Best Cookbooks | Dubuque County Library District

1) Where cooking begins

Author

Music, Carla Lalli

2) Barefoot Contessa back to basics: fabulous flavor from simple ingredients

Author

Garten, Ina

3) The pioneer woman cooks: food from my frontier

Author

Drummond, Ree

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A mouthwatering collection of the simple-but-scrumptious recipes that rotate through Ree's kitchen on a regular basis, from perfect pancakes to honey-plum-soy chicken, from cowgirl quiche to blackberry chip ice cream.

4) How to cook everything vegetarian: simple recipes for great food

Author

Bittman, Mark

5) Cravings: Recipes for all the food you want to eat

Author

Teigen, Chrissy

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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Maybe she’s on a photo shoot in Zanzibar. Maybe she’s making people laugh on TV. But all Chrissy Teigen really wants to do is talk about dinner. Or breakfast. Lunch gets some love, too.
For years, she’s been collecting, cooking, and Instagramming her favorite recipes, and here they are: from breakfast all day to John’s famous fried chicken with spicy honey butter to her mom’s Thai classics.
Salty, spicy, saucy,...

6) The smitten kitchen cookbook

Author

Perelman, Deb

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"The long-awaited cookbook from the food blogging phenom, Deb Perelman -- home cook, mom, photographer, and celebrated author of SmittenKitchen.com." -- Provided by publisher.

7) How to cook everything: The basics : all you need to make great food

Author

Bittman, Mark

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Presents fundamental cooking techniques while providing 171 recipes using basic staples and methods, covering everything from equipping a kitchen and stocking a pantry to making food selections and performing essential cooking tasks.

8) Joy of cooking

Author

Rombauer, Irma von Starkloff

9) All time best holiday entertaining

10) Bake: my best ever recipes for the classics

Author

Hollywood, Paul

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"The only book you'll ever need to create perfectly delicious cakes, pastries, biscuits, breads, pizzas and desserts time and time again. Featuring more than 80 recipes! -- Back cover.

11) Bread therapy: the mindful art of baking bread

Author

Beaumont, Pauline

12) Dinner for everyone: 100 iconic dishes made 3 ways-- easy, vegan, or perfect for company

Author

Bittman, Mark

13) Food52 simply genius: recipes for beginners, busy cooks, and curious people

Author

Miglore, Kristen

14) The kitchen without borders: recipes and stories from refugee and immigrant chefs

Author

Eat Offbeat (Catering service)

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Eat Offbeat is a unique catering company staffed by refugee and immigrant chefs who have found a new home, and new hope, for their lives. Now, in 70 authentic, nourishing recipes, with roots and soul that run as deep as their flavors, The Kitchen without Borders brings the culinary traditions of fourteen chefs from around the world including Syria, Iran, Eritrea, and Venezuela, right to our tables. More than a celebration of delicious foods from around...

15) The Lazy Genius kitchen: have what you need, use what you have, and enjoy it like never before

Author

Adachi, Kendra

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Book, eAudiobook

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Not a cookbook, but a way to organize your kitchen-- and everything in it-- so that it will work for you. Adachi teaches you to apply a five-step process-- prioritize, essentialize, organize, personalize and systemize-- so that you can turn your hardest-working room into your favorite one, too. .-- adapted from back cover

16) The snowy cabin cookbook: meals and drinks for adventurous days and cozy nights

Author

Hanel, Marnie

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Here is the ultimate companion for cozier, comfier cold-weather cooking from the IACP Award-winning duo of Marnie Hanel and Jen Stevenson. Whether you're in need of satisfying snack to get through a day of hibernation, planning a menu for a snowed-in dinner party, or searching for a hearty breakfast before a long day of skiing, sledding, or ice-skating, The Cozy Cabin Cookbook is filled with inspiring and effortlessly cookable recipes. Beyond food,...