Nonfiction / Food Best Sellers

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • THE #1 GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLER • A USA TODAY BESTSELLER• AN INDIEBOUND BESTSELLER •A BON APPÉTIT BEST NEW COOKBOOK OF SUMMER 2026 • NAMED ONE OF FORBES 13 BEST COOKBOOKS OF SUMMER 2026 • A BARNES & NOBLE BEST BOOK OF AUGUST 2026 Following the breakout success of the New York Times bestselling What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking, Substack star Caroline Chambers returns with a new cookbook offering 100 more recipes for busy people who love good food—and these can be made even faster! Caroline Chambers famously doesn’t feel like cooking—and she’s built a whole brand on that premise. Her superpowers are eliminating unnecessary steps; minimizing dirty dishes; and making dinnertime as simple, stress-free, and fun as possible. While plenty of obstacles stand between you and a delicious meal, being short on time is probably the biggest one. This exciting follow-up cookbook is once again organized into three time-based chapters. You’ll find recipes for 100 dinners, all of which are complete meals and can be made with no more than 30 minutes hands-on time in the kitchen—and yes, that includes chopping, marinating, and all other prep! Delicious meals include: Flank Steak with Elote Salsa Fish and Veggie Curry Rotisserie-ish Chicken with Schmaltzy Lemon Dressing Smoky Black Beans Fried Rice Every quick and easy recipe features Caro’s signature swaps, riffs, tips, and shortcuts to empower you to make these recipes work for you—not the other way around! You’ll also find special treasures throughout the book, including anchor recipes you can spin into five different dishes so you can DIY your favorites. Plus, helpful back-of-book indexes allow you to search by both ingredient—useful when, say, you’ve got ground meat in the freezer—and occasion or mood—like when you cannot be bothered to chop a single thing. Even on the nights when you think there’s no way, no how, What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking: Make It Fast will help you get a full, flavorful meal on the table in basically no time.

A collection of easy and delicious recipes designed for everyday cooking that caters to busy lifestyles.

Joshua Weissman presents a cookbook with recipes, cooking techniques, and a humorous and unapologetic approach to the culinary world.

A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai to Tanzania’s utter beauty and the stunning desert solitude of Oman’s Empty Quarter—and many places beyond. In World Travel, a life of experience is collected into an entertaining, practical, fun and frank travel guide that gives readers an introduction to some of his favorite places—in his own words. Featuring essential advice on how to get there, what to eat, where to stay and, in some cases, what to avoid, World Travel provides essential context that will help readers further appreciate the reasons why Bourdain found a place enchanting and memorable. Supplementing Bourdain’s words are a handful of essays by friends, colleagues, and family that tell even deeper stories about a place, including sardonic accounts of traveling with Bourdain by his brother, Christopher; a guide to Chicago’s best cheap eats by legendary music producer Steve Albini, and more. Additionally, each chapter includes illustrations by Wesley Allsbrook. For veteran travelers, armchair enthusiasts, and those in between, World Travel offers a chance to experience the world like Anthony Bourdain.

