The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook: Stories and Recipes for Southerners and Would-be Southerners

Down Home with the Neelys: A Southern Family Cookbook

Patrick Neely, Gina Neely, Paula Disbrowe

Smoke and Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen

Edward Lee · 292 pages

"Chef Edward Lee's story and his food could only happen in America. Raised in Brooklyn by a family of Korean immigrants, he eventually settled down in his adopted hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where he owns the acclaimed restaurant 610 Magnolia. A multiple James Beard Award nominee for his unique patchwork cuisine, Edward creates recipes--filled with pickling, fermenting, frying, curing, and s

The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook : More Than 100 Recipes From the Best Little Bakery In the South

Cheryl Day, Griffith Day, Amy Paige Condon

Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South

Vivian Howard · 564 pages

"Vivian Howard, the star cocreator of PBS's A CHEF'S LIFE, celebrates the flavors of North Carolina's coastal plain in more than 200 recipes and stories,"--Amazon.com.

Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook

Fannie Flagg · 214 pages

Shares recipes and observations about food and life.

Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours

Trisha Yearwood, Gwen Yearwood, Beth Yearwood Bernard · 224 pages

"She's adored by fans as a country music star, but among family and friends, Trisha Yearwood is best known for another talent: cooking. From her humble roots in Georgia to her triumphant recording years in Nashville and married life with husband Garth Brooks in Oklahoma, Trisha has always enjoyed feeding those she loves. Now she dishes up a collection of more than 120 of her go-to recipes in a tri

The Taste of Country Cooking

Edna Lewis · 304 pages

Recipes for specific dishes and entire meals from the cooking tradition of the author's Virginia Piedmont farming village, originally settled by freed slaves, are interspersed with reminiscences of her childhood.

The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook

Jill Conner Browne · 267 pages

Miss Kay's Duck Commander Kitchen: Faith, Family, and Food--Bringing Our Home to Your Table

Kay Robertson · 236 pages

Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide To Hosting the Perfect Funeral

Gayden Metcalfe · 268 pages

Very amusing cookbook with tasty recipes. But the book also describes Mississippi delta funeral customs in charming, tasteful ways. Don't miss the Episcopalians vs. the Methodists!

Barefoot Contessa Family Style: Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel Like Family

Ina Garten · 272 pages

In Barefoot Contessa Family Style, Ina Garten explains that sharing our tables with those we love is too essential to be saved just for special occasions u and it's easy to do if you know how to cook irresistible meals with a minimum of fuss.

Silver Palate Cookbook

Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins · 452 pages

Contains recipes developed by the founders of The Silver Palate gourmet food store in New York, covering all courses from appetizers to desserts, and includes tips on cooking and entertaining.

Cook with Jamie

Jamie Oliver · 450 pages

I can't tell you how long I've dreamt about writing this book. It's the biggest book I've ever done, and I've really tried to make it a timeless, modern-day classic. Whether you're a student, a young couple, an established cook or a novice, I'll take you through a whole load of simple and accessible recipes that will blow the socks off your family and any guests you might have round for dinner. Th

Top Secret Restaurant Recipes: Creating Kitchen Clones from America's Favorite Restaurant Chains

Todd Wilbur · 322 pages

In 1996, Americans spent over $100 billion gobbling up meals at full-service American restaurant chains, inspiring Todd Wilbur to change his focus from cracking the recipes for convenience store foods to cloning the popular dishes served at these sit-down stand-bys. Wilbur's knock-offs, absolutely indiscernible from the originals, are selected from national and regional chains, many drawn from a l

Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home

Nigella Lawson · 518 pages

The Professional Chef

Culinary Institute of America · 1,232 pages

"Named one of the five favorite culinary books of this decade by Food Arts magazine, The Professional Chef is the classic kitchen reference that many of America's top chefs have used to understand basic skills and standards for quality as well as develop a sense of how cooking works. Now, the ninth edition features an all-new, user-friendly design that guides readers through each cooking technique

Super Natural Cooking: Five Delicious Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Foods into Your Cooking

Heidi Swanson · 215 pages

Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food

Jeff Potter · 458 pages

Are you an innovative cook, accustomed to expressing your creativity instead of just following recipes? Are you interested in the science behind what happens to food while it’s cooking? Do you want to learn what makes a recipe work so you can improvise and create your own dish? More than just a cookbook, [Cooking for Geeks][1] inspires you to be inventive in the kitchen and piques your curiosit

Beard on Bread

James Beard · 228 pages

Everything you need to know about breadmaking including 100 of James Beard's favourite recipes with variations.

The Little Paris Kitchen

Rachel Khoo

Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico

Rick Bayless, Deann Groen Bayless · 384 pages

The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors: Recipes You Should Have Gotten from Your Grandmother

Jeff Smith · 539 pages

Featuring the cuisine of thirty-five different ethnic groups, this collection of more than four hundred recipes encompasses easy-to-prepare dishes ranging from appetizers to desserts.

Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes

Jennifer McLagan · 232 pages

Duck fat. Caul fat. Leaf lard. Bacon. Ghee. Suet. Schmaltz. Cracklings. Jennifer McLagan knows and loves cooking fat, and you'll remember that you do too once you get a taste of her lusty, food-positive writing and sophisticated comfort-food recipes. Dive into more than 100 sweet and savory recipes using butter, pork fat, poultry fat, beef fat, and lamb fat, including Slow Roasted Pork Belly with

Persiana: Recipes from the Middle East & Beyond

Sabrina Ghayour · 240 pages

A celebration of the foods and flavors of the regions near the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Ghayour presents recipes for modern and accessible Middle Eastern dishes,