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Cookbooks we actually cook from

From weeknight favorites to the bread book that lives on our counter — these are the cookbooks we reach for again and again. Picked with love, sold by Amazon.

Reader favorites

20 tried-and-true cookbooks — quick weeknight dinners, bakery-style bread, Instant Pot wins and more.

Half Baked Harvest Super Simple

Half Baked Harvest Super Simple

Tieghan Gerard
★★★★★4.8
$14.53 · price on Amazon

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Half Baked Harvest Every Day

Half Baked Harvest Every Day

Tieghan Gerard
★★★★★4.8
$14.36 · price on Amazon

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Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy

Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy

Tieghan Gerard
★★★★★4.7
$17.49 · price on Amazon

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What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking

What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking

Caroline Chambers
★★★★★4.7
$19.44 · price on Amazon

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The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook

The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook

America's Test Kitchen
★★★★★4.6
$23.07 · price on Amazon

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The Betty Crocker Cookbook (13th Edition)

The Betty Crocker Cookbook (13th Edition)

Betty Crocker
★★★★★4.7
$15.37 · price on Amazon

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Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

Marcella Hazan
★★★★★4.7
$20.62 · price on Amazon

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The Tucci Cookbook

The Tucci Cookbook

Stanley Tucci
★★★★★4.7
$19.03 · price on Amazon

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Keep It Simple, Y'all: Easy Dinners

Keep It Simple, Y'all: Easy Dinners

Paige Wiser
★★★★★4.8
$14.99 · price on Amazon

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The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook

The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook

America's Test Kitchen
★★★★☆4.5
$19.95 · price on Amazon

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Flour Water Salt Yeast

Flour Water Salt Yeast

Ken Forkish
★★★★★4.7
$25.53 · price on Amazon

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King Arthur Big Book of Bread

King Arthur Big Book of Bread

King Arthur Baking Co.
★★★★★4.8
$34.10 · price on Amazon

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Bread Baking for Beginners

Bread Baking for Beginners

Michelle Anderson
★★★★★4.6
$6.99 · price on Amazon

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The Bread Baker's Apprentice

The Bread Baker's Apprentice

Peter Reinhart
★★★★★4.8
$22.55 · price on Amazon

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Bread Illustrated

Bread Illustrated

America's Test Kitchen
★★★★★4.8
$18.45 · price on Amazon

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The Nordic Baking Book

The Nordic Baking Book

Magnus Nilsson
★★★★★4.8
$36.85 · price on Amazon

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Mooncakes and Milk Bread

Mooncakes and Milk Bread

Kristina Cho
★★★★★4.8
$17.57 · price on Amazon

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The Step-by-Step Instant Pot Cookbook

The Step-by-Step Instant Pot Cookbook

Jeffrey Eisner
★★★★★4.7
$11.95 · price on Amazon

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The Simple Comforts Instant Pot Cookbook

The Simple Comforts Instant Pot Cookbook

Jeffrey Eisner
★★★★★4.8
$10.00 · price on Amazon

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Milk Street Instant Pot

Milk Street Instant Pot

Christopher Kimball
★★★★★4.6
$9.66 · price on Amazon

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