19 must-read nonfiction books like Coconut & Sambal: Recipes from my Indonesian Kitchen by Lara Lee

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Coconut & Sambal: Recipes from my Indonesian Kitchen

By: Lara Lee

4.31

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Be transported to the bountiful islands of Indonesia by this collection of fragrant, colorful and m…

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1. Momofuku

By: David Chang , Peter Meehan

3.95

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

Never before has there been a phenomenon like Momofuku. A once-unrecognizable word, it's now synony… read more

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2. Wolf! Wolf!

By: John Rocco

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

THE HUNGRY OLD WOLF has been dreaming of a feast, but all he can manage to scrounge up from his gar… read more

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3. Blonde

By: Joyce Carol Oates , Claude Seban

4.08

Format: 348 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In her most ambitious work to date, Joyce Carol Oates boldly reimagines the inner, poetic, and spir… read more

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4. Taste of Persia: A Cook's Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan

By: Naomi Duguid

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Winner, James Beard Award for Best Book of the Year, International (2017) Winner, IACP Award for Be… read more

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  • food
  • nonfiction
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5. The Magician's Land (The Magicians, #3)

By: Lev Grossman

5.00

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Quentin Coldwater has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams. Wi… read more

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6. The Magician King (The Magicians, #2)

By: Lev Grossman

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

Return to Fillory in the riveting sequel to The New York Times bestseller and literary phenomenon o… read more

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7. BraveTart – Iconic American Desserts

By: J. Kenji López-Alt , None

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From One-Bowl Devil's Food Layer Cake to a flawless Cherry Pie that's crisp even on the very bottom… read more

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8. Frog Went a-Courtin'

By: Feodor Rojankovsky , John Langstaff

3.81

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

"A favorite old nursery ballad now appears in resplendent new dress. . . . Illustrator Feodor Rojan… read more

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9. Jerusalem: A Cookbook

By: Yotam Ottolenghi , Sami Tamimi

4.29

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

With Jerusalem, Ottolenghi re-teams with his friend and co-owner of his restaurants, Sami Tamimi. B… read more

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10. Big

By: Vashti Harrison

4.66

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more

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11. Madhouse at the End of the Earth

By: Julian Sancton

4.27

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expeditio… read more

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"Among the greatest threats future travelers to Mars are likely to face is an interplanetary version of winter over-syndrome. The unknown icescapes around the earth poles, particularly Antarctica, see…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Cook referred to the symptoms collectively as polar anemia. Researchers today use the term winter over-syndrome. But it's essentially the same thing. A prevailing theory suggests it's a form of hypot…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"But in emphasizing the likelihood of a connection between winter over-syndrome and what is now known as seasonal effective disorder, a variation in mood that correlates with a dwindling of daylight h…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Note: Dr. Lawrence Polinkis who analyzed clinical data from American men and women at Antarctica's Mcmurdo station Amundsen Scott's South Pole station posits specifically that the memory loss and oth…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

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12. The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie

By: Carla Valentine

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Discover the science of forensics through Agatha Christie's novels Agatha Christie is the bestse… read more

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13. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

By: David Graeber

4.20

Format: 692 pages, Hardcover

A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more

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"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

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14. The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder

By: C.L. Miller

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this irresistible and thrilling debut novel, a former antique hunter investigates a suspicious d… read more

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15. The Korean Vegan Cookbook: Reflections and Recipes from Omma's Kitchen

By: Joanne Lee Molinaro

4.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST NEW COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Epicurio… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets)

By: Paul Tran

3.87

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A profound meditation on physical, emotional, and psychological transformation in the aftermath of … read more

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"There is no truth. Only a version. Aversion. A verge. A vengeance."

-Paul Tran, All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets)

"I see not stars but their light reaching across the distance between us."

-Paul Tran, All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets)

"I, after so much isolation, so much indifference, kept going even if going meant only waiting, hovering in place. So far below, so far away from the rest of life...."

