Best Cookbooks for Summer 2024

release date: June 25, 2024

As the title suggests, this debut from chef Camille Becerra aims to make everyday cooking an enjoyable experience, rather than a tedious one. Bright Cooking The menu features vibrant, ingredient-forward dishes such as Turkish eggs with crunchy hot honey chilli oil and carrot herb noodle bowl. know Learn how to use a chef’s knife and Becerra’s collection of sauces, soups and finishing oils are sure to bring great flavor to any ingredient you have at hand.

release date: June 25, 2024

in Dolce!James Beard Award-nominated baker Renato Poliafito pays homage to classic Italian desserts while putting a thoroughly American twist on the country’s baking traditions. A beautiful exploration of his Italian-American roots, this book features nearly 100 recipes ranging from the traditional (Strawberry Panna Cotta, Torta Caprese) to the innovative (Aperol Spritz Cake, Italian Crispy Treats). If you think all the recipes in this book are sweet, you’d be wrong. Dolce! There are also plenty of tasty dishes included, including recipes for cacio e pepe arancini, grissini, sourdough focaccia, and more.

release date: June 25, 2024

Southern hospitality meets sustainability Salt and Coastis a book written by chef/mixologist duo Sammy Monsoor and Cassady Wiggins. The Carolina natives drew inspiration from Southern waterways to create more than 75 seafood and cocktail recipes. The book is divided into eight chapters: one titled “Libations” and another titled “General Goods,” which features recipes for classics like pickles and remoulade. The rest of the book features different ways to prepare and cook sustainably sourced seafood, such as “Ice Cold,” featuring refrigerated dishes (think Creole Bay Scallop Ceviche and Nuoc Cham Crab Salad), and “Hardwood,” which features dishes like Grilled Topneck Clams al Forno and Harissa Charred Catfish.

release date: July 2, 2024

Whether you’re a casual cocktail maker or have extensive experience shaking, stirring and straining, you’ll love this genius collection from food and drink writer JM Hirsch. Freezer Door CocktailsThe concept is simple: You make a batch of cocktails by pouring just enough ingredients into a liquor bottle to fill it (don’t worry, it also gives you ideas on what to do with the leftovers), pop the whole bottle in the freezer, and you’ll have ice-cold Negronis, Manhattans, espresso martinis, and other classic drinks ready in no time.

release date: August 6, 2024

Mexican-American recipe developer Alexa Soto combines her vegan lifestyle with her family’s treasured recipes in this beautiful tribute. Plantas The book is packed with plant-based Mexican favorites, from childhood favorites like Soto’s Grandma’s Salsa Habanero Piña to Soto’s own modern twists. Dishes like Jackfruit Mushroom Carnitas Tacos and Cauliflower Al Pastor are rooted in both sustainability and tradition, and Soto offers helpful tips throughout, including how to stock up on Mexican and vegan dishes to stock your pantry.

release date: August 13, 2024

as its name suggests, Africa is recipe developer and former BuzzFeed food producer Keano Moju’s love letter to her Kenyan, Nigerian, and Californian background. Moju’s recipes combine the influence of her African roots (her mother is Maasai Kenyan and her father is Nigerian) with California’s abundant produce and accents from her travels around the world. She invites home cooks into her zikoni (Kitchen in Swahili) to make berbere braised short ribs, cilantro katsu chicken, and mango ginger scones, and also shares a glimpse into her African travels through personal photography.

release date: August 13, 2024

If you’re always stuck on what to make for dinner, recipe developer Caroline Chambers is here to help. What to make when you don’t feel like cooking The book is exactly what it sounds like: a collection of approachable, delicious recipes, supplemented with the shortcuts, swaps, and riffs that Chambers encourages. There are quick, 15-minute meals, like Cheater Chicken Tinga Tacos (plus a smarter use for a rotisserie chicken) and Coconut Curry Ramen, but there are also ideas for when you have 30, 45 minutes, or even a full hour. A chapter titled “A Little Longer” is designed for more laid-back days, with recipes like Slow-Cooker BBQ Ribs and Ranch Potatoes and Ratatouille Lasagna.

