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The most-recommended cooking & food titles in our index, ranked by how many people recommend each.
In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan · 2008
9 recommenders
On Food and Cooking
Harold McGee · 2004
6 recommenders
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Michael Pollan · 2006
Finding Ultra
Rich Roll · 2013
5 recommenders
The 4-Hour Chef
Timothy Ferriss · 2012
The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
Marcella Hazan · 2012
Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser · 2005
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
Richard Wrangham · 2009
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat · 2017
The Complete Guide to Fasting
Dr. Jason Fung · 2016
4 recommenders
The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New York
Claudia Roden · 2001
3 recommenders
The Physiology of Taste
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin · 1978
Cravings
Chrissy Teigen · 2018
How to Eat
Nigella Lawson · 1999
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus · 2022
Oranges
John McPhee · 2000
1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die
Mimi Sheraton · 2014
2 recommenders
something to food about: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs
Questlove · 2016
French Provincial Cooking
Elizabeth David · 1960
Eat to Beat Your Diet: Burn Fat, Heal Your Metabolism, and Live Longer
William W Li MD · 2023
Diet for a Small Planet (20th Anniversary Edition)
Frances Moore Lappé · 1991
The French Menu Cookbook
Richard Olney · 2011
The Plant Paradox Quick and Easy
Steven R Gundry · 2019
#GIRLBOSS
Sophia Amoruso · 2015
The Happy Vegan: A Guide to Living a Long, Healthy, and Successful Life
Russell Simmons · 2015
The Art of Eating
M.F.K. Fisher · 1954
The Longevity Solution
Dr. James DiNicolantonio · 2019
The Gaza Kitchen
Laila El-Haddad · 2012
Kintsugi Wellness
Candice Kumai · 2018
Honey From A Weed
Patience Gray · 2001
Eat Fat, Get Thin
Mark Hyman · 2016
The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert
Richard Betts · 2013
Coconut & Sambal: Recipes from my Indonesian Kitchen
Lara Lee · 2020
Wine Simple: A Totally Approachable Guide from a World-Class Sommelier
Aldo Sohm · 2019
The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained in More Than 100 Essential Recipes
Nik Sharma · 2020
The Cook’s Companion
Stephanie Alexander · 1996
Jerusalem
Sami Tamimi & Yotam Ottolenghi · 2012
A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes
David Tanis · 2008
Thai Food
David Thompson · 2002
An Everlasting Meal
Tamar Adler · 2011
Becoming Vegan
Brenda Davis & Vesanto Melina · 2014
Death & Co
David Kaplan · 2014
The Taste of Country Cooking
Edna Lewis · 2006
I Like You
Amy Sedaris · 2008
The Forks Over Knives Plan: How to Transition to the Life-Saving, Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet
Alona Pulde, Matt Lederman & Marah Stets · 2014
The American Bar
Charles Schumann · 1995
1 recommender
Louisiana Saturday Night
Alex V Cook · 2012
Ma Gastronomie
Fernand Point · 1969
Mãn
Kim Thúy · 2013
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Kevin Noble Maillard & Juana Martinez-Neal · 2019
Still We Rise: A Love Letter to the Southern Biscuit with Over 70 Sweet and Savory Recipes
Erika Council · 2023
Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook: A Cookbook
Sohla El-Waylly · 2023
Molecular Gastronomy
Hervé This · 2006
It's All Good
Gwyneth Paltrow · 2013
The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Whiskey Know-It-All
Richard Betts, Crystal English Sacca, Wendy MacNaughton · 2015
Essential Cuisine
Michel Bras · 2002
Fifty Shades of Chicken
F. L. Fowler · 2012
Grain Brain
David Perlmutter · 2013
The Staffordshire Oatcake: A History
Pamela Sambrook · 2009
Joe Beef
Frederic Morin · 2018
Modernist Cuisine
Nathan Myhrvold · 2011
Blue Trout and Black Truffles
Joseph Wechsberg · 1985
America Eats
Nelson Algren · 1992
Recipes of Boulestin
X Marcel Boulestin · 1971
Season: Big Flavors, Beautiful Food
Nik Sharma · 2018
Plenty
Yotam Ottolenghi · 2010
Roast Chicken and Other Stories
Simon Hopkinson · 1980
How to Cook Everything
Mark Bittman · 1998
Chez Panisse Desserts
Lindsey Remolif Shere · 1985
Plenty More
Yotam Ottolenghi · 2014
Rice, Noodle, Fish
Matt Goulding · 2015
The Diary Of A Domestic Diva
Shilpa Shetty · 2018
Dirty Vegan Book 2
Matt Pritchard · 2019
Living Bread: Tradition and Innovation in Artisan Bread Making: A Baking Book
Daniel Leader · 2019
Simple French Cuisine
Jenny Baker · 1992
Godforsaken Grapes
Jason Wilson · 2018
The Violet Bakery Cookbook
Claire Ptak · 2015
The Food of Sichuan
Fuchsia Dunlop · 2019
Poilâne: The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery
Apollonia Poilâne · 2019
The Book of St. John
Fergus Henderson · 2019
Whole New You
Tia Mowry · 2017
Supercharge Your Life
Lee Holmes · 2019
Fanny at Chez Panisse
Alice Waters · 1992
On Masa
Jorge Gaviria · 2022
The Juice: Vinous Veritas
Jay McInerney · 2012
The Greens Cookbook
Deborah Madison and Edward Espé Brown · 1987
The Art of Fine Baking
Paula Peck · 1961
White Heat 25
Marco Pierre White · 2015
Lulu's Provençal Table
Richard Olney · 1994
Minimalist Baker's Everyday Cooking
Dana Shultz · 2016
Dark Rye and Honey Cake
Regula Ysewijn · 2023
My Father's Daughter
Gwyneth Paltrow · 2011
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
T. Kingfisher · 2020
Everyday Detox
Megan Gilmore · 2015
Oh She Glows Every Day
Angela Liddon · 2016
The Four Hour Body
Timothy Ferris · 2024
My Bombay Kitchen
Niloufer Ichaporia King · 2007
Gelupo Gelato
Jacob Kenedy · 2021
Gran Cocina Latina
Maricel E. Presilla · 2012
Hong Kong Food City
Tony Tan · 2019