Since the Food52 Cookbook Club launched as a Facebook Group in 2017, we’ve cooked through nearly 100 cookbooks together. To make the titles easy to find for our new and current members—nearly 40,000 and counting!—we’re listing them here for easy access and inspo.
The way our members cook together across continents and time zones is simple: We post pics and reviews of the recipes we make from one of our chosen books. This could mean our “Book of the Month,” our annual “Bonus Book,” or any past cookbook we’ve covered for a Throwback Thursday or Throwback Month (August and February) post. Even if you can’t get your hands on your own copy, we make sure you can still cook along with us, by excerpting recipes from our chosen cookbooks and only selecting titles that you can also download to a device.
We also lean on each other for answers to cooking questions in our comments and in AMAs with featured cookbook authors. And we help members get together for their own IRL cookbook club meetups. Join us here. And if baking is also your thing—or more your style—check out our Baking Club, too, and every cookbook they’ve covered.
Below is the full list of cookbooks our club has covered—plus the titles we’re cooking through next.
Bonus Book: Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds by Hetty Lui McKinnon.
January: Veg-table: Recipes, Techniques, and Plant Science for Big-Flavored, Vegetable-Centered Meals by Nik Sharma
February: Happy 7th Birthday Cookbook Clubs! Any previously covered book is fair game.
March: Roast Figs, Sugar Snow: Food to Warm the Soul by Diana Henry
April: The Global Pantry Cookbook: Transform Your Everyday Cooking with Tahini, Gochujang, Miso, and Other Irresistible Ingredients by Scott Mowbray and Ann Taylor Pittman.
May: Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World’s Most Versatile Plant-Based
Protein, with 125 Recipes by Joe Yonan and Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple by Jorge Gaviria.
June: Night + Market: Delicious Thai Food to Facilitate Drinking and Fun-Having Amongst Friends: A Cookbook by Kris Yenbamroong
July: Zaytinya: Delicious Mediterranean Dishes from Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon by José Andrés
August: Throwback Month. Any previously covered book is fair game.
September: Pizza Night: Deliciously Doable Recipes for Pizza and Salad by Alexandra Stafford
2023 bonus books: Ruffage: A Practical Guide to Vegetables, Grist: A Practical Guide to Cooking Grains, Beans, Seeds, and Legumes, Pulp : A Practical Guide to Cooking with Fruit, all by Abra Berens
January: Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home By Eric Kim
February: Happy 6th Birthday Cookbook Clubs! Any previously covered book is fair game.
March: Taste & Technique: Recipes to Elevate Your Home Cooking by Naomi Pomeroy
April: Snacks for Dinner: Small Bites, Full Plates, Can’t Lose by Lukas Volger
May: The Food of Morocco by Paula Wolfert
June: Getaway: Food & Drink to Transport You by Renee Erickson
July: Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling by Bricia Lopez
August: Throwback Month. Any previously covered book is fair game.
September: The Wok: Recipes and Techniques by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
October: Taste of Persia: A Cook’s Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan by Naomi Duguid
November: The Cook You Want to Be: Everyday Recipes to Impress by Andy Baraghani
December: Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories By Nigella Lawson.
2022 Bonus Book: Grains for Every Season: Rethinking Our Way with Grains by Joshua McFadden.
January: The Weekday Vegetarians: 100 Recipes and a Real-Life Plan for Eating Less Meat: A Cookbook by Jenny Rosenstrach
February: Happy 5th Birthday Cookbook Clubs! Any previously covered book is fair game.
March: Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African DiasporaBy Bryant Terry
April: Coconut & Sambal: Recipes From my Indonesian Kitchen by Lara Lee. BONUS: Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine and Eastern Europe by Olia Hercules
May: Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories from Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus by Yasmin Khan
June: Cook Real Hawai’i by Sheldon Simeon
July: Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook by Rick Martinez
August: Throwback Month. Any previously covered book is fair game.
September: I Dream of Dinner (so You Don’t Have To): Low-Effort, High-Reward Recipes: A Cookbook by Ali Slagle
October: Falastin: A Cookbook by Sami Tamimi
November: Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals by Melissa Clark.
December: Food52 Simply Genius: Recipes for Beginners, Busy Cooks & Curious People by Kristen Miglore.
Bonus Book: The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained in More Than 100 Recipes by Nik Sharma
January: Ottolenghi Flavor by Yotam Ottolenghi
February: Happy 4th Birthday Cookbook Clubs! Any previously covered book is fair game.
March: I Cook in Color by Asha Gomez
April: Bestia: Italian Recipes Created in the Heart of L.A. by Ori Menashe.
May: Mister Jiu’s in Chinatown: Recipes and Stories from the Birthplace of Chinese American Food by Brandon Jew
June: Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food by Julia Turshen
July: This Will Make It Taste Good: A New Path to Simple Cooking by Vivian Howard
August: Throwback Month: Any previously covered book is fair game.
September: Cook with Me: 150 Recipes for the Home Cook: A Cookbook by Alex Guarnaschelli
October: Dishoom: The first ever cookbook from the much-loved Indian restaurant by Shamil & Kavi Thakrar
November: At Home in the Kitchen: Simple Recipes from a Chef’s Night Off by David Kinch.
December: That Sounds So Good: 100 Real-Life Recipes for Every Day of the Week: A Cookbook by by Carla Lalli Music
Bonus books:
The Modern Cook’s Year: More than 250 Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes to See You Through the Seasons by Anna Jones, Cooking with Scraps: Turn Your Peels, Cores, Rinds, and Stems into Delicious Meals by Lindsay-Jean Hard
January: Everyday Korean by Kim Sunee and Seung Hee Lee
February: Happy 3rd Birthday Cookbook Clubs! Any previously covered book is fair game.
March: Made in Spain by José Andrés
April: Dinner in French by Melissa Clark. (Also in April, due to Covid-19, posts from any Food52 recipe were fair game)
May: Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen by Betty Hallock and Josef Centeno.
June: Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin
July: Cook Like a Local: Flavors That Can Change How You Cook and See the World by Chris Shepherd
August: Throwback Month: Any previously covered book is fair game.
September: Vietnamese Food Any Day by Andrea Ngyuen
October: *Indian-Ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family** by Priya Krishna
November: In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes and and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean by Hawa Hassan
December: Open Kitchen: Inspired Food for Casual Gatherings by Susan Spungen
Bonus Book: Sunday Suppers at Lucques: Seasonal Recipes from Market to Table by Suzanne Goin with Teri Gelber.
January: Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone) by Deborah Madison (Note that the 2014 reprint is titled The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone).
February: Popular Vote: Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop
Moderator Pick: The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen by Grace Young
March: Zuni Cafe Cookbook by Judy Rogers
April: Popular Vote: Everyday Dorie by Dorie Greenspan Moderator Pick: Ad Hoc at Home, by Thomas Keller.
May: Season: Big Flavors, Beautiful Food by Nik Sharma and Bottom of the Pot: Persian Recipes and Stories by Naz Deravian.
June: Food52 Any Night Grilling: 60 Ways to Fire Up Dinner, A Girl and Her Greens: Hearty Meals from the Gardenby April Bloomfield and Batch Cocktails by Maggie Hoffman.
July: JapanEasy: Classic and Modern Japanese Recipes to Cook at