Here are 10 of the year’s best cookbooks, ranging from a deep dive into cookies to an ode to the ‘iconic trinity’ of soups, salads and sandwiches
The best cookbooks of 2024.
This year’s best cookbooks go deep on single subjects as varied as cookies, pasta and candied fruit. They use shared ingredients to tell the story of Caribbean cuisine and teach techniques to break down barriers and lead to mastery. They bridge the big issues and uncover the flavour hiding in pantry staples. They’re also just for the fun of it. After all, who doesn’t like soup, salads and sandwiches?
Anything’s Pastable
Anything’s Pastable is James Beard Award-winning podcaster and pasta shape inventor Dan Pashman’s second book and first cookbook.Photo by William Morrow Cookbooks
Belly Full
In her cookbook debut, Belly Full, Lesley Enston explores Caribbean cuisine through 11 of the region’s shared ingredients.Photo by Ten Speed Press
The Chinese Way
The Chinese Way is author, photographer and doctor Betty Liu’s second cookbook.Photo by Voracious
Crumbs
In Crumbs, Ben Mims features cookie recipes from more than 100 countries.Photo by Phaidon
Flour Is Flavour
Flour Is Flavour is Toronto baker Dawn Woodward’s first cookbook.Photo by Good Egg Books
Good Food, Healthy Planet
Good Food, Healthy Planet is Toronto-based writer and food advocate Puneeta Chhitwal-Varma’s first book.Photo by Touchwood Editions
Koreaworld
Chef Deuki Hong and writer and editor Matt Rodbard followed up their 2016 book, Koreatown, with Koreaworld, a look at how Korean cuisine has evolved in Korea and the United States.Photo by Clarkson Potter
Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking
In Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking, Joe Yonan takes a comprehensive look at vegan cuisine.Photo by Ten Speed Press
Matty Matheson: Soup, Salads, Sandwiches
Soups, Salads, Sandwiches is Matty Matheson’s third cookbook.Photo by Appetite by Random House
Nature’s Candy
Nature’s Candy is Camilla Wynne’s third cookbook.Photo by Appetite by Random House
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