Best Cookbooks of 2023

On the hunt for new recipes or looking for inspiration for your next dinner party? Well, pop a cork and grab a fork, it’s time for our list of the Best Cookbooks of 2023! Find easy everyday recipes and budget-friendly family faves in Natasha’s Kitchen. Turn your missteps into expertise with Basics with Babish or level up your cooking with the latest from celebrated top chefs like Erin French and Joshua Weissman. Tempt your taste buds with new recipes from irresistible nibbles to show-stopping main courses and effortless desserts that will leave you with a satiated stomach and full heart.

Bring a taste of Erin French’s renowned restaurant, The Lost Kitchen, to your home with Big Heart, Little Stove. With warm touches from her own family recipe box as well as the Lost Kitchen, French will guide you to making thoughtful meals designed to cultivate joy and foster meaningful connection. The cookbook is peppered with French’s signature advice — start with the best ingredients, stay simple and serve with love!

Baking Yesteryear serves up the best (and a few of the worst!) recipes from the 20th century in a decade-by-decade tribute to the sweet and savory life of baking. Sprinkled with a pinch of fun and a cup of humor, this cookbook will leave you with a big smile and a full belly of the most unique vintage baking recipes of the century!

Flavor meets texture in star chef Joshua Weissman’s new cookbook Texture Over Taste. He dishes out 75 of the crunchiest, chewiest, creamiest, fattiest, most aerated and fluid recipes with a spectacular side of food theory, challenging readers to examine how they think about the effect of texture on their perception of taste.

Discover generations' worth of foolproof family-friendly recipes in Natasha’s Kitchen, from Ukrainian food blogger and recipe developer, Natasha Kravchuk. Suitable for any day of the week or occasion, witness her love for cooking pour out from the pages of her book and its 100 budget-friendly recipes.

Hungry for more? Find your flavor in the cookbook section at Barnes & Noble. Add fuel to the flame with the best and most popular new cookbooks from baking to barbecuing. Head back to basics with cookbooks for beginners, simplify your weeknights with books for cooking quick and easy meals and thrill your friends and family at your next big gathering with the best cookbooks for holiday cooking.

Live life to the fullest with our selection of cookbooks for fitness & exercise, diet and nutrition, sustainable living, and healthy eating. Embark on an international food tour from the comfort of your home with cookbooks on Italian, French, Asian, and other international cuisines. Learn to pair with flair (and Sancerre?) with our guides to wine and beverages. Why limit happy to an hour? Impress your guests by adding the perfect twist to any evening with our books on cocktails. Barnes & Noble has the best gifts for home chefs with great taste including award-winning cookbooks, cookbooks by celebrity chefs, and guides to entertaining. Don’t know where to start? Check out our list of bookseller favorites.

10 Best Cookbooks of 2023

More is More by Molly Baz
Big Heart, Little Stove by Erin French
Yellowstone by Gabriel Gator Guilbeau
Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis
Natasha’s Kitchen by Natasha Kravchuk
Chili Crisp by James Park
Let’s Eat by Dan Pelosi
Basics with Babish by Andrew Rea
Sweet Enough by Alison Roman
Texture Over Taste by Joshua Weissman

(Listed in alphabetical order by author)