Anyone get a cool new cookbook?

I just picked up Chrissy Teigen's Cravings cookbook at a used bookstore. I promised myself that I would only buy cookbooks that had AT LEAST 7-8 recipes I will try, and this one fits the bill. They don't look too complicated either. I also ordered Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat. I may allow myself to buy two more in the near future.

A long time ago, I had somewhere around 115-125 cookbooks. I got rid of a lot of them and have managed to own less than 10 for many years, probably only 4 or 5 for the last 4 years. I do have a binder of recipes I've saved, though. I'm challenging myself to cook a lot of new dishes in 2023, so that's my excuse for buying a bunch of new cookbooks - that and the fact that it was my birthday last week!

I also did something big. I started a cookbook club in a local girlfriends club! I just posted the event last night, and our first meeting will be the last Saturday of the month. We will voting for a cookbook, and everyone will pick a recipe to cook and bring to the gathering. Super excited to explore cookbooks this way!

I have Jen Hatmaker's cookbook, Feed These People. So far I have made the roast chicken + gravy and the fried rice. Both were VERY good and Dh especially loved the fried rice.

If you are familiar with her writing style (she's hilarious) she definitely brings it to this cookbook too.

In December I bought Downshiftology by Lisa Bryan. I've been following her for quite awhile on YouTube and Instagram.

i bought half baked harvest cookbooks for my daughter for christmas. does that count?

We eat a WFPB diet. Books i picked up at the Barnes and Noble 50% sale included Plant Based Woman Warrior (Esselstyn), Flavor (forks over knives) and Plenty (Ottolengi and not a wfpb book but lots of amazing veggie recipes)

I remember her!  I really liked her show - Ten Dollar Dinners.  I need to check out her book at the library. (Particularly since they recently eliminated any late fees and fines. Ha). 

I bought my DD The Pioneer Woman’s Super Easy! 120 Shortcut Recipes.   I also got her Trisha Yearwood‘s Tricia’s Kitchen: Easy Comfort Food for Friends and Family. She works full-time and with my grandson doing travel hockey and high school baseball, they are always on the go and need quick and easy meals. 

DD seemed happy to get them, but then I found out her mother-in-law got her an Instant Pot for Christmas. So she’d really like to have an Instant Pot cookbook now. 

I mentioned on another thread that I got this one: The Defined Dish: Whole30 Endorsed, Healthy and Wholesome Weeknight Recipes

It's not strictly a Whole30 cookbook and most recipes can be modified to fit paleo, grain-free, dairy-free and gluten-free as well. I've made 2 recipes from it so far and loved them.

I bought this cookbook too!! I can't wait to try and eat several of these recipes!

I haven't heard that name in a long time! Sounds like a good one!

I've been curious about Ottolengi's cookbooks. What is the difficulty level of the recipes in Plenty?

I have that one in my Amazon cart! Which two recipes did you try?

I put a hold on it at my library. I don't like her recipes enough to own any of her cookbooks, but I always enjoy leafing through the newest one just to see what she's got.

I got the latest Smitten Kitchen cookbook, Keepers (link here), for Christmas. I'm a big fan of Deb Perelman, the chef behind Smitten Kitchen. I love that her recipes are pretty straightforward and no-nonsense but if there's something that readers/cooks would think is fussy she explains why it's better that way or provides an alternative when possible. I have all of her cookbooks (3 now), and use them regularly.

My future son-in-law got me Kenji's Food Lab cook book. It's not new but it was really thoughtful and sweet. My daughter's fiance is a home chef and loves Kenji Lopez-Alt. He saw that I put on FB an article about Kenji's love of bagels - because I'm a little obsessed with good bagels - and remembered it and gave it to me. I was really touched. And it's a gorgeous cookbook.