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Without a sense of history, it's easy to think everything we recognize originated, at most, 100 years ago. It's no different with cooking. So when we find out that one of the earliest known cookbooks was a collection called the Apicius (thought to be compiled in the late 4th century AD), and that it was a gourmet cookbook rather than a list of primitive procedures, we're a bit shocked.

Of course, stuffed sardines and cuttle-fish croquettes aren't typically on the menu anymore. Fortunately, cookbooks have had 1700 years to grow with the cuisine. The best of them aren't just collections of recipes—they offer the philosophy of food, observations and reflections on the art of cooking, the history of favorite dishes, etc.

And great recipes, obviously. Though our selection is limited, we've done our best to bring in books that reflect this diversity while still providing usable and tasty recipes for both everyday meals and highbrow foods for special occasions. Many are suggestions from friends and family members who are avid cooks, bakers and gastrophiles familiar with the best and latest cookbooks. For the newest additions, use the "new books" filter on the right.

Some of the used cookbooks we offer are only on our shelves because they made us hungry—meaning we haven't tested the recipes or had them recommended by others who have. A number are specifically for kids or about specific historical eras. There are novelty cookbooks, like Lobscouse and Spotted Dog which catalogues dishes eaten by sailors in the Royal Navy during the Napoleanic Wars. Others are masterpieces of culinary prose.

