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Whether you're just starting out and looking for quick and easy dinner recipes or you're a seasoned chef looking for fresh inspiration, Alibris offers a diverse selection of cookbooks to indulge every palate and skill level.

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The Insulin Resistance Diet Plan & Cookbook: Lose Weight, Manage Pcos, and Prevent Prediabetes The Insulin Resistance Diet...

Tara Spencer, Jennifer Koslo (Foreword by)
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The New American Heart Association Cookbook, 9th Edition: Revised and Updated with More Than 100 All-New Recipes The New American Heart...

American Heart Association
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The Bodybuilder's Kitchen: 100 Muscle-Building, Fat Burning Recipes, with Meal Plans to Chisel Your The Bodybuilder's Kitchen:...

Erin Stern
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Renal Diet Cookbook: The Low Sodium, Low Potassium, Healthy Kidney Cookbook Renal Diet Cookbook: The Low...

Susan Zogheib, John Wigneswaran (Foreword by)
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Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World's Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein, with 125 Recipes Cool Beans: The Ultimate...

Joe Yonan
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Binging with Babish: 100 Recipes Recreated from Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows Binging with Babish: 100...

Andrew Rea
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Barefoot in Paris: Easy French Food You Can Make at Home: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Barefoot in Paris: Easy...

Ina Garten, Quentin Bacon (Photographer)
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Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well Science in the Kitchen and...

Pellegrino Artusi
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Chef's Guide to Herbs & Spices: A Quickstudy Laminated Reference Guide Chef's Guide to Herbs &...

Jay Weinstein, Chef
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The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook: 200 Deliciously Simple Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker The Ultimate Instant Pot...

Coco Morante
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The New York Times Essential Book of Cocktails (Second Edition): Over 400 Classic Drink Recipes with Great Writing from the New York Times The New York Times Essential...

Steve Reddicliffe, Jennifer Finney Boylan (Foreword by)
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Good Housekeeping 123 Cook!: My First Cookbook Good Housekeeping 123 Cook!:...

Good Housekeeping (Editor), Kate Merker (Foreword by)
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Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book Betty Crocker's Picture Cook...

Betty Crocker
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The Mexican Food Diet: Healthy Eating That Feels Like Cheating The Mexican Food Diet:...

Maru Davila
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The Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, and Cooking in the Wild The Bushcraft Field Guide to...

Dave Canterbury
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Platters and Boards: Beautiful, Casual Spreads for Every Occasion Platters and Boards:...

Shelly Westerhausen Worcel, Wyatt Worcel
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Cooking for One: Scaled Recipes, No-Waste Solutions, and Time-Saving Tips Cooking for One: Scaled...

America's Test Kitchen (Editor)
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Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients: A Cookbook Barefoot Contessa Back to...

Ina Garten
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Imbibe! Updated and Revised Edition: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to Professor Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar Imbibe! Updated and Revised...

David Wondrich
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The Hell's Kitchen Cookbook: Recipes from the Kitchen The Hell's Kitchen Cookbook:...

The Chefs of Hell's Kitchen
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Making Your Own Mead: 43 Recipes for Homemade Honey Wines Making Your Own Mead: 43...

Peter Duncan, Bryan Acton
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The Farmhouse Culture Guide to Fermenting: Crafting Live Cultured Foods and Drinks with 100 Recipes from Kimchi to Kombucha The Farmhouse Culture Guide...

Kathryn Lukas, Shane Peterson
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The King Arthur Baking School: Lessons and Recipes for Every Baker The King Arthur Baking School...

King Arthur Baking Company
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Trim Healthy Mama Plan: The Easy-Does-it Approach to Vibrant Health and a Slim Waistline Trim Healthy Mama Plan: The...

Pearl Barrett, Serene Allison
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For beginners, the best cookbooks offer clear, step-by-step instructions - preferably with plenty of photos - and guidance on general cooking techniques. Here are some great options to start with:

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Looking to cook more regularly? These are some cookbooks that you should have in your kitchen:

Absolutely! Here are some top-rated cookbooks that focus on techniques, tools, and science rather than recipes alone:

  • The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J Kenji Lopez-Alt
  • Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food by Jeff Potter
  • On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee
  • Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking by Michael Ruhlman
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