Our reviews
54 cooking & food books we've reviewed, each with who it's for, who should skip it and every source we used.
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Chelsea Monroe-Cassel
Best for: Elder Scrolls fans who want to extend their connection to Tamriel into the kitchen — whether cooking for themselves, hosting a themed game night, or giving a gift to a fellow franchise devotee.
Shalane Flanagan, Elyse Kopecky
Best for: Runners — recreational through competitive — who want a whole-foods kitchen companion that treats eating as part of training and refuses to separate performance fuel from genuine culinary pleasure.
Samin Nosrat
Best for: Home cooks at any level — from complete beginners to confident kitchen regulars — who want to understand the principles behind why food tastes good rather than simply accumulate more recipes to follow.
Better Homes and Gardens
Best for: Home cooks who want a single, wide-ranging reference covering everyday meals, baking, entertaining, and preservation — especially those who value quick navigation through at-a-glance icons and front-loaded chapter guides rather than deep exploration of any one cuisine.
Kylie Sakaida
Best for: Home cooks who want a registered dietitian's evidence-based nutrition guidance delivered in plain, social-media-friendly language alongside a globally inflected recipe collection spanning everyday breakfasts to weeknight dinners and desserts.
Chelsea Monroe-Cassel
Best for: WoW players who also cook — or want a reason to start — and who want to bring recognisable Azeroth dishes and brews into their own kitchen, with the book doubling as a lore-faithful collectible for dedicated franchise fans.
