Books

The Food Lab's Reading List, Day 12: Washoku

An essential work on Japanese home cooking for English-speaking audiences.

The Food Lab's Reading List, Day 11: Larousse Gastronomique

The big, fat, 1,300 page encyclopedia of French culinary terms that every serious cook should own.

The Food Lab's Reading List, Day 10: The River Cottage Cookbook

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The Food Lab's Reading List, Day 9: Down and Out in Paris and London

Check out The Food Lab's essential reads.

The Food Lab's Reading List, Day 8: The New Best Recipe

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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Fictional Foods

The Serious Eats staff wax nostalgic about our favorite food memories from books and movies.

The Food Lab's Reading List, Day 7: The Joyce Chen Cook Book

A memorable cookbook from the chef who introduced the US to Northern Chinese food.

The Food Lab's Reading List, Day 6: Jacques Pépin's Complete Techniques

A masterful book by a masterful chef.

The Food Lab's Reading List, Day 5: How to Read a French Fry

A well-curated package of useful and interesting scientific tidbits, with a straightforward, "just the facts, ma'am" approach.

The Food Lab's Reading List, Day 4: The Man Who Ate Everything

Jeffrey Steingarten teaches us that a good cooking article needs to be a good story first.

The Food Lab's Reading List, Day 3: The Making of a Chef

Michael Ruhlman's classic is Hunter S. Thompson meets Alton Brown.

The Food Lab's Reading List, Day 2: On Food and Cooking

It's been called "the Rosetta Stone of the culinary world," but that doesn't quite do it justice.

The Food Lab's Reading List, Day 1: Kitchen Confidential

The memoir that injected sex, drugs, and rock and roll into the tame world of celebrity chefs.

22 Essential Cookbooks for Every Kitchen

The cookbooks that should grace every kitchen collection.

The BraveTart Cookbook Is Finally Here!

Why you should run, not walk, to buy BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts.

The Best Cookware and Gadget Deals on Prime Day

The Prime Day deals we'll be shopping as the clock winds down to midnight.

Our Favorite Vegetarian Cookbooks for Your Collection

Four of the best vegetarian cookbooks to add to your shelf.

OMG, That's Me! The BraveTart Cookbook Is Now Available for Preorder

Want to learn everything I know about American dessert? You're in luck—my cookbook is available for preorder now.

Chained to the Stove: What It's Really Like to Write a Cookbook

The Long Good-bye: A Writer's Plea to Save the Foods We Love

Cookbook Love Letter: Tom Colicchio's Think Like a Chef

A book that teaches what really matters in cooking.

Cookbook Love Letter: Edna Lewis's The Taste of Country Cooking

The moment Edna Lewis's The Taste of Country Cooking changed one author's life.

Cookbook Love Letter: Jacques Pépin's Complete Techniques

Jacques Pepin inspires a cook through every step of his culinary career.

Cookbook Love Letter: Anne Willan's La Varenne Pratique

How a chef, and her cookbook, transformed a 20-year-old's world.