-Paul Tran, All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets)

"...an actualized poem requires the actualization, or radical transformation, of the poet - that a poem is the discovery and enactment of an emotional and psychological investigation into the vexed in…"

-Paul Tran, All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets)

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17. The Wok: Recipes and Techniques

By: J. Kenji López-Alt

4.67

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

J. Kenji López-Alt’s debut cookbook, The Food Lab, revolutionized home cooking, selling more than h… read more

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18. In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean

By: Hawa Hassan

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • Grandmothers from eight eastern African countries welcome you into their… read more

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19. Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

By: Annabel Abbs

3.92

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

In a novel perfect for fans of Hazel Gaynor’s A Memory of Violets and upstairs-downstairs stories, … read more

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"God, I think blasphemously, is in a sip of coffee."

-Annabel Abbs, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

"I can feel Mother's furious eyes upon me, but the tug of the kitchen is stronger: my new books, the fresh perch gleaming in the larder, the trugs of field mushrooms and damsons and pippin apples stil…"

-Annabel Abbs, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

"The smell of bruised apples reaches me of a sudden. And in that moment I am back in Miss Eliza's kitchen, rich with cooking odors: the nutty smell of roasting coffee berries, the syrupy scent of frui…"

-Annabel Abbs, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

"But then, one bright morning, I walked out through woods of pine and birch. Foxgloves and wild clematis and briar roses were bursting from the earth. Birdsong shook the air. Swifts snipped at the sky…"

-Annabel Abbs, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

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20. Parwana: Recipes and Stories from an Afghan Kitchen

By: Durkhanai Ayubi

4.32

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Art of Eating Prize for best food book of the year 2021 Winner of The Guild of Foo… read more

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21. Mezcla: Recipes to Excite [A Cookbook]

By: Ixta Belfrage

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • 100 recipes for everyday eating with built-in wow factor, from the Otto… read more

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22. Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence: A Baking Book

By: Claire Saffitz

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In her first cookbook, Bon Appétit and YouTube star of the show Gourmet Makes offers wisdom, proble… read more

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Cover of Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin' in New Orleans [A Cookbook] by Mason Hereford

23. Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin' in New Orleans [A Cookbook]

By: Mason Hereford

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • IACP AWARD FINALIST • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A fun, flavorful cook… read more

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24. Filipinx: Heritage Recipes from the Diaspora

By: Angela Dimayuga

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In her debut cookbook Filipinx , acclaimed and award-winning chef Angela Dimayuga shares her passio… read more

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25. Zoe's Ghana Kitchen: An Introduction to New African Cuisine – From Ghana With Love

By: Zoe Adjonyoh

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEARRemix classic Ghanaian dishes for the modern kitchen in a… read more

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26. Bress 'n' Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Generation Farmer

By: Matthew Raiford

4.30

Format: 240 pages, ebook

More than 100 heirloom recipes from a dynamic chef and farmer working the lands of his great-great-… read more

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27. Coconut & Sambal: Recipes from my Indonesian Kitchen

By: Lara Lee

4.31

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Be transported to the bountiful islands of Indonesia by this collection of fragrant, colorful and m… read more

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28. Chinese Unchopped: An Introduction to Chinese Cooking

By: Jeremy Pang

4.31

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

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Cover of Sambal Shiok: The Malaysian Cookbook by Mandy Yin

29. Sambal Shiok: The Malaysian Cookbook

By: Mandy Yin

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards (2022) Guild of Food Writer’s Awards, Hig… read more

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Cover of Saka Saka: South of the Sahara – Adventures in African Cooking by Anto Cocagne

30. Saka Saka: South of the Sahara – Adventures in African Cooking

By: Anto Cocagne

3.69

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Chef Anto Cocagne and Photographer Aline Princet take us on a unique food journey and introduce us … read more

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31. Gordon Ramsay's Uncharted: A Culinary Adventure With 60 Recipes From Around the Globe

By: Gordon Ramsay

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the National Geographic television series Uncharted , chef Gordon Ramsay travels to some of the … read more

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18 Top cookbooks books like Coconut & Sambal: Recipes from my Indonesian Kitchen by Lara Lee

Transform Your Habits

Momofuku

David Chang , Peter Meehan

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Taste of Persia: A Cook's Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan

Naomi Duguid

4.36

Transform Your Habits

The Korean Vegan Cookbook: Reflections and Recipes from Omma's Kitchen

Joanne Lee Molinaro

4.50

Transform Your Habits

The Wok: Recipes and Techniques

J. Kenji López-Alt

4.67

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Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

Michael Parenti

4.41

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If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

Vincent Bevins

4.28

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Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

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When We Cease to Understand the World

Benjamín Labatut

4.14

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