We aren't trying to promote a certain diet, denigrate the use of boxed or canned food, or get you wearing homemade clothes while milking goats in the middle of nowhere. While all of those approaches have their benefits, we'd argue a more balanced approach. What we're trying to foster through the cookbooks we carry is a sense of the joy of cooking and the centrality of the table in home life. What that looks like for your family is your family's own business; these are simply suggestions and possible guidelines.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.
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"I Don't Know How to Cook" Book
by Mary-Lane Kamberg
2nd edition from Adams Media Corp.
for Adult
in Quick and Easy Cooking (Location: COOK-EASY)
1,000 Vegan Recipes
by Robin Robertson
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
100 Recipes For Your Air Fryer
from GoWISE
Air Fryer Recipes for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
366 Delicious Ways to Cook Rice, Beans, and Grains
by Andrea Chesman
from Plume Books
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
660 Curries
by Raghavan Iyer
from Workman Publishing
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
All About Roasting
by Molly Stevens
from W. W. Norton and Co.
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
All New All Purpose Joy of Cooking
by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker
from Scribner
for Adult
in American Cooking (Location: COOK-US)
Alton Brown's Gear For Your Kitchen
by Alton Brown
from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver
from Harper Perennial
for 9th-Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver
from Harper Perennial
for 9th-Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
Anne of Green Gables Cookbook
by Kate Macdonald, illustrated by Barbara Di Lella
from Oxford University
for 4th-10th grade
in Literary Cookbooks (Location: COOK-LIT)
Anne of Green Gables Cookbook
by Kate Macdonald
from Race Point
for 4th-10th grade
in Literary Cookbooks (Location: COOK-LIT)
$19.99
Appetite for Reduction
by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
from Da Capo Press
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Art of Chinese Cuisine
by Hsiang Ju Lin and Tsuifeng Lin
from Tuttle Publishing
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Art of Making Wine
by Stanley F. Anderson with Raymond Hull
from E.P. Dutton & Co.
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Beat This! Cookbook
by Ann Hodgman
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Best Chicken Recipes
by Cook's Illustrated Editors
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Best International Recipe Cookbook
1st edition from America's Test Kitchen
for 9th-12th grade
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
Best of America's Test Kitchen 2007
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Best of America's Test Kitchen 2008
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Best of America's Test Kitchen 2009
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Best Simple Recipes
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
Best-Loved Quick Fixes from Mixes
from Publications International
for Adult
in Quick and Easy Cooking (Location: COOK-EASY)
Better Homes & Gardens Dessert Cook Book
1965 Printing from Meredith Press
for Adult
in Baking & Desserts (Location: COOK-BAK)
Betty Crocker's Dinner for Two Cook Book
by Betty Crocker
First Edition, Second Printing from Golden Press
for 9th-Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
Betty Crocker's Fix-It-Fast Family Favorites
by Betty Crocker
from General Mills
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
Betty Crocker's Kitchen Gardens
by Mary Mason Campbell, illustrated by Tasha Tudor
from Universal Publishing Inc.
for 9th-Adult
in Literary Cookbooks (Location: COOK-LIT)
Bistro Cooking at Home
by Gordon Hamersley
from Broadway Books
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Bless This Food
by Julia M. Pitkin, George & Karen Grant
from Cumberland House
Cookbooks for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$22.95
Blue Ribbon Cookbook
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Bread, Bread, Bread
by Ann Morris
Reprint from HarperCollins
for Preschool-1st grade
in Food & Farming Around the World (Location: HISMC-FOOD)
Broccoli by Brody
by Lora Brody
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Canon of Vegetables
by Raymond Sokolov
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Cat Cora's Classics with a Twist
by Cat Cora
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Celebration of Wellness
by James Levin and Natalie Cederquist
from GLO, Inc.
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Chef MD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine
by John La Puma and Rebecca Powell Marx
from Crown Publishers
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Chris Carmichael's Food for Fitness
by Chris Carmichael
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Come to the Table
by Jamie Aramini
from My Father's World
for 2nd-5th grade
in My Father's World (Location: CUR-MFW)
Cook This Now
by Melissa Clark
from Hyperion Press
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Cook's Canon
by Raymond Sokolov
from HarperCollins
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Cook's Illustrated Kitchen Hacks
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!
by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel, illustrated by Janet Stevens
from Harcourt, Brace & Company
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Cooking Green
by Kate Heyhoe
from Da Capo Press
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Cooking Thin with Chef Kathleen
by Kathleen Daeleman
from Houghton Mifflin
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Cooking Under Cover
from Chapters Publishing Ltd.
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
Cooking Vegetables
by Joanne Glynn
from Thunder Bay Press
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
CookSmart
by Pam Anderson
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
CookWise
by Shirley O. Corriher
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
Country Suppers
by Ruth Cousineau, illustrated by Warren Kimble
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Cuisine Economique
by Jacques Pepin
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Cupcakes Galore
by Gail Wagman
from MQ Publications
for Adult
in Baking & Desserts (Location: COOK-BAK)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Curious Cook
by Harold McGee
from Collier Books
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread
by Crescent Dragonwagon
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
Deceptively Delicious
by Jessica Seinfeld
1st edition from HarperCollins
for All Ages
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$9.00 (2 in stock)
Discovering Wine
by Joanna Simon
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$17.95
Drying Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
Dulce: Desserts in the Latin-American Tradition
by Joseluis Flores with Laura Zimmerman Maye, photos by Ben Fink
from Rizzoli New York
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Easy 5-Ingredient Ketogenic Diet Cookbook
by Jen Fisch
from Rockridge Press
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Easy Keto for Busy People
by Jennifer Marie Garza
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Eat this Book
by Tyler Florence
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Eat Well Feel Well
by Kendall Conrad, foreword by Elaine Gottschall
from Three Rivers Press
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Eat Your Way Around the World
by Jamie Aramini
from Geography Matters
for 4th-8th grade
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Eat Your Way Through the USA
by Loreé Pettit
from Geography Matters
for 4th-8th grade
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
Eat, Drink, & Weigh Less
by Mollie Katzen & Walter Willett
from Hyperion Press
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Eating Well is the Best Revenge
by Marian Burros
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Elegantly Easy Creme Brulee & Other Custard Desserts
by Debbie Puente
from Renaissance Books
for Adult
in Baking & Desserts (Location: COOK-BAK)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Everybody's Wokking
by Martin Yan
from Harlow & Ratner
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Everyday Gluten-Free Slow Cooking
from Sterling Publishing Co.
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
Express Lane Meals
by Rachael Ray
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in Quick and Easy Cooking (Location: COOK-EASY)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Fast, Fresh & Green
by Susie Middleton, photographs by Ben Fink
from Chronicle Books
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Fish
from Headline
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Five in a Row Cookbook
by Becky Jane Lambert
2nd edition from Five in a Row
for 2nd-6th grade
in Five in a Row (Location: LITCUR-FIAR)
Fondue
from Periplus
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Food Anatomy
by Julia Rothman
from Storey Publishing
for 6th-Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$18.99
Food and Recipes of Westward Expansion
Cooking Throughout American History
by George Erdosh
1st edition from PowerKids Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Western Expansion (1800-1898) (Location: HISA-19WES)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Food for Thought
by Francis Foucachon, foreword by Douglas Wilson
2nd edition from Roman Roads Media
for 10th-Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$22.00
Food Matters
by Mark Bittman
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Food You Crave
by Ellie Krieger
from Taunton Press
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Foods of the Americas
from Ten Speed Press
for Adult
in Food & Farming Around the World (Location: HISMC-FOOD)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Free For All Cooking
by Jules E. Dowler Shepard
from Lifelong Books
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
From the Earth
by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
from Macmillan
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Get Saucy
by Grace Parisi
from Harvard Common Press
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Get With the Program Guide to Good Eating
by Bob Greene
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Good Housekeeping's Book of Menus, Recipes, and Household Discoveries
by Good Housekeeping
10th edition from Good Housekeeping
for Adult
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
Good Seafood Book
by Jane Brody with Richard Flaste
from W. W. Norton and Co.
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Good Stuff Cookbook
by Spike Mendelsohn with Micheline Mendelsohn
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
for Adult
in American Cooking (Location: COOK-US)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Gourmet Garage Cookbook
by Sheryl and Mel London, illustrated by Kathleen Skelly-Kurka
from Henry Holt and Company
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Graham Kerr's Creative Choices Cookbook
by Graham Kerr
from G.P. Putnam's Sons
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Graham Kerr's Smart Cooking
by Graham Kerr
Fir from Doubleday & Company
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Grain-Free Gourmet
by Jodi Bager and Jenny Lass
from Whitecap Books
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Grains!
by Good Housekeeping
from Hearst Books
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook
from Random House
in Literary Cookbooks (Location: COOK-LIT)
Green Smoothie Revolution
by Victoria Boutenko
from North Atlantic Books
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Harvey the Baker
Handy Harvey
by Lars Klinting
from Kingfisher
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Healing Foods
by Patricia Hausman and Judith Benn Hurley
from Dell Publishing
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Healing Foods
by Sandra Ramacher
from Elephant Publishing
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day
by Jeff Hertzberg, Zoe Francois
1st edition from Thomas Dunne Books
for Adult
in Baking & Desserts (Location: COOK-BAK)
Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys
by David Tanis
from Artisan Publishers
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
High Performance Cookbook
by Susan M. Kleiner and KarenRae Friedman-Kester
from Macmillan
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
High-Flavor, Low-Fat Pasta
by Steven Raichlen
from Viking Press
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
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