Every Book Our Cookbook Club Has Cooked Through

Since the Food52 Cookbook Club launched as a Facebook Group in 2017, we’ve cooked through nearly 100 cookbooks together. To make the titles easy to find for our new and current members—nearly 40,000 and counting!—we’re listing them here for easy access and inspo.

The way our members cook together across continents and time zones is simple: We post pics and reviews of the recipes we make from one of our chosen books. This could mean our “Book of the Month,” our annual “Bonus Book,” or any past cookbook we’ve covered for a Throwback Thursday or Throwback Month (August and February) post. Even if you can’t get your hands on your own copy, we make sure you can still cook along with us, by excerpting recipes from our chosen cookbooks and only selecting titles that you can also download to a device.

We also lean on each other for answers to cooking questions in our comments and in AMAs with featured cookbook authors. And we help members get together for their own IRL cookbook club meetups. Join us here. And if baking is also your thing—or more your style—check out our Baking Club, too, and every cookbook they’ve covered.

Below is the full list of cookbooks our club has covered—plus the titles we’re cooking through next.
You can also see the entire list of books (and search the recipe indexes) on Eat Your Books here. Sign up for free to access it—to organize and build your own shelf, get your first month free with code FOOD5224.

Bonus Book: Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds by Hetty Lui McKinnon.

January: Veg-table: Recipes, Techniques, and Plant Science for Big-Flavored, Vegetable-Centered Meals by Nik Sharma

February: Happy 7th Birthday Cookbook Clubs! Any previously covered book is fair game.

March: Roast Figs, Sugar Snow: Food to Warm the Soul by Diana Henry

April: The Global Pantry Cookbook: Transform Your Everyday Cooking with Tahini, Gochujang, Miso, and Other Irresistible Ingredients by Scott Mowbray and Ann Taylor Pittman.

May: Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World’s Most Versatile Plant-Based
Protein, with 125 Recipes by Joe Yonan and Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple by Jorge Gaviria.

June: Night + Market: Delicious Thai Food to Facilitate Drinking and Fun-Having Amongst Friends: A Cookbook by Kris Yenbamroong

July: Zaytinya: Delicious Mediterranean Dishes from Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon by José Andrés

August: Throwback Month. Any previously covered book is fair game.

September: Pizza Night: Deliciously Doable Recipes for Pizza and Salad by Alexandra Stafford

2023 bonus books: Ruffage: A Practical Guide to Vegetables, Grist: A Practical Guide to Cooking Grains, Beans, Seeds, and Legumes, Pulp : A Practical Guide to Cooking with Fruit, all by Abra Berens

January: Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home By Eric Kim

February: Happy 6th Birthday Cookbook Clubs! Any previously covered book is fair game.

March: Taste & Technique: Recipes to Elevate Your Home Cooking by Naomi Pomeroy

April: Snacks for Dinner: Small Bites, Full Plates, Can’t Lose by Lukas Volger

May: The Food of Morocco by Paula Wolfert

June: Getaway: Food & Drink to Transport You by Renee Erickson

July: Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling by Bricia Lopez

August: Throwback Month. Any previously covered book is fair game.

September: The Wok: Recipes and Techniques by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

October: Taste of Persia: A Cook’s Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan by Naomi Duguid

November: The Cook You Want to Be: Everyday Recipes to Impress by Andy Baraghani

December: Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories By Nigella Lawson.

2022 Bonus Book: Grains for Every Season: Rethinking Our Way with Grains by Joshua McFadden.

January: The Weekday Vegetarians: 100 Recipes and a Real-Life Plan for Eating Less Meat: A Cookbook by Jenny Rosenstrach

February: Happy 5th Birthday Cookbook Clubs! Any previously covered book is fair game.

March: Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African DiasporaBy Bryant Terry

April: Coconut & Sambal: Recipes From my Indonesian Kitchen by Lara Lee. BONUS: Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine and Eastern Europe by Olia Hercules

May: Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories from Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus by Yasmin Khan

June: Cook Real Hawai’i by Sheldon Simeon

July: Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook by Rick Martinez

August: Throwback Month. Any previously covered book is fair game.

September: I Dream of Dinner (so You Don’t Have To): Low-Effort, High-Reward Recipes: A Cookbook by Ali Slagle

October: Falastin: A Cookbook by Sami Tamimi

November: Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals by Melissa Clark.

December: Food52 Simply Genius: Recipes for Beginners, Busy Cooks & Curious People by Kristen Miglore.

Bonus Book: The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained in More Than 100 Recipes by Nik Sharma

January: Ottolenghi Flavor by Yotam Ottolenghi

February: Happy 4th Birthday Cookbook Clubs! Any previously covered book is fair game.

March: I Cook in Color by Asha Gomez

April: Bestia: Italian Recipes Created in the Heart of L.A. by Ori Menashe.

