The best cookbooks of 2019 by the experts

Who knows cookbooks better than the owners of specialist cookbook stores? They stock and sell thousands of cookbooks and because their stores are focused on food and drink books, they are true experts. They read the books, cook from them and then share their knowledge with their customers. When shopping for cookbook gifts this holiday season, please think about supporting your local bookstore.

We asked for favorite cookbooks of 2019 lists from the cookbook stores that feature in our directory. Some of the books listed were published in 2018 in the USA but in 2019 in the bookstore’s country. All these lists will be included in our Best of the Best list, which is being unveiled shortly.

 

USA

Omnivore Books – owner Celia Sack 

• Apple: Recipes from the Orchard by James Rich
• Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman
• Pastry Love by Joanne Chang
• Made in Mexico by Danny Mena
• Sababa by Adeena Sussman
• Botany at the Bar by Selena Ahmed, Ashley Duval & Rachel Meyer
• The Food of Sichuan by Fuchsia Dunlop
• East by Meera Sodha
• Alpine Cooking by Meredith Erickson
• My Mexico City Kitchen by Gabriela Camara

 

Kitchen Arts & Letters – from KA&L customers

• Rosetta by Elena Reygadas
• From The Oven To The Table by Diana Henry
• Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman
• Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, Megan Scott & John Becker
• Women on Food by Charlotte Druckman
• Wines of the French Alps by Wink Lorch
• The Last Course by Claudia Fleming
• The Whole Fish Cookbook by Josh Niland
• South by Sean Brock
• The Neapolitan Pizza by Paolo Masi, Annalisa Romano, and Enzo Coccia

 

Book Larder – owner Lara Hamilton

• From The Oven To The Table by Diana Henry
• Ruffage by Abra Berens
• Recipes for Refuge by Refugee Women’s Alliance (ReWa)
• Cannelle et Vanille by Aran Goyoaga
• Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman
• Jubilee by Toni Tipton-Martin
• The Food of Sichuan by Fuchsia Dunlop
• Sour by Mark Diacono
• The Modern Cook’s Year by Anna Jones
• Sababa by Adeena Sussman
  

Powell’s City of Books – cookbook buyer Tracey T.

• Side Dish Bible by America’s Test Kitchen Editors
• Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, Megan Scott & John Becker
• The Art of Escapism Cooking by Mandy Lee
• Husbands that Cook by Ryan Alvarez & Adam Merrin
• Breakfast the Cookbook by Emily Elyse Miller
• The Big Book of Instant Pot Recipes by Kristy Bernardo & Emily Sunwell-Vidaurri & Amy Rains & Stefanie Bundalo
• Whole Food Cooking Every day by Amy Chaplin
• Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman
• Lateral Cooking by Niki Segnit
• Mastering Spice by Lior Lev Sercarz and Genevieve Ko
  

Read It and Eat – owner Esther Dairiam

• Ruffage by Abra Berens
• Cooking for Good Times by Paul Kahan & Rachel Holtzman
• South by Sean Brock
• We Are La Cocina by Caleb Zigas & Leticia Landa
• Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman
• Oaxaca by Bricia Lopez & Javier Cabral
• Living Bread by Daniel Leader & Lauren Chattman
• Let’s Make Ramen! by Hugh Amano & Sarah Becan
• The Turkish Cookbook by Musa Dağdeviren
• Zaitoun by Yasmin Khan
  

Now Serving – owner Ken Concepcion

• The Gaijin Cookbook by Ivan Orkin and Chris Ying
• Dappled by Nicole Rucker
• My Mexico City Kitchen by Gabriela Camara
• Jubilee by Toni Mipton-Martin
• Where Cooking Begins by Carla Lalli Music
• Whole Food Cooking Every Day by Amy Chaplin
• The Book of St. John by Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver
• Black Sea by Caroline Eden
• The Whole Fish Cookbook by Josh Niland
• Food Of The Italian South by Katie Parla

CANADA

The Cookbook Co. Cooks – Jane McCullough

• Alpine Cooking by Meredith Erickson
• Calgary Eats by Gail Norton and Karen Ralph
• Dirty Food by Julie Van Rosendaal
• Duchess At Home by Giselle Courteau
• From the Oven to the Table by Diana Henry
• Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman
• Oaxaca by Bricia Lopez
• Rocky Mountain Cooking by Katie Mitzel
• Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen by Kim Thúy
• tawâw by Shane Chartrand

Appetite for Books – Montreal – Jonathan Cheung

UNITED KINGDOM

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• The Book of St. John by Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver
• The Whole Fish Cookbook by Josh Niland
• The National Trust Book of Puddings by Regula Ysewijn
• Baking with Kim-Joy by Kim-Joy
• Fairytale Baking by Christin Geweke
• Week Light by Donna Hay
• Jackfruit and Blue Ginger by Sasha Gill
• The Flexible Pescatarian by Jo Pratt
• Dishoom by Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar and Naved Nasir
• Tokyo Stories: A Japanese Food Tour by Tim Anderson

EUROPE

De Kookboekhandel (Netherlands) – owner Jonah Freud

• Indorock by Vanja van der Leeden
• Lekker Fred by Freddy Tratlehner
• St. John het kookboek  (The Book of St. John) by Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver
• Eten met Nijntje by Bruna Dik and Samuel Levie
• Uit de Oven (From the Oven to the Table) by Diana Henry
• Alpine Cooking by Meredith Erickson
• Brits bakboek by Regula Ysewijn
• Provençe (Provençal) by Alex Jackson
• Bouillon  by Jean Beddington
• Signature Dishes That Matter by Various
  

Cook + Book (Netherlands) – owner Riejanne Schimmel

• Het makkelijke bakboek by Rutger van den Broek
• Uit de oven (From the oven to the table) by Diana Henry
• Indorock (not available in English) by Vanja van der Leeden
• Moors (Moorish) by Ben Tish
• Cyprus (Taverna) by Georgina Hayden
• Zwarte Zee (Black Sea) by Caroline Eden
• Food of Sichuan by Fuchsia Dunlop
• Kleine hartige taartjes by Meike Schaling
• Stoofbijbel by Julius Jaspers
• Kopenhagen food (Copenhagen food) by Trine Hahnemann