Kate Schulz

The OG of cookbooks; I think I started reading this cookbook when I was nine. Comprehensive, easy to follow, and solid recipes. I still go back to this again and again.

Wow. Samin Nosrat managed to distill what makes food good with her cookbook. Buy it to learn more about cooking; keep it for the Buttermilk Roast Chicken.

Crescent Dragonwagon started an inn with her partner and out of it came this cookbook. I’ve baked the Oatmeal Molasses bread from this book dozens of times and the soups are all stellar.

Page through this book with a stack of post its in your hand. Homemade merguez meatballs, Korean Clambake, and a kimchi toast that makes breakfast quite the treat. Reviewed on our podcast; we all loved it.

Cookie recipes that are next level while not out of reach for the home baker. Plus – a whole section on savory cookies for your next cocktail party.

The Vietnamese Coffee ice cream meant I didn’t sleep well for a week but no regrets! Rock-solid recipes that just work with flavor combinations for the nostalgic and the more unusual tastes.

If you’re looking for 100% authentic recipes, this may not be your book. But if you’d like some new techniques with Asian flavors, along with recipes for some takeout favorites, this is your book.

Maybe you have total restraint at the Farmer’s Market. If instead you’re like me and tend to pick up 4 pounds of beautiful eggplant without a plan, this is your book. Deborah Madison groups vegetables botanically and provides recipes, techniques, and guidelines.

Purchased for my sister, whose family members intermittently go vegetarian. Mark Bittman really can tell you how to cook everything and this book proves he knows his stuff. A wide range of recipes that will appease a lot of palates.

The reason I’m a huge fangirl of Deb Perelman is because her recipes are simultaneously interesting and practical. No crazy ingredients, or techniques just food to make for yourself and your family again and again.