A Few Favourite Cookbooks from 2019
by Aimee
Where are my cookbook lovers at? This round-up is for you.
There were so many incredible cookbooks released this year, however today’s list contains only the books I had a chance to cook from and read cover to cover. Hence, the recommendations!
There are dozens more that I loved, drooled over, and longing flipped through at the bookstore, but I can’t personally vouch for how the recipes work, so they are not on this list. (I’ll share my wishlist before we wrap up, though).
Back in May I wrote my Spring 2019 Cookbook Picks and it’s a good post to review because they are all fabulous books. However, the ones that haven’t left my kitchen are:
The Prairie Table (I posted the Cold Picnic Barbecue Chicken recipe!)
Peace, Love and Fibre by Mairlyn Smith (I posted the Fudgy Chocolate Two-Bite Brownies recipe!)
Love and Lemons Every Day by Jeanine Donofrio
Oven to Table by Jan Scott (I shared the Cream Beef Stroganoff Soup recipe!)
Modern Lunch by Allison Day ( I shared the Citrus, Shrimp and Quinoa Salad!) This one was my all time favourite book from 2019 and I use it frequently.
Fall/Winter 2019 Favourite Cookbooks
The amazing books just kept coming after those spring launches…
I loved the focus on casual gathering with friends (Nothing Fancy, Kitchen Party) as well as the pushback on so-called ‘clean eating’ in Dirty Food and the return to nostalgia in Midwest Made. These are my picks:
Cannelle et Vanille: Nourishing, Gluten-Free Recipes for Every Meal and Mood by Aran Goyoaga (I made the Mix & Match Granola!)
Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over by Alison Roman (I posted the Roast Squash with Yogurt and Spiced Pistachios).
Midwest Made: Big, Bold Baking from the Heartland by Shauna Sever
Kitchen Party: Effortless Recipes for Every Occasion by Mary Berg
Dirty Food: Sticky, Saucy, Gooey, Crumbly, Messy, Sharable by Julie Van Rosendaal
Favourite Zero Waste Kitchen Books
These aren’t 2019 books, but I discovered them this year and have been finding a lot of inspiration between the covers for my #zerowaste journey.
- Cooking with Scraps: Turn Your Peels, Cores, Rinds and Stems into Delicious Meals by Lindsay-Jean Hard
- Scraps, Wilts + Weeds: Turning Wasted Food into Plenty by Mads Refslund
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And as always, you’ll find over 200 specially curated recipes in my two cookbooks:
- Brown Eggs and Jam Jars: Family Recipes from the Kitchen of Simple Bites
- The Simple Bites Kitchen: Nourishing Whole Food Recipes for Every Day
My 2019 Cookbooks Wishlist
Cakes, Vegetables, One Pan….these are topics I can’t get enough of in cookbooks. And we all need inspiration for family cooking, so a few of these titles are here for that. As always, I’m dreaming big when it comes to adding to my cookbook library.
- From the Oven to the Table by Diana Henry ~ We studied Diana in our cookbook club and I love all of her works.
- Whole Food Cooking Every Day by Amy Chaplin ~ I loved her first book!
- Simple Cake by Odette Williams
- Ruffage: A Practical Guide to Vegetables by Abra Berens
- Family: New Vegetarian Comfort Food to Nourish Every Day by Hetty McKinnon
- Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen by Yasmin Kahn
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Please share in the comments! What is a cookbook you discovered this past year?
Original article: A Few Favourite Cookbooks from 2019.