release date: August 20, 2024

Food writer Maricel Salazar makes it clear from the outset that this is not a book about Latin American cookery, but rather an examination of how migration and mobility have given rise to entirely new categories. Latin StyleSalazar’s recipes are inspired by culinary traditions such as Tex-Mex and Floribbean, as well as her own Cuban heritage and a childhood of global travel (she was born in Panama and lived in Hawaii, Japan and Northern Virginia). These influences come together in the form of Cuban pizza, collard green empanadas and guava cream cheese cinnamon rolls, and each dish is accompanied by vibrant step-by-step photographs and stories of Latino immigration.

release date: August 27, 2024

The Vietnamese word “Đặc biệt” means “special,” and Chef Nini Nguyen reflects this in his cooking by “adding finesse, skill and care to every dish.” Best Chef A graduate, Nguyen does just that in this book, blending his Vietnamese heritage with his New Orleans upbringing. The dishes celebrate the vibrant flavors of Vietnam and the South, with touches of đặc biệt—charcoal-grilled oysters topped with chili butter, for example, and squid-stuffed pork with caviar. But it doesn’t have to be fancy: Nguyen makes the broken rice with pork chops and crunchy fish-sauce caramel chicken wings just as special.

release date: August 27, 2024

Mortar and pestle is a collaborative effort between mother-daughter duo Juliana Evari Suparman and Patricia Tanumiharja. The pair have compiled 80 Indonesian recipes, many of which have been served at their family tables over the past 30 years. Each cook brings their own perspective: Suparman was born and raised in Indonesia and runs a restaurant in Seattle, while Tanumiharja grew up in Singapore and now lives in Washington, DC. Both are well versed in the island nation’s unique food culture, and together they’ve shared reader-favorite Indonesian dishes in categories like “Makanan Sederhana” (one-plate meals) and “Ayo Panggang!” (grilled dishes). Recipes like mashed chicken with green sambal and spiced whole fish are easy to make, and there’s even a section showcasing Indonesian staples.

release date: August 27, 2024

It is a sequel to her bestselling book. Weekday VegetarianJenny Rosenstrach tries to dispel the misconception that vegetarian food is complicated and unsatisfying. simply The book features 100 new meatless recipes, each developed with ease and satisfaction in mind. There’s a chapter on easy pan-and-sheet meals like Gnocchi with Butternut Squash, a chapter on dinner salads, and a chapter full of casserole dishes. Even big meat-and-potato eaters will appreciate and enjoy Rosenstrach’s handy Vegetarian Starter Kit, which combines 15 ingredients to create eight delicious dishes.

release date: September 3, 2024

In her latest cookbook, filled with her signature warmth and baking expertise, Zoe François looks at her life through the lens of 75 varieties of cookies. Zoe bakes cookiesfollows the award-winning baker and Magnolia Network host from her days as an art student in Vermont making hippie-inspired treats like coconut oatmeal raisin cookies to her time as a pastry chef in the Twin Cities, where she adapted her grandmother’s childhood favorites (like lemon lavender shortbread and chocolate caramel matzo) to develop new crowd-pleasing treats like blueberry gooey butter bars and cocoa Nutella brownies.

release date: September 17, 2024

Dolly Parton is a singer, actress, businesswoman, philanthropist, and more, but she’s now added another achievement to her list: a multi-time cookbook author. For her second collection, the country music icon teamed up with her sister, Rachel Parton George, to share 80 of her favorite recipes. Beautiful looking food There are 12 menus suited to a variety of occasions, designed to coincide with holidays such as Easter, Mother’s Day and Thanksgiving. Recipes include country ham and biscuits, watermelon fruit salad, strawberry shortcake and Dolly Drops, a butter-and-whipped cream condiment that appears on the table at every Parton family gathering.