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As diners seek out ways to support the restaurants they love and cook the dishes they miss, more and more are turning to cookbooks written and inspired by the chefs and restaurants in their city. Here, find cookbook guides from cities across the Eater universe.
- Atlanta
- Austin
- Boston
- Chicago
- Houston
- London
- Los Angeles
- Nashville
- New York City
- Philadelphia
- Portland, Oregon
- San Francisco
- Washington, DC
For more, check out Eater’s best spring cookbooks, best cookbooks for beginners, and favorite food memoirs. Or read about how to get a first cookbook deal, find out how cookbook authors Julia Turshen and Jerrelle Guy got their jobs, or check out Eater editors favorite Smitten Kitchen and Ina Garten recipes.
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COOKING
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- Ditch Your Hyper-Specific Menu Plan. You Won’t Regret It.
- Celebrate the House Meal, the Go-To Dish for When There’s No One to Satisfy but Yourself
- Until I Can Go Back to My Favorite Restaurant, This Jerk Paste Is the Next Best Thing
- The Redemption of the Spice Blend
- Rajma Masala Might Be the Perfect Cupboard Comfort Dish for Our Times
- Premake All Your Vacation Food
- To Make Better Mexican Food at Home, Get to Know These Chiles
- Jordan Ruiz’s Lomo Saltado Recipe Is a Comforting Chinese-Peruvian Classic
- A Cinnamon Roll Recipe From Two Beloved Italian Restaurant Owners
- Blend the Hell Out of Your Spices
- A Five-Ingredient Tomato Pasta From J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
- This Carrot-and-Apple Cookie Is Basically a Breakfast Food
- Make Chef Nina Compton’s Hot Honey Butter Chicken for Your Family and Friends
- TikTok Loves This Chef’s Kimchi Pancakes — Here’s How to Make Them
- 13 Restaurant Cookbooks With Dishes You Can Actually Make at Home
- What Is a Recipe, Really?
- Make This Spiced Ice Cream Sundae From a Brooklyn Scoop Shop Founder
- Veracruz’s Calabacitas Con Queso Taco Recipe Is Peak Summer
- Just Cook From the Back of the Box
- The Rib Rub Famed Charleston Pitmaster Rodney Scott Swears By
- Why Spam Guisada Is the Perfect Dish to Make Right Now
- Turn Everything Into a Frittata
- This Chicken Schnitzel Is One of Michael Solomonov’s Favorite Recipes
- Enjoy This Satisfying Pasta Recipe for Lazy, Late-Night Cravings
- Just Bake From a Box
- Master Silky Steamed Eggs, From Junzi Culinary Director Lucas Sin
- This Egyptian Grain Bowl Is the Pantry Wonder-Dish We Need Right Now
- How Not to Make a Huge Mess in the Kitchen
- Everything to Know About Freezing and Defrosting Meat
- Baking Inspiration: A World Beyond Sourdough
- For an NYC Chef Who’s Still Working, Home Cooking Is More Vital Than Ever
- Eater Staffers Pick Their Favorite Samin Nosrat Recipes
- How to Keep Your Kitchen Safe for Cooking During the Pandemic
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Freezer
- Making Sourdough Pizza With a Former Roberta’s Pizza Master
- Eater Staffers Pick Their Favorite Smitten Kitchen Recipes
- Soothe Yourself With Dominique Ansel’s Caramelized Banana French Toast
- How to Make Nut Milk at Home
- Eater Staffers Pick Their Favorite Ina Garten Recipes
- A Perfect Tahini Recipe From a Pita Pop-Up Chef
- The Time Has Come to Embrace Your Microwave
- If You Literally Never Cook, Start Here
- Pantry Cooking 101
- Everyone’s Making Sourdough — Here’s How to Get Started
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EATING
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- The Meaning of Chuseok During a Pandemic Year
- BLTs Should Be a Breakfast Food
- Fruit Salad Is the Low-Energy Meal of 2020
- Go Ahead, Eat Dip for Breakfast
- Will a Cafeteria Tray Solve All My Problems?
- Get Yourself a Specialty Soda, as a Treat
- Turn All Your Brownies Into Frozen Chocolate Bars
- Pre-bottle Your Quarantini
- Make Your Own Cold Brew at Home
- Take a Break From Instagram Aesthetics and Enjoy Some Good Ol’ Slop
- Mindfulness Is Overrated. Bring Back the TV Tray
- Eat Separate Meals Together
- The Answer Is Tots
- How to Brew Truly Great Coffee at Home
- Stop Using a Microwave or Oven to Reheat Pizza
- Make Restaurant Leftovers Your Cooking Superpower
- Miss Going Out to Restaurants? Here’s How to Make Takeout Feel Special.
- The Best Way to Wrap Your Bagels Before Freezing
- Why Even Meals?
- Stop Torturing Yourself With Quarantine Diets
- Don’t Restock Your Liquor Cabinet Right Now — Drink It Down
- All Hail the Squirtarita, Quarantine’s Perfect Cocktail
- Order Extra Rice With Your Takeout
- How to Keep an Opened Bottle of Wine Good for Days
- Buy the Vibrant Tablecloths Brightening Up Restaurant Dining Rooms
- Fuck It, Let Them Eat Cake
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STOCKING UP
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- The Ultimate Guide to Fruity, Milky, and Other Specialty Soft Drinks
- Confessions of a Takeout Container Hoarder
- Why Don’t You Have a Bread Box?