#1 New York Times Bestseller • #1 Washington Post Bestseller • Winner of the 2023 James Beard Award for Single Subject Cookbooks • One of Time''s 10 Most Anticipated Cookbooks of 2022 One of NPR''s Books We Love in 2022 • A Bon Appétit, Tasting Table, Vice, Here & Now, Publishers Weekly, and Inside Hook Best Cookbook of 2022 From J. Kenji López-Alt, the author of the best-selling cookbook The Food Lab: the definitive guide to the science and technique of cooking in a wok. J. Kenji López-Alt’s debut cookbook, The Food Lab, revolutionized home cooking, selling more than half a million copies with its science-based approach to everyday foods. And for fast, fresh cooking for his family, there’s one pan López-Alt reaches for more than any other: the wok. Whether stir-frying, deep frying, steaming, simmering, or braising, the wok is the most versatile pan in the kitchen. Once you master the basics—the mechanics of a stir-fry, and how to get smoky wok hei at home—you’re ready to cook home-style and restaurant-style dishes from across Asia and the United States, including Kung Pao Chicken, Pad Thai, and San Francisco–Style Garlic Noodles. López-Alt also breaks down the science behind beloved Beef Chow Fun, fried rice, dumplings, tempura vegetables or seafood, and dashi-simmered dishes. Featuring more than 200 recipes—including simple no-cook sides—explanations of knife skills and how to stock a pantry, and more than 1,000 color photographs, The Wok provides endless ideas for brightening up dinner.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • America’s favorite home cook presents delicious, crowd-pleasing, go-to recipes that you’ll want to make over and over again! Even Ina Garten, America's most-trusted and beloved home cook, sometimes finds cooking stressful. To make life easy she relies on a repertoire of recipes that she knows will turn out perfectly every time. Cooking night after night during the pandemic inspired her to re-think the way she approached dinner, and the result is this collection of comforting and delicious recipes that you’ll love preparing and serving. You’ll find lots of freeze-ahead, make-ahead, prep-ahead, and simply assembled recipes so you, too, can make dinner a breeze. In Go-To Dinners, Ina shares her strategies for making her most satisfying and uncomplicated dinners. Many, like Overnight Mac & Cheese, you can make ahead and throw in the oven right before dinner. Light dinners like Tuscan White Bean Soup can be prepped ahead and assembled at the last minute. Go-to family meals like Chicken in a Pot with Orzo and Hasselback Kielbasa will feed a crowd with very little effort. And who doesn’t want to eat Breakfast For Dinner? You’ll find recipes for Scrambled Eggs Cacio e Pepe and Roasted Vegetables with Jammy Eggs that are a snap to make and so satisfying. Ina’s “Two-Fers” guide you on how to turn leftovers from one dinner into something different and delicious the second night. And sometimes the best dinner is one you don’t even have to cook! You’ll find Ina’s favorite boards to serve with store-bought ingredients, like an Antipasto Board and Breakfast-for-Dinner Board that are fun to assemble and so impressive to serve. Finally, because no meal can be considered dinner without dessert, there are plenty of prep-ahead and easy sweets like a Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie and Beatty’s Chocolate Cupcakes that everyone will rave about. For Ina, “I love you, come for dinner” is more than just an invitation to share a meal, it’s a way to create a community of friends and family who love and take care of each other, and we all need that now more than ever. These go-to recipes will give you the confidence to create dinners that will bring everyone to your table.

Second cookbook by Joanna Gaines featuring more recipes.

"Magnolia Table" by Joanna Gaines with Marah Stets is a cookbook that features a collection of recipes inspired by Gaines's family traditions and the popular restaurant Magnolia Table. The book offers a variety of dishes, from comfort food to healthier options, with a focus on bringing people together through the joy of shared meals. Gaines shares personal anecdotes and tips, making the cookbook a blend of culinary inspiration and family stories.

A visionary new master class in cooking that distills decades of professional experience into just four simple elements, from the woman declared “America’s next great cooking teacher” by Alice Waters. In the tradition of The Joy of Cooking and How to Cook Everything comes Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, an ambitious new approach to cooking by a major new culinary voice. Chef and writer Samin Nosrat has taught everyone from professional chefs to middle school kids to author Michael Pollan to cook using her revolutionary, yet simple, philosophy. Master the use of just four elements—Salt, which enhances flavor; Fat, which delivers flavor and generates texture; Acid, which balances flavor; and Heat, which ultimately determines the texture of food—and anything you cook will be delicious. By explaining the hows and whys of good cooking, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat will teach and inspire a new generation of cooks how to confidently make better decisions in the kitchen and cook delicious meals with any ingredients, anywhere, at any time. Echoing Samin’s own journey from culinary novice to award-winning chef, Salt, Fat Acid, Heat immediately bridges the gap between home and professional kitchens. With charming narrative, illustrated walkthroughs, and a lighthearted approach to kitchen science, Samin demystifies the four elements of good cooking for everyone. Refer to the canon of 100 essential recipes—and dozens of variations—to put the lessons into practice and make bright, balanced vinaigrettes, perfectly caramelized roast vegetables, tender braised meats, and light, flaky pastry doughs. Featuring 150 illustrations and infographics that reveal an atlas to the world of flavor by renowned illustrator Wendy MacNaughton, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat will be your compass in the kitchen. Destined to be a classic, it just might be the last cookbook you’ll ever need. With a foreword by Michael Pollan.A visionary new master class in cooking that distills decades of professional experience into just four simple elements, from the woman declared “America’s next great cooking teacher” by Alice Waters. In the tradition of The Joy of Cooking and How to Cook Everything comes Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, an ambitious new approach to cooking by a major new culinary voice. Chef and writer Samin Nosrat has taught everyone from professional chefs to middle school kids to author Michael Pollan to cook using her revolutionary, yet simple, philosophy. Master the use of just four elements—Salt, which enhances flavor; Fat, which delivers flavor and generates texture; Acid, which balances flavor; and Heat, which ultimately determines the texture of food—and anything you cook will be delicious. By explaining the hows and whys of good cooking, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat will teach and inspire a new generation of cooks how to confidently make better decisions in the kitchen and cook delicious meals with any ingredients, anywhere, at any time. Echoing Samin’s own journey from culinary novice to award-winning chef, Salt, Fat Acid, Heat immediately bridges the gap between home and professional kitchens. With charming narrative, illustrated walkthroughs, and a lighthearted approach to kitchen science, Samin demystifies the four elements of good cooking for everyone. Refer to the canon of 100 essential recipes—and dozens of variations—to put the lessons into practice and make bright, balanced vinaigrettes, perfectly caramelized roast vegetables, tender braised meats, and light, flaky pastry doughs. Featuring 150 illustrations and infographics that reveal an atlas to the world of flavor by renowned illustrator Wendy MacNaughton, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat will be your compass in the kitchen. Destined to be a classic, it just might be the last cookbook you’ll ever need. With a foreword by Michael Pollan. source: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Salt-Fat-Acid-Heat/Samin-Nosrat/9781476753850

