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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)
$4.80 (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)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
4-Hour Chef
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$12.80 (1 in stock)
660 Curries
by Raghavan Iyer
from Workman Publishing
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$12.00 (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)
$7.20 (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)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
All-American Low-Fat Meals in Minutes
by M. J. Smith
from DCI Publishing
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
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)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
America's Test Kitchen Comfort Food Makeovers
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.80 (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)
Appetite for Reduction
by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
from Da Capo Press
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Appetizers, Finger Food, Buffets, and Parties
by Bridget Jones
from Hermes House
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (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)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Art of Low-Calorie Cooking
by Sally Schneider
from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.80 (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)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
At Home with Madhur Jaffrey
by Madhur Jaffrey
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Bean by Bean
by Crescent Dragonwagon
from Workman Publishing
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$7.20 (1 in stock)
Bean Gourmet Presents the Greatest Little Bean Cookbook
by Tom Chasuk
from Hearst Books
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Beat This! Cookbook
by Ann Hodgman
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Best Chicken Recipes
by Cook's Illustrated Editors
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (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 2008
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (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)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Best of Sunset Low-Fat Cookbook
by Sunset Books
from Sunset Publishing Corp.
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.00 (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)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
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)
Betty Crocker's New Cookbook
by Betty Crocker
8th edition from Macmillan
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Bistro Cooking at Home
by Gordon Hamersley
from Broadway Books
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (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)
$18.36 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Blue Ribbon Cookbook
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Bread & Wine
by Shauna Niequist
from Zondervan
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Broccoli by Brody
by Lora Brody
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Canon of Vegetables
by Raymond Sokolov
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Carefree Cook
by Rick Rodgers
from Broadway Books
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (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)
$4.80 (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)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Chef on a Shoestring
by Andrew Friedman
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Christmas from the Heart of the Home
by Susan Branch
First Edition from Little, Brown & Company
for Adult
in Christmas & Advent (Location: HOLIDAY)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Cook This Now
by Melissa Clark
from Hyperion Press
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.60 (1 in stock)
Cook's Canon
by Raymond Sokolov
from HarperCollins
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Cooking the RealAge Way
by Michael F. Roizen and John La Puma
from Collins
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Cooking Thin with Chef Kathleen
by Kathleen Daeleman
from Houghton Mifflin
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Cooking Under Cover
from Chapters Publishing Ltd.
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Cooking Under Pressure
by Lorna J. Sass
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Cooking Vegetables
by Joanne Glynn
from Thunder Bay Press
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Cooking: 600 Recipes, 1500 Photographs, One Kitchen Education
by James Peterson
from Ten Speed Press
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
CookSmart
by Pam Anderson
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (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)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Couscous and Other Good Food From Morocco
by Paula Wolfert
from Quill
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Cover & Bake
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Cuisine Economique
by Jacques Pepin
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Cupcakes Galore
by Gail Wagman
from MQ Publications
for Adult
in Baking & Desserts (Location: COOK-BAK)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Curious Cook
by Harold McGee
from Collier Books
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Deceptively Delicious
by Jessica Seinfeld
1st edition from HarperCollins
for All Ages
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$7.20 (2 in stock)
Discovering Wine
by Joanna Simon
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$17.95
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)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Eat this Book
by Tyler Florence
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Eat, Drink, & Weigh Less
by Mollie Katzen & Walter Willett
from Hyperion Press
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.40 (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)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Elegantly Easy Creme Brulee & Other Custard Desserts
by Debbie Puente
from Renaissance Books
for Adult
in Baking & Desserts (Location: COOK-BAK)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Elements of Cooking
by Michael Ruhlman
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Essentials of Cooking
by James Peterson
from Artisan Publishers
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Everybody's Wokking
by Martin Yan
from Harlow & Ratner
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Everyday Happy Herbivore
by Lindsay S. Nixon
from BenBella Books
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Everything Glycemic Index Cookbook
by Nancy T. Maar
from Adams Media Corp.
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Express Lane Meals
by Rachael Ray
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in Quick and Easy Cooking (Location: COOK-EASY)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Extraordinary Meals from Ordinary Ingredients
by Reader's Digest
from Reader's Digest
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (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)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Feed Zone Cookbook
by Biju Thomas & Allen Lim
from Velo Press
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
First Gentleman's Cookbook
by William D. Orr, compiler
from Bill Orr
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$7.20 (1 in stock)
Fish
from Headline
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook
by Dawn J. Ranck, Phyllis Pellman Good
from Good Books
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Fondue
from Periplus
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Food Anatomy
by Julia Rothman
from Storey Publishing
for 6th-Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$13.56
Food Matters
by Mark Bittman
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Food You Crave
by Ellie Krieger
from Taunton Press
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Foods of the Americas
from Ten Speed Press
for Adult
in Food & Farming Around the World (Location: HISMC-FOOD)
$7.20 (1 in stock)
Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual
by Frank Falcinelli, Frank Castronovo & Peter Meehan
from Artisan Publishers
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker
by Robin Robertson
from Harvard Common Press
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
From the Earth
by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
from Macmillan
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Get Saucy
by Grace Parisi
from Harvard Common Press
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.40 (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)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
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)
$4.00 (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)
$4.80 (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)
$4.00 (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)
$4.00 (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)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Grains!
by Good Housekeeping
from Hearst Books
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.60 (1 in stock)
Green Smoothie Revolution
by Victoria Boutenko
from North Atlantic Books
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Guy's Guide to Great Eating
by Don Mauer
from Houghton Mifflin
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
He Art Cooking
by Nathan Woods
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Healing Foods
by Patricia Hausman and Judith Benn Hurley
from Dell Publishing
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Healing Foods
by Sandra Ramacher
from Elephant Publishing
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
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