Baking


Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza
The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread
Tartine Bread
Baking: From My Home to Yours
The Cake Bible
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking
The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion: The All-Purpose Baking Cookbook
The Bread Bible
How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking
100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen, with Classic Cookies, Novel Treats, Brownies, Bars, and More
The Baking Bible: The Most Comprehensive Baking Book You'll Ever Need
Momofuku Milk Bar: A Cookbook
Martha Stewart's Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share
BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelBabette’s Feast by Isak DinesenCinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli BrownChocolat by Joanne HarrisThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Foodie Historical Fiction
46 books — 35 voters
Coyote in Provence by Dianne HarmanBet Me by Jennifer CrusiePlaying for Keeps by R.L. MathewsonCan't Stand the Heat by Louisa EdwardsGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Foodie Romances
210 books — 222 voters

The Way to Cook by Julia ChildCheryl Day's Treasury of Southern Baking by Cheryl DayZoë Bakes Cakes by Zoë FrançoisAnd for Mains by Brady NicolaThe Complete Cookbook for Young Scientists by America's Test Kitchen Kids
2022 IACP Award Winners
18 books — 2 voters
So Easy So Good by Kylie SakaidaSuper-Italian by Giada De LaurentiisBuns by Louise HurstThere’s Always Room at the Table by Kaleb WyseShred Happens by Arash Hashemi
Cookbooks of 2025 (NON-FICTION)
63 books — 3 voters

Plenty by Yotam OttolenghiJoan Nathan's Jewish Holiday Cookbook by Joan NathanJerusalem by Yotam OttolenghiModern Jewish Cooking by Leah KoenigThe Book of Jewish Food by Claudia Roden
Best Jewish Cookbooks
51 books — 8 voters
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Chocolate by Christine  McFaddenChocolate by Christine  McFaddenGourmet Grub by Stephanie SharpLindt Chocolate Passion by Catrine Kelty and Jim SchererS'more Cookbook by Stephanie Sharp
Best CHOCOLATE recipes ever
124 books — 14 voters

Nigel Slater
A cardamom bun is less sticky than the cinnamon-scented kanelbullar; more giving than the currant-freckled curls of the Chelsea bun, but just as much fun to unravel as you sip your coffee. You can spend a pleasing afternoon making a batch of buns. The milk-enriched dough is spread with ground spice, sugar and butter, sliced into wide ribbons then fashioned into an untidy knot. Each cook seems to have their signature tangle. The surface is speckled black and white, a gritty mix of caster sugar an ...more
Nigel Slater, A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy… A Memoir of Sorts

Marissa Meyer
After so many years of planning, she could feel the dream morphing into reality.
Marissa Meyer, Heartless

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Foodie Fans (Fiction, Baking, & Cooking) This group is for anyone who enjoys reading foodie books and/or baking and cooking.
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(never home)maker Foodie Book Club I work in a library, so I'm around books all the time. But -- GASP -- I rarely read. I'm too bus…more
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