- The Any Occasion Add to Cart Gift Guide: Winter Edition
- These Ikea Serving Trays Give My Pandemic Meals Some Much-Needed Variety
- The Most Ingenious Kitchen Tools, According to Chefs
- Everything You Need to Picnic, According to Picnic Professionals
- Everything You Need to Make Matcha at Home
- 11 Useful Items to Keep Hidden Away in Your Freezer
- The Best Products for Organizing Your Fridge, According to Organization Experts
- The Socially Conscious Shopper’s Guide to Buying Coffee and Tea
- The Most Essential Pasta-Making Tools, According to Professional Pasta-Makers
- Everything You Need to Make Cold Brew Like the Pros
- Eater Staffers on the Kitchen Tools They Can’t Live Without
- 21 Best Grilling Gifts for Every Type of Grilling Enthusiast
- How to Organize Your Fridge
- Everything You Need to Start Fermenting at Home
- Stock Up on ‘Indian-ish’ Cookbook Author Priya Krishna’s Pantry Staples
- The Ultimate Guide to Instant Noodles
- How to Stock a Pantry
- Stock Your Spice Rack With These Chef-Recommended Essential Spices
- The Best Miso to Keep in Your Fridge, According to Chefs
- A Starter Guide to Buying, Eating, and Cooking With Tinned Fish
- Chile Oil Is So Hot Right Now
- The 52 Canned Goods Chefs Keep in Their Pantries
- Stock Your Pantry With Ingredients from Around the World, Care of These Online Shops
- Everything You Need to Make Ice Cream at Home
- The Tools to Make Your Kitchen a Better Place to Cook
- Stock Up Your Pantry Like Samin Nosrat
- The Pantry Staples ‘Top Chef’ Judge Gail Simmons Keeps Stocked in Her NYC Kitchen
- Everything a Recipe Developer Uses to Organize Her Pantry, Fridge, and Freezer
- Everything You Need to Stock an at-Home Bar, According to Bartenders
- Why You Really Only Need Three Knives
- Kitchen Towels Are My New Savior, and Other Lies I Tell Myself
- The Products Chefs Use to Save Their Hands From Constant Dishwashing
- You Don’t Really Need a Pasta Machine to Make Your Own Pasta
- How to Get Started Brewing Your Own Kombucha
- Where to Purchase Restaurant Merch in Various Cities Around the Country
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READING
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- The Joy of Cooking Other People’s ‘Secret Family Recipes’
- The Best Food Comics and Graphic Novels to Help You Escape
- The Best Bartending Guides and Cocktail Books, According to Bartenders
- I’m Baking the Hell Out of This Quarantine Thanks to ‘BraveTart’
- The Best Vegetarian and Vegan Cookbooks, According to Vegetarian and Vegan Chefs
- MFK Fisher’s ‘How to Cook a Wolf’ Is Essential Reading Right Now
- Emma Straub’s New Novel Will Make You Nostalgic for Diners
- The 10 Best Cookbooks for Beginner Home Cooks
- Six Cookbooks That Will Make You a Better Cook, According to Julia Turshen
- The Best Cookbooks of Spring 2020
- I Can’t Help Falling in Love With Elvis Cookbooks
- 7 Food Memoirs to Read Right Now
- 15 Book Recommendations for Food Lovers
- Restaurateur Katrina Jazayeri’s Essential Books Shaped Her Fight Against Inequality
- The Book Hospitality Activist Ashtin Berry Says Everyone Should Read
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ENTERTAINMENT
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- In Times of Uncertainty, I Turn to the Cozy Instagram World of Sweet Potatoes
- In Quarantine Cooking Show ‘Selena + Chef,’ Selena Gomez Is Fryin’, Fryin’, Fryin’
- Eulogy for My Neglected Windowsill Herb Garden
- The Joy of Not Cooking
- I Can’t Stop Watching Old ‘Supermarket Sweep’ Episodes on Netflix
- A Movie-able Feast: Criterion Channel Has a Smorgasbord of Great Food Movies Right Now
- It Took Quarantine to Validate Sandra Lee’s ‘Semi-Homemade Cooking’
- ‘Hyori’s Bed and Breakfast’ Is the Perfect Quarantine Show
- Cook Canh Chua Cá and Tokyo Turnips With the Experts This Week
- The Actual Experience of Virtual Experiences
- Food-Adjacent TV to Stream This Week, According to Eater Staff
- Christina Tosi’s Baking Club Is Keeping My Family Sane in Quarantine
- In Quarantine, the Budding of a Pastime: Growing Vegetable Scraps on Windowsills
- Coronavirus Has Us Doing Chain Letters for Recipes Like It’s the Damn ’90s
- A Bunch of Food Puzzles to Buy Right Now
- Dalgona Coffee Inspired Us to Try (and Fail at) Whipping Other Drinks
- Damn, ‘Guy’s Grocery Games’ Hits Different Right Now
- Home Cafe Videos Are a Soothing Balm for Modern Angst
- The New and Old Food-Adjacent Shows We’ve Been Streaming This Week
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