12 Cookbooks for you to check out

In January, I decided that I wanted to cook 12 recipes from 12 new-to-me cookbooks. I was rocking and rolling and then the world turned upside down. Somewhere in September (honestly, what to months mean anymore?) I remembered this desire and got to work.

Yesterday, I completed my 12th recipe with the Sweet Potato Honey Beer Pie from Nik Sharma’s The Flavor Equation.

Cookbooks in order (you can find the cookbooks and recipes I made on IG under my “Cookbooks” highlight.

1. Nadiya’s British Food Adventures: Over 120 Fresh, Easy and Enticing New Recipes x Nadiya Hussain

2. Jubilee x Toni Tipton-Martin (Instant classic. I LOVE how Tipton-Martin weaves history all throughout and let’s us know how integral Black chefs are to American cuisine. Love it.)

3. Dinner in French x Melissa Clark

4. The Full Plate x Ayesha Curry (Would highly recommend this for cooking chill, delicious food.)

5. Zaitoun x Yasmin Khan ( I LOVE this cookbook. I’ve already made 2 recipes from it and can’t wait to work my way through more of it. Shoutout to my best friend who bought me my own copy after seeing how much I loved the electronic book I checked out from my library.)

6. Parwana: Recipes and stories from an Afghan kitchen x Durkhanai Ayubi

7. Drinking French x David Lebovitz

8. East x Meera Sodha

9. Nopalito: A Mexican Kitchen x Gonzalo Guzmán and Stacy Adimando

10. Tartine All Day x Elisabeth Pruett

11. Mixtape Potluck x ?uestlove and Friends (I’ll definitely be buying this. I love ?uestlove’s interdisciplinary mindset and how he weaves all of his passions together. Also, shoutout to him for being an Aquarius.)

12. The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained in More Than 100 Essential Recipes x Nik Sharma