Best cookbooks of 2022 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 one of these stores – don’t forget most of them also do online orders and many offer gift certificates.

We asked for favorite cookbooks of 2022 lists from the cookbook stores that feature in our directory. Some of the books listed were published in 2021 in their country of origin but in 2022 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 (San Francisco) – owner Celia Sack 

• The Wok: Recipes and Techniques by J. Kenji López-Alt
• The Woks of Life by Bill, Judy, Sarah & Kaitlin Leung
• Korean American by Eric Kim
• Diasporican by Illyanna Maisonet
• What’s for Dessert by Claire Saffitz
• The Nutmeg Trail by Eleanor Ford
• Six California Kitchens by Sally Schmitt
• The Cookie Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum
• The Last Bite by Anna Higham
• Modern Classic Cocktails by Robert Simonson

Kitchen Arts & Letters (New York) – owner Matt Sartwell

• The Cook You Want to Be by Andy Baraghani
• Delectable by Claudia Fleming
• Food52 Simply Genius by Kristen Miglore
• Gâteau by Aleksandra Crapanzano
• Korean American by Eric Kim
• The Kingdom of Rye by Dara Goldstein
• Menu No. 2 by Brian Voll
• The Miracle of Salt by Naomi Duguid
• Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage
• Rambutan by Cynthia Shanmugalingam

KA&L also has their staff picks on their site.

Book Larder (Seattle) – owner Lara Hamilton

• Rambutan by Cynthia Shanmugalingam
• First Generation by Frankie Gaw
• Home Food by Olia Hercules
• A Good Day to Bake by Benjamina Ebuehi
• Watermelon & Red Birds by Nicole Taylor
• One Pot, Pan, Planet by Anna Jones
• Korean American by Eric Kim
• Tava by Irina Georgescu
• The Wok: Recipes and Techniques by J. Kenji López-Alt
• Delectable by Claudia Fleming

Powell’s (Portland) – staff picks

• Bake by Paul Hollywood
• Chicano Bakes by Esteban Castillo
• Evolutions in Bread by Ken Forkish
• Fabulous Modern Cookies by Paul Arguin & Chris Taylor
• Gullah Geechee Home Cooking by Emily Meggett
• Homage by Chris Scott
• My America by Kwame Onwuachi & Joshua David Stein
• One Pot, Pan, Planet by Anna Jones
• Sustainable Kitchen by Sadhbh Moore and Abi Aspen Glencross
• The Forest Feast Road Trip by Erin Gleeson

Now Serving (Los Angeles) – owner Ken Concepcion

• On the Himalayan Trail: Recipes and Stories from Kashmir to Ladakh by Romy Gill
• Korean American by Eric Kim
• Mi Cocina by Rick Martinez
• Noma 2.0 by René Redzepi, Junichi Takahashi and Mette Søberg
• First Generation by Frankie Gaw
• Masa by Jorge Gaviria
• Via Carota by Jody Williams, Rita Sodi & Anna Kovel
• Tanya Holland’s California Soul by Tanya Holland
• Why Cook by Archana Pidathala
• Salad Freak by Jess Damuck

Bold Fork Books (Washington DC) – owner Clementine Thomas

• Gâteau by Aleksandra Crapanzano
• Lanka Food by O Tama Carey
• Korean American by Eric Kim
• The Art and Science of Sushi by Jun Takahashi, Hidemi Sato & Mitose Tsuchida
• Doctors and Distillers by Camper English
• I Am From Here by Vishwesh Bhatt
• The Miracle of Salt by Naomi Duguid
• Saka Saka by Anto Cocagne
• Delectable by Claudia Fleming
• Flour Power by Tara Jensen

CANADA

Appetite for Books (Montreal) – owner Jonathan Cheung

• Not yet received

The Cookbook Co. Cooks (Calgary) – owner Gail Norton

• You Are Human and You Need Cake by Julie Van Rosendaal
• Don’t Worry Just Cook by Bonnie Stern and Anna Rupert
• Smitten Kitchen Keepers by Deb Perelman
• Pierogi by Zuza Zak
• Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things by Yotam Ottolenghi & Noor Murad
• The Year of Miracles by Ella Risbridger
• Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking by Vicky Bennison
• The Miracle of Salt by Naomi Duguid
• The Cook You Want to Be by Andy Baraghani
• Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage

UNITED KINGDOM

cookbookbake (Brighton) – owner Julie Haylett

• Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage
• Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things by Yotam Ottolenghi & Noor Murad
• Taste by Stanley Tucci
• A Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm
• Salad Freak by Jess Damuck
• Meat-Free Mexican by Thomasina Miers
• Breadsong by Kitty & Al Tait
• Your Daily Veg by Joe Woodhouse
• The Nutmeg Trail by Eleanor Ford
• Nistisima by Georgina Hayden

EUROPE

De Kookboekhandel (Amsterdam) – owner Jonah Freud

• Memmisj by Jonah Freud
• Moro Easy by Sam & Sam Clark
• Bistrotier by Stéphane Reynaud
• The Wok: Recipes and Techniques by J. Kenji López-Alt
• Nistisima by Georgina Hayden
• Kunst en Koken by Karin Gailard
• Parsi by Farokh Talati
• Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage
• Switi Sranen by Noni Kooiman
• De Keukens van Oekraine (Summer Kitchens) by Olia Hercules

Cook + Book (Netherlands) – owner Riejanne Schimmel

• De chef die je wilt zijn (The Cook You Want to Be) by Andy Baraghani
• De Buitenkeuken by Charlotte Marres & Olle Swets
• Persiana Elke Dag (Persiana Everyday) by Sabrina Ghayour
• Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage
• Mi Cocina by Rick Martinez
• Carpati (Carpathia) by Irina Georgescu
• Chinese-ish by Rosheen Kaul
• Java by Maureen Tan
• Soep. Bouillon. Brood. (Soup. Broth. Bread) by Rachel Allen
• Het plezier van écht goed koken (The Joy of Better Cooking) by Alice Zaslavsky

Goldhahn und Sampson (Berlin) – co-owner Andreas Klöckner

• Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things by Yotam Ottolenghi & Noor Murad
• Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage
• Gastro Obscura by Cecily Wong & Dylan Thuras
• Splendido by Mercedes Lauenstein & Juri Gottschall
• Das Nuss Kochbuch by Estella Schweizer & Winfried Heinze 
• Tomaten by Kat Menschik
• 57 Wilde Gerichte aus dem Wald by Christian Meyer-Landrut 
• Pierogi by Zuza Zak
• Junges Gemüse by Anette Dieng & Ingela Persson
• Schöne Heimat by Kit Schulte

Kogebogeriet (Copenhagen) – co-owner Bitten Nielsen

• List not yet received.

 

AUSTRALIA

Scrumptious Reads (Brisbane) – owner Julie Tjiandra

• The Joy of Better Cooking by Alice Zaslavsky
• Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things by Yotam Ottolenghi & Noor Murad
• Mabu Mabu by Nornie Bero
• Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage
• Paon by Tjok Maya Kerthyasa & I Wayan Kresna Yasa
• Tenderheart by Hetty McKinnon
• RecipeTin Eats: Dinner by Nagi Maehashi
• Around the Table by Julia Busuttil Nishimura
• The Food Savers A-Z by Alex Elliott-Howery & Jaimee Edwards
• What I Cook When Nobody’s Watching by Poh Ling Yeow

Books for Cooks (Melbourne) – owner Tim White

• Tenderheart by Hetty McKinnon
• The Real Food Companion by Matthew Evans
• Korean American by Eric Kim
• Flour Power by Tara Jensen
• Cooking by Jeremy Lee
• Bras, the Tastes of Aubrac by Sébastien Bras
• Taste Tibet by Julie Kleeman & Yeshi Jampa
• Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things by Yotam Ottolenghi & Noor Murad

NEW ZEALAND

Cook the Books (Auckland) – owner Felicity Driscoll

• The RNZ Cookbook by David Cohen & Kathy Paterson
• Miss Polly’s Kitchen by Polly Markus
• Ripe Recipes: Thought for Food by Angela Redfern
• Be Good Plant Based Recipes for Everybody by Buffy Ellen Gill
• Noma 2.0 by René Redzepi, Junichi Takahashi and Mette Søberg
• Salamati by Hamed Allahyari
• Biting Biting by Urvashi Roe
• First, Cream the Butter and Sugar by Emelia Jackson
• Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking by Vicky Bennison
• The Miracle of Salt by Naomi Duguid