"The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come And Get It!" by Ree Drummond is a cookbook that offers a collection of simple and delicious recipes designed for easy preparation. Drummond, known as "The Pioneer Woman," shares her approach to family-friendly meals, including comfort food and quick dishes. The cookbook combines flavorful recipes with Drummond's relatable and down-to-earth style, making it accessible to home cooks of all skill levels.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author and Food Network favorite The Pioneer Woman cooks up exciting new favorites from her life on the ranch in this glorious full-color cookbook that showcases home cooking at its most delicious (and most fun!). Welcome to Ree’s new frontier! Much has happened on Drummond Ranch over the last couple of years: The kids are growing up, another left for college, Ree’s business has expanded, and her cooking has evolved. While she still cherishes her trademark family-friendly style of food, Ree’s been cooking up some incredible new dishes that reflect the flavors, colors, and texture she’s craving these days. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier features 120 brand new step-by-step recipes that inject fresh, exciting elements into Ree’s beloved comfort foods. From super-scrumptious breakfasts, to tasty soups and sandwiches, to doable and delicious suppers and sides—and, of course, a collection of irresistible sweets you’ll want to make immediately!—home cooks everywhere will discover an extensive list of must-make dishes the whole family will love. A wife, mother, and successful entrepreneur with a thriving business and popular social media presence, Ree knows exactly what it means to juggle life’s numerous demands simultaneously. Because the day-to-day can get pretty busy, she’s created diverse and delectable recipes to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner a little simpler by including solutions using a sheet pan, an Instant Pot, and a slow cooker, as well as her much-loved cast iron skillet and Dutch oven. And to reflect her own occasional adventures in carb cutting, Ree shares 50 of the most luscious “lower”-carb recipes you’ll ever taste, designed to mix in with hearty recipes her longtime fans have come to love. In The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier you can explore an amazing and eclectic mix of traditional and new including: Portobello Bun Burgers (revolutionary) Instant Pot Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal (tastes just like fall!) Cheesy Lasagna Soup (so family friendly) Fried Red Tomato Sandwich (delicious, with pesto mayo and whole basil leaves) ”Everything” Parmesan Crisps (an irresistible low-carb snack) Zucchini Caprese Sliders (a pretty and tasty low-carb delight) Blueberry Ricotta Crostini (gorgeous party food!) Teriyaki Shrimp and Pineapple Parcels (the NEW way to stir fry) Mean Green Mac & Cheese (mac & cheese + veggies = score!) Ranch Pork Chop Sheet Pan Supper (kids will love to make it) Cauliflower Fried Rice (a guilt-free version of your favorite takeout dish) Ice Cream Bonbons (smaller bites, to satisfy quick cravings) 11-Carton Cake (uses a carton of yogurt, then the carton measures everything else!) Caramel Apple Quesadillas (beyond belief) Ree mixes dazzling new dishes with plenty of kitchen and organizational tips, plus advice to help you optimize your time and space in the kitchen so that you can enjoy time with your family! Filled with sensational food that is both sophisticated and down-home (and oh-so-easy to make and bake), The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier offers a whole new world of ”scrumptious” for you to explore!

