In this epic guide to better eating, the chef, recipe devel… read more

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  • cooking
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  • reference
  • womens
  • adult
  • how to
Cover of More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook by Molly Baz

12. More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook

By: Molly Baz

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Learn to cook with confidence and unbridled joy in 100 big, bold, flavo… read more

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13. 5 Ingredients Mediterranean: Simple Incredible Food

By: Jamie Oliver

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

5 Ingredients Mediterranean is everything people loved about the first book but with the added va-v… read more

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  • cooking
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14. Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

By: Chantha Nguon

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
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"When you must flee and can carry only one thing, what will it be? What single seed from your old life will be the most useful in helping you sow a new one?"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"A refugee must learn to be anything people want her to be at any given moment. But behind the masks, I am only myself - a mosaic of flavors from near and far."

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"But if there's one thing I learned from my mother, it's that losing everything is not the end of the story. She taught me that lost civilizations can be rebuilt from zero, even if the task will requi…"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"But the past never goes away. The fear and pain are still there, buried in our brains like mines. It is better to defuse them than to leave them entombed, quietly, waiting for a single misstep. That …"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

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15. Liars

By: Sarah Manguso

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more

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  • adult
"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

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16. Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds

By: Hetty Lui McKinnon

4.40

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

ONE OF BON APPETIT 'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • The acclaimed author of To Asia, With Love explores … read more

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  • cooking
  • food
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  • womens
Cover of More Than Cake: 100 Baking Recipes Built for Pleasure and Community by Natasha Pickowicz

17. More Than Cake: 100 Baking Recipes Built for Pleasure and Community

By: Natasha Pickowicz

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The sumptuous debut cookbook from celebrated baker, activist, and pastry “it girl” Natasha Pickowic… read more

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18. An A-Z of Pasta: Stories, Shapes, Sauces, Recipes

By: Rachel Roddy

4.39

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Guardian columnist and food writer Rachel Roddy condenses everything she has learned about Italy's … read more

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19. The Farm Table

By: Julius Roberts

4.46

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Julius Roberts combineert de aantrekkingskracht van lekker eten met liefde voor de natuur en een mi… read more

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Cover of Company: The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others by Amy Thielen

20. Company: The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others

By: Amy Thielen

3.61

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

One of Food & Wine's Best Cookbooks of Fall 2023 From beloved writer and cook Amy Thielen comes a … read more

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21. India Knight's Beauty Edit

By: India Knight

4.31

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

'India Knight is a LEGEND in the beauty industry. I am OBSESSED with her column because you can tru… read more

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18 must-read nonfiction books like The Secret of Cooking: Recipes for an Easier Life in the Kitchen by Bee Wilson

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Antoni Porowski

4.17

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100 Morning Treats: With Muffins, Rolls, Biscuits, Sweet and Savory Breakfast Breads, and More

Sarah Kieffer

4.38

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Cook This Book: Techniques That Teach and Recipes To Repeat

Molly Baz

4.21

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4.33

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Miranda July

3.81

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Elizabeth Strout

4.46

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3.38

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