7 Cookbooks I Can't Live Without... (For Beginners)

Cookbooks can portals into the minds of great chefs… they can also be full of pretty pictures paired with mediocre recipes. Here are a few cookbooks that have helped me better understand food and cooking tremendously over the years. Each book is filled with useful tips, tricks, and hacks that can help you step your cooking game up tenfold. They're perfect for anybody--from beginner home cooks to professional chefs--and I think you’re going to dig them. 🤘🏻Adam
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MY COOKBOOK RECS:
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Intro (0:00)
On Food and Cooking (0:55)
The Professional Chef (1:47)
Culinary Bootcamp (2:37)
The Flavor Matrix (3:22)
Salt Fat Acid Heat (4:32)
Final Thoughts (5:22)
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[OriginalGabriel]

I'd throw "The Food Lab" (Lopez-Alt), and "Ratio" (Ruhlman) into the mix

[suehill]

I just realized I’ve needed this knowledge all along my cooking journey! Books will never die. Thank you, Adam!!

[dee_dee_place]

Thanks, Adam. Jacques Pépin is my all-time favorite chef. I'm glad you included his book among your trusty tomes. Chef Pépin also has a YouTube video of "Cooks Essentials" that includes everything from how to properly open a bottle of champagne to making bread. Having all this input from people who have been there & done that, makes cooking less intimidating, at least to me. I count you as one of those people. Again, Thanks, Adam.

[montedyoung]

Chef McGee has answered questions for me, but only when I wrote to him directly! I’m sure he’s busy, but that was great!

[josephcooper]

Chef Joe..I am impressed by this young man here and get knowledge and wisdom of cooking in the Culinary world...keep up the good work young chef.

[ellenspn]

I’ve been familiar with Stella Culinary for years. Thanks for the push.

[yueyin]

I cant believe the professional chef is in your list, very great book, I love it so much. I borrowed from the university city library years ago when the dark-days we have to blocked at home...two thousand years later...now I re-borrowed and the bookmarks I put in was still there. ❤ Love ❤this book from our country, duno who donate this book to the library (not in USA)

[fugixi]

Best cookbook video ever. Techniques are what makes me buying a cookbook for the past several years.

[cremebrulee]

There's nothing like holding a book in your hands while you're reading it. YouTube videos are great, and so are ebooks, but you make a connection of a different kind when you're holding a book. Also, flipping back and forth through different sections in a paper book is easier, I think..

[Jerry]

I have both the Professional Chef, and the Flavor Bible. I also have both volumes of Julia Child’s Mastering the art of French Cooking. The Escoffier and Guide to the Fine Art of Cookery. The Fannie Farmer cookbook. I have one called the Kitchen Casanova, which the first part of the book is all about cooking techniques, and the latter part of the book has whole dinner recipes for two, along with the wine pairing to go along with each meal. It gives a time line to start to cook each part of the meal so that each dish is ready at the same time ready to serve your date. I went to culinary school and still have a lot of my notes from my classes.

[Reekmarble]

When he said weekend warrior I felt that lolol

[montedyoung]

Culinary Artistry is great too, and wine books by Andrea Immer are too!

[iandearetmietmimitfrsa]

On Food and Cooking - an absolute favourite, my kitchen bible (after Mrs Beeton)

[castironchaos]

If you haven't read this one, might I suggest "The Breath of a Wok" by Grace Young. She goes into wok stir frying and embarks on a quest for the elusive "wok hei" (or "wok hay") that comes when one achieves an excellent stir fry. It's a "qi" sort of thing.

[andrewgoss]

As an avid home cook and chemistry person, I’ve always told people this book is all knowing oracle food book 😭 Amazing to hear pros recommend it too

[lynahowells]

I LOVE cookbooks, would you be willing to do a video like this suggesting books for baking and bread making?

[MarianaMartins_MM]

Thanks! This was exactly what I was looking for!

[anthonyhowell]

I’m reading The Flavor Matrix now……thanks for turning me on to it.

[sydneyfiller]

These are great cookbook recommendations! I'd love a walkthrough of your other cookbooks

[ag]

Thank you for this Adam. Great list of books to have.