Chefs


Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat
The Opposite of You (Opposites Attract, #1)
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
Eat a Peach
32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line
Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line
The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution
The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef
In Your Dreams (When in Rome, #4)
Burn for You (Slow Burn, #1)
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
Delicious!
You, Again
Of Course It’s Good! by Jessica SecrestDon't Think About Dinner by Jenn LuekeBig Bites by Kat AshmoreI Sleep in My Kitchen by Mariam DaudThe Mediterranean Slow Cooker Cookbook for Seniors by Marilyn Luis
Cookbooks of 2026 (NON-FICTION)
12 books — 3 voters
Country Ham by Steve CoomesThe Art of Jacques Pépin by Jacques PépinBy Heart by Hailee CatalanoCelebrate by Paul HollywoodDinner by Meera Sodha
NPR: (Cook) Books We Love (2025)
16 books — 6 voters

Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan HollisTexture Over Taste by Joshua WeissmanSnacking Bakes by Yossy ArefiDark Rye and Honey Cake by Regula YsewijnMy Vermont Table by Gesine Bullock-Prado
Cookbooks of 2023 (NON-FICTION)
190 books — 8 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)
74 books — 3 voters

Jubilee by Toni Tipton-MartinWhere Cooking Begins by Carla Lalli MusicLiving Bread by Daniel LeaderThe Nomad Cocktail Book by Leo RobitschekWorld Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson
2020 James Beard Award Winners
13 books — 3 voters
Playing for Keeps by R.L. MathewsonWallbanger by Alice ClaytonWild Man by Kristen AshleyBeard Science by Penny ReidIce Flambé by Rachelle Vaughn
Heroines Who Love to Cook in Romance
107 books — 52 voters

Kate Meader
“ Everywhere Gage looked, his fingers itched to touch and his brain raced to keep up. A snake coiled beneath his right pec, an eagle took flight over his left. Stars, numbers, and Celtic symbols fought for real estate. Gage would need weeks to explore the storied terrain of Brady’s body. Better put in for some vacation time now. ”
― Kate Meader, Melting Point

Samantha Verant
“ Phillipa and I had just returned to the kitchen with a full basket of these beautiful mushrooms. I held a dirt-encrusted one up to my nose, breathing in its earthy aromas, happy to have all of my senses back. "What do you want to do with these?" asked Phillipa. "Something traditional and simple so the flavor of the mushrooms isn't lost," I said. "Poêlée de cèpes à la bordelaise?" "Perfectly delicious," said Phillipa. "I'll scrub the beauties down and then grab the ingredients." "You remember wha ...more ”
― Samantha Verant, Sophie Valroux's Paris Stars

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