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Celebrating the American South

Dive into the rich tapestry of soulful Southern cooking with these five cookbooks, where African, Native American and European influences converge. Each book offers a unique perspective on traditional recipes and contemporary twists, honoring the culinary heritage, vibrant flavors, and heartfelt stories that define Southern hospitality.

My South Texas Kitchen

My South Texas Kitchen

Yvette Zuniga Jemison

Celebrate Mexican-inspired cuisine from south Texas with this stunningly photographed cookbook, featuring 97+ recipes for traditional and contemporary cooking with modern tips. You'll discover how to prepare traditional dishes from flour tortillas, chorizo, pinto beans, Mexican rice, smoked brisket to flan and tres leches cake with approachable home-style recipes just as you see in the homes in south Texas.
Southern Grit

Southern Grit

Kelsey Barnard Clark

A modern take on Southern cooking with 100+ accessible Southern recipes and hospitality tips, from Kelsey Barnard Clark, 2016 Top Chef winner and Fan Favorite. From preeminent chef, multitasking mom, proud Southerner, and 2016 Top Chef winner Kelsey Barnard Clark comes this fresh take on Southern cooking and entertaining.
Salt & Shore

Salt & Shore

Sammy Monsour and Kassady Wiggins

Chef and mixologist duo Sammy Monsour and Kass Wiggins share more than 75 recipes for their favorite seafood dishes and drinks from the coast and watery byways--along with their passion for Southern cooking, hospitality, and culture. Inspired takes on timeless recipes honoring coastal communities of the South and highlighting the sustainable seafood, spirited libations, warm hospitality, and rich heritage of the region.
Taste the State

Taste the State

Kevin Mitchell and David S. Shields

In addition to a Baking 101 section where you can learn the baking basics, in Southern Cakes Nancie McDermott shares 65 cake recipes—including coconut cakes, fruitcakes, and the well-loved Southern layer cakes—plus directions for classic frostings and fillings. This book offers everything a beginner baker needs to know to create an impressive and authentically Southern cake.
Brown Sugar Kitchen

Brown Sugar Kitchen

Tanya Holland

Rich visual storytelling reveals the food and the people that made and make West Oakland what it is today and Tanya Holland's book Brown Sugar Kitchen (named after her restaurant) truly captures the sense-and flavor-of this richly textured and delicious place.

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Recipe of the Day

Recipe of the Day

Garlic Shrimp/Prawn Tacos

The Spice Collector’s Cookbook

Vina Patel

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"Are you looking to make weeknight supper in five minutes? My shrimp tacos are a total blockbuster and have received five glowing stars from my family. The combination of shrimp and taco sauce is like Bonnie and Clyde – a powerful duo. The secret to my divine sauce is garlic paste, which adds a touch of garlicky goodness and elevates every dish to new heights of deliciousness. Garlic shrimp/prawns offer so much flavor, you can sometimes enjoy eating them straight from the wok, without condiments or tortillas." Vina Patel

Author spotlight

Roger Pizey

Roger Pizey

Roger Pizey is a renowned, world class pastry chef and baker. He trained under Albert Roux at Le Gavroche, going on to be Chef Patissier for Marco Pierre White as he ascended to three Michelin-starred status, and founding the bakery for Peyton & Byrne. His book World's Best Cakes is a collection of 250 globally inspired classic bakes.

Katie Reicher

Katie Reicher

Chef Katie Reicher started work at the celebrated female-led Greens Restaurant in San Franciso in 2015, and has been Executive Chef there since 2020. Her debut cookbook, Seasons of Greens: A Collection of New Recipes from the Iconic San Francisco Restaurant shares the globally influenced vegetarian food she cooks, and stories from the restaurant.

Rohit Ghai

Rohit Ghai

A native of the Punjab in Northern India, chef Rohit Ghai's training included heading kitchens in both the Taj and Oberoi hotel groups. After moving to the UK, in 2018 he opened the first of seven restaurants and shortly became the first Indian chef to be awarded a Michelin star. His debut cookbook Yatra is a journey through cuisines from across India.

Features & Stories

Food photography with Rupa: Part 1 – iPhone Settings & Setup

Food photography with Rupa: Part 1 – iPhone Settings & Setup

I’m a professional food and lifestyle photographer, content creation educator, and founder of Your Creative Vision. I’m based in London, and I teach foodies, chefs, bakers, restaurateurs, and food entrepreneurs all over the world how to create beautiful, scroll-stopping content using just their phones—no fancy camera needed.

Over the next few months, I’ll be sharing with ckbk a series of bite-sized tips from my upcoming online course, “7 Steps to Standout Food Content”, a simple approach that will help you photograph food more confidently, consistently, and creatively, whether you are doing so for work or just for fun!

Newsletter: 📍New 'pin recipe' feature for instant access + take a tasty tour of Switzerland 🇨🇭

Newsletter: 📍New 'pin recipe' feature for instant access + take a tasty tour of Switzerland 🇨🇭

Chef and best-selling cookbook author Andie Pilot grew up in Calgary, near the Canadian Rockies. After visiting Switzerland every summer as a child to see her grandparents, she moved to Switzerland in 2010, and now lives in Emmenthal, near the Alps, with her Swiss husband. In Pilot's books, two of which are newly available on ckbk, she shares her experience of cooking Swiss recipes, and her journey of exploration into Swiss cuisine and its traditions.

Newsletter: 🥬 Eat your Greens + your last chance to enter our photo competition 📸

Newsletter: 🥬 Eat your Greens + your last chance to enter our photo competition 📸

Executive chef of celebrated Greens Restaurant in San Francisco, Katie Reicher is only the fourth chef at the helm of this restaurant whose 45 year history is renowned for its all-female leadership, sustainable locally-sourced ingredients and vegetarian cuisine with global flavors.

Katie’s first book Seasons of Greens: A Collection of New Recipes from the Iconic San Francisco Restaurant is a gorgeously photographed gathering of the philosophy and fresh recipe style that are at the heart of Greens Restaurant.