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time, trusted and beloved cookbook author Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, answers the number one question she receives from cooks: Can I make it ahead? If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in front of the stove at your own party, scrambling to get everything to the table at just the right moment, Ina is here to let you in on her secrets! Thanks to twenty years of running a specialty food store and fifteen years writing cookbooks, she has learned exactly which dishes you can prep, assemble, or cook ahead of time. Whether you’re hosting a party or simply making dinner on a hectic weeknight, Ina gives you lots of amazing recipes that taste just as good—or even better!—when they’re made in advance. In Make It Ahead, each recipe includes clear instructions for what you can do ahead of time, and how far in advance, so you can cook with confidence and eliminate last-minute surprises. Make a pitcher of Summer Rosé Sangria filled with red berries, let it chill overnight for the flavors to develop, and you have a delicious drink to offer your friends the minute they arrive. Simmer a pot of Wild Mushroom & Farro Soup, enjoy a bowl for lunch, and freeze the rest for a chilly evening. You can prep the kale, Brussels sprouts, and lemon vinaigrette for Winter Slaw ahead of time and simply toss them together before serving. Assemble French Chicken Pot Pies filled with artichokes and fresh tarragon a day in advance and then pop them in the oven half an hour before dinner. And for dessert, everyone needs the recipe for Ina’s Decadent (gluten-free!) Chocolate Cake topped with Make-Ahead Whipped Cream. Ina also includes recipes for the biggest cooking day of the year—Thanksgiving! Her Ultimate Make-Ahead Roast Turkey and Gravy with Onions & Sage may just change your life. With beautiful photographs and hundreds of invaluable make-ahead tips, this is your new go-to guide for preparing meals that are stress-free yet filled with those fabulously satisfying flavors that you have come to expect from the Barefoot Contessa.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author and Food Network favorite The Pioneer Woman cooks up exciting new favorites from her life on the ranch in this glorious full-color cookbook that showcases home cooking at its most delicious (and most fun!). Welcome to Ree’s new frontier! Much has happened on Drummond Ranch over the last couple of years: The kids are growing up, another left for college, Ree’s business has expanded, and her cooking has evolved. While she still cherishes her trademark family-friendly style of food, Ree’s been cooking up some incredible new dishes that reflect the flavors, colors, and texture she’s craving these days. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier features 120 brand new step-by-step recipes that inject fresh, exciting elements into Ree’s beloved comfort foods. From super-scrumptious breakfasts, to tasty soups and sandwiches, to doable and delicious suppers and sides—and, of course, a collection of irresistible sweets you’ll want to make immediately!—home cooks everywhere will discover an extensive list of must-make dishes the whole family will love. A wife, mother, and successful entrepreneur with a thriving business and popular social media presence, Ree knows exactly what it means to juggle life’s numerous demands simultaneously. Because the day-to-day can get pretty busy, she’s created diverse and delectable recipes to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner a little simpler by including solutions using a sheet pan, an Instant Pot, and a slow cooker, as well as her much-loved cast iron skillet and Dutch oven. And to reflect her own occasional adventures in carb cutting, Ree shares 50 of the most luscious “lower”-carb recipes you’ll ever taste, designed to mix in with hearty recipes her longtime fans have come to love. In The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier you can explore an amazing and eclectic mix of traditional and new including: Portobello Bun Burgers (revolutionary) Instant Pot Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal (tastes just like fall!) Cheesy Lasagna Soup (so family friendly) Fried Red Tomato Sandwich (delicious, with pesto mayo and whole basil leaves) ”Everything” Parmesan Crisps (an irresistible low-carb snack) Zucchini Caprese Sliders (a pretty and tasty low-carb delight) Blueberry Ricotta Crostini (gorgeous party food!) Teriyaki Shrimp and Pineapple Parcels (the NEW way to stir fry) Mean Green Mac & Cheese (mac & cheese + veggies = score!) Ranch Pork Chop Sheet Pan Supper (kids will love to make it) Cauliflower Fried Rice (a guilt-free version of your favorite takeout dish) Ice Cream Bonbons (smaller bites, to satisfy quick cravings) 11-Carton Cake (uses a carton of yogurt, then the carton measures everything else!) Caramel Apple Quesadillas (beyond belief) Ree mixes dazzling new dishes with plenty of kitchen and organizational tips, plus advice to help you optimize your time and space in the kitchen so that you can enjoy time with your family! Filled with sensational food that is both sophisticated and down-home (and oh-so-easy to make and bake), The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier offers a whole new world of ”scrumptious” for you to explore!

