Cookbook Book Gift Ideas
Where are my cookbook gift-givers? These are the 2024 cookbooks that I'm most excited to give as gifts this holiday season.
I'll be sharing my annual Bossy book gift ideas leading up to the holidays, and I hope you'll find a book or two in these lists to delight someone you love--or to give to yourself!
Don't forget to check my past Bossy gift idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites, nonfiction must-haves, or other new-to-you titles that might be perfect for the people on your holiday list!
2023 Bossy Book Gift Guides
2022 Bossy Book Gift Guides
2021 Bossy Book Gift Guides
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Bossy Independent Bookstore Love
A Bossy book-buying note: If you're buying books this holiday season, please support your local independent bookstore. They need and appreciate our business! (The book covers on Bossy Bookworm link you to Bookshop, a site that supports the beloved indies that keep us swimming in thoughtful book recommendations and excellent customer service all year round.)
I love my local independent bookstore, Park Road Books. They have a fantastic selection of titles, staff members offer spot-on recommendations (and sparkling personalities!), and they can order almost anything they don't have in stock.
01 Justine Cooks: Recipes (Mostly Plants) for Finding Your Way in the Kitchen by Justine Doiron
I follow justine_snacks on social media, and I love her small-kitchen, simple-ingredient, delicious-looking "snacks," prepared in lovely atmospheric lighting.
Her first cookbook promises approachable, creative offerings to connect you and yours through food.
Recipes include Baked Kale Salad with Chili Quinoa, Breaded Beans with Nutty Skhug, Whitefish Peperonata, Crispy Rice in Sungold-Miso Broth, plus simple breads like Sweet Potato Focaccia and Ripple Bread. The desserts chapter tempts with recipes like Tiny Salted Tiramisu Cookies and Butternut Squash Cake with Cinnamon Whipped Cream.
02 Does This Taste Funny? Recipes Our Family Loves by Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert
During Covid, the Colbert family enjoyed having all three kids under the roof of their South Carolina home again, and cooking and eating together became a collective past time.
Does This Taste Funny? collects some of the family's favorite recipes, as well as banter between Stephen and Evie.
...from Party Food, to Seafood, to Poultry and Meat, to Desserts ("This is one of the largest sections of the book. Evie always reminds me that desserts are a great way to postpone clearing up."), to Drinks...with gorgeous shots of their food, family, and home.
03 Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat by Emily Weinstein and New York Times Cooking
In Easy Weeknight Dinners, editor in chief Emily Weinstein has curated some of the greatest hits--100 favorite dishes that you can make in as little as 10 minutes, from trusted writers Melissa Clark, Eric Kim, Yewande Komolafe, Ali Slagle, and more, served with mouth-watering photos and notes from the NYT Cooking community.
My household's dinners are largely inspired by New York Times Food emails and recipes, and I'm all in for truly quick, delicious options such as "a standout meal for one, crowd-pleasers for picky kids, or something special for company...versatile, flavor-packed meals for busy lives."
04 The Great British Baking Show: Kitchen Classics: The Official 2023 Great British Bake Off Book by The Bake Off Team
The Great British Baking Show is cozy winter watching for me and anyone else in this family I can get to watch alongside me.
In The Great British Baking Show: Kitchen Classics, recipes by Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, and the 2023 bakers include 80 mouthwatering Signature Bakes.
The joy of The Great British Bake Off is...this combination of old and new, classic and contemporary.... With biscuits and breads; pastries and patisseries, desserts, chocolate inventions, and, of course, cakes, these are all recipes you'll want to make at home.
05 Milk Street: Cook What You Have: Make a Meal Out of Almost Anything by Christopher Kimball
I've mentioned several Milk Street and Christopher Kimball-conceived cookbooks in past book gift lists, and I'm dedicated to Kimball's Milk Street magazine, published every two months.
Cook What You Have promises to transform your pantry offerings into "bright, bold meals from around the world."
Got a can of chickpeas? It can become anything from a quick hummus to a curry spiked with sweet carrots, from a garlicky chickpea soup to a bowl of crispy canned beans with lemon and scallions.
The 225 recipes in Cook What You Have offer practical methods for finding creative inspiration right under your nose--without a trip to the store.
06 Half Baked Harvest: Quick and Cozy by Tieghan Gerard
I mentioned Tieghan Gerard's Half Baked Harvest: Every Day in a past cookbook gift list, and I own several of her cookbooks. Typically, everything Gerard dreams up appeals to me, and the recipes work out as designed.
In her fourth cookbook, Tieghan Gerard returns with a collection of more than 120 recipes that reflect the way she cooks now: simple ingredients, easy to get on the table, short on time yet big on flavor.
Recipes for promising, accessible comfort food with a twist include: Maple Bacon Pancakes with Bourbon Maple Syrup, Cheesy Roasted Shallot Bread, Garlic Butter Steak Bites with Bang Bang Sauce, Sheet Pan Mac & Cheese with All the Crispy Edges, and Dark Chocolate Pistachio Cake with Cream Cheese Icing.
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