May: Mister Jiu’s in Chinatown: Recipes and Stories from the Birthplace of Chinese American Food by Brandon Jew

June: Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food by Julia Turshen

July: This Will Make It Taste Good: A New Path to Simple Cooking by Vivian Howard

August: Throwback Month: Any previously covered book is fair game.

September: Cook with Me: 150 Recipes for the Home Cook: A Cookbook by Alex Guarnaschelli

October: Dishoom: The first ever cookbook from the much-loved Indian restaurant by Shamil & Kavi Thakrar

November: At Home in the Kitchen: Simple Recipes from a Chef’s Night Off by David Kinch.

December: That Sounds So Good: 100 Real-Life Recipes for Every Day of the Week: A Cookbook by by Carla Lalli Music

Bonus books:
The Modern Cook’s Year: More than 250 Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes to See You Through the Seasons by Anna Jones, Cooking with Scraps: Turn Your Peels, Cores, Rinds, and Stems into Delicious Meals by Lindsay-Jean Hard

January: Everyday Korean by Kim Sunee and Seung Hee Lee

February: Happy 3rd Birthday Cookbook Clubs! Any previously covered book is fair game.

March: Made in Spain by José Andrés

April: Dinner in French by Melissa Clark. (Also in April, due to Covid-19, posts from any Food52 recipe were fair game)

May: Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen by Betty Hallock and Josef Centeno.

June: Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin

July: Cook Like a Local: Flavors That Can Change How You Cook and See the World by Chris Shepherd

August: Throwback Month: Any previously covered book is fair game.

September: Vietnamese Food Any Day by Andrea Ngyuen

October: *Indian-Ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family** by Priya Krishna

November: In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes and and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean by Hawa Hassan

December: Open Kitchen: Inspired Food for Casual Gatherings by Susan Spungen

Bonus Book: Sunday Suppers at Lucques: Seasonal Recipes from Market to Table by Suzanne Goin with Teri Gelber.

January: Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone) by Deborah Madison (Note that the 2014 reprint is titled The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone).

February: Popular Vote: Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop

Moderator Pick: The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen by Grace Young

March: Zuni Cafe Cookbook by Judy Rogers

April: Popular Vote: Everyday Dorie by Dorie Greenspan Moderator Pick: Ad Hoc at Home, by Thomas Keller.

May: Season: Big Flavors, Beautiful Food by Nik Sharma and Bottom of the Pot: Persian Recipes and Stories by Naz Deravian.

June: Food52 Any Night Grilling: 60 Ways to Fire Up Dinner, A Girl and Her Greens: Hearty Meals from the Gardenby April Bloomfield and Batch Cocktails by Maggie Hoffman.

July: JapanEasy: Classic and Modern Japanese Recipes to Cook at Home by Tim Anderson.

August: Throwback Month: Any previously covered book is fair game.

September: The Little Swedish Kitchen by Rachel Khoo.

October: The Art and Practice of Handmade Pizza, Focaccia, and Calzone: A Cookbook by Marc Vetri and The Art and Practice of Handmade Pasta, Gnocchi, and Risotto: A Cookbook by Marc Vetri.

November: From the Oven to the Table: Simple dishes that look after themselves by Diana Henry

December: Nothing Fancy: The Art of Having People Over by Alison Roman.

Bonus Book: Six Seasons by Joshua McFadden

January: Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1 by Julia Child

February: Happy 1st Birthday to the Clubs! It’s Throwback Month—any previously covered book is fair game.

March: Smitten Kitchen Every Day by Deb Perelman

April: Simple Thai Food: Classic Recipes from the Thai Home Kitchen by Leela Punyaratabandhu

May: Nopalito: A Mexican Kitchen by Gonzalo Guzmán with Stacy Adimando

June: The Moosewood Restaurant Table by The Moosewood Collective, Appetites by Anthony Bourdain, and Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain

July: Tartine All Day by Elisabeth Prueitt

August: Greece: The Cookbook by Vefa Alexiadou

September: Dining In by Alison Roman

October: Popular Vote: Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan Moderator Pick: Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts) by Russell Norman

November: Popular Vote: Ottolenghi Simple by Yotam Ottolenghi
Moderator Pick: Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel by Alon Shaya

December: Popular Vote: How to Eat a Peach by Diana Henry
Moderator Picks: Feast: Food to Celebrate Life by Nigella Lawson and Regarding Cocktails by Sasha Petraske with Georgette Moger-Petraske

February: Art of the Pie by Kate McDermott

March: Deep Run Roots by Vivian Howard

April: Simple by Diana Henry

May: Small Victories by Julia Turshen

June: Ottolenghi—any or all of his books (other than Sweet)

July: My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories by David Lebovitz

August: Dinner: Changing the Game by Melissa Clark

September: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat

October: Made in India by Meera Sodha

November: The Food Lab by J. Kenji López-Alt

December: Genius Recipes by Kristen Miglore