The Chew -- What's For Dinner? is a cookbook with recipes for every night of the week

#1 New York Times bestseller Bring the family together—and take it easy on yourself! Between my family, my website, my cookbooks, and my TV show, I make a lot of food around here! And as much as I’ve always loved cooking (and of course, eating!), it seems that more and more these days, I’m looking for ways to simplify my life in the kitchen. I find myself gravitating toward recipes that are delicious but don’t require a lot of prep or fuss, because they free me up to have more time (and energy) for other areas of my life. This also makes cooking less of a chore and more of a pleasure—exactly what cooking should be! The Pioneer Woman Cooks—Super Easy! will free you up and transform your cooking life as well, with 120 quick and easy recipes that range from effortless breakfasts to breezy skillet meals to speedy soups to ready-in-minutes Tex-Mex delights, so you’ll have lots of options for any given meal. Many recipes in this cookbook call for step-saving (and sanity-saving) shortcuts that will revolutionize the time you spend making simple family meals, and all of them are utterly scrumptious! I’ve absolutely fallen in love with this new generation of recipes, including Butter Pecan French Toast, Buffalo Chicken Totchos, Speedy Dumpling Soup, Broccoli-Cheese Stromboli (so great for kids!), and an entire section of pastas and grains, such as satisfying one-pot meals like One-Pot Sausage Pasta and colorful and fresh Hawaiian Shrimp Bowls. You’ll find yummy meals such as Pepperoni Fried Rice, Chicken-Fried Steak Fingers, and ultra-tasty Chicken Curry in a Hurry . . . as well as assemble-in-the-baking-dish casseroles, throw-together sheet pan dinners, and simply decadent desserts such as Mug Cakes, Coconut Cream Pie, and Brownie S’Mores Bars that you’ll dream about. There’s something for everyone in this cookbook, and not a single recipe, ingredient, or step is complicated or difficult. Now that’s the kind of cooking we can all get behind! Find your next family-favorite recipe with these simple solutions: Effortless Breakfasts: Start the day right with recipes like Butter Pecan French Toast that come together in minutes. Breezy Skillet Meals: From Chicken Curry in a Hurry to colorful Hawaiian Shrimp Bowls, these all-in-one dinners make cleanup a snap. Kid-Friendly Favorites: Win over even the pickiest eaters with guaranteed hits like Broccoli-Cheese Stromboli and Chicken-Fried Steak Fingers. Step-Saving Shortcuts: Discover Ree’s tricks for getting delicious food on the table with less prep, less fuss, and more flavor. Simply Decadent Desserts: Treat the family (and yourself!) to ultra-easy sweets like gooey Brownie S’Mores Bars and individual Mug Cakes.

Join New York Times bestselling author and Food Network star Guy Fieri for a second helping of the best diners, drive-ins, and dives across America!Guy Fieri strikes again with More Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, giving you a road map to road food that's earned its culinary citizenship in "Flavortown." Join Guy on a cross-country noshing parade, mapping out the best places you've never heard of-more than fifty establishments off the beaten path. Compete in a (no hands) apple-pie-eating contest at Bobo Drive-In in Topeka, Kansas, dip your taste buds in Sweet Spicy Love sauce at Uncle Lou's Fried Chicken in Memphis, Tennessee, and get a load of the killer four-cheese mac-and-cheese at Gorilla Barbeque in Pacifica, California. Filled with Guy's hilarious voice and rampant enthusiasm for these hidden culinary gems, More Diners, Drive-ins and Dives is the perfect book for lovers of the American food scene and fans of Triple D.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, brownies, and 147 other favorite recipes under 350 calories! In this delectable cookbook, award-winning chef Rocco DiSpirito transforms America’s favorite comfort foods into deliciously healthy dishes—all with zero bad carbs, zero bad fats, zero sugar, and maximum flavor. What’s more, Rocco provides time-saving shortcuts, helpful personal advice, and nutritional breakdowns for each recipe from a board-certified nutritionist. So prepare your favorite foods without the guilt. Finally, a world-class chef has made healthy food taste great!

A collection of recipes from the Food Network star, with numerous photographs to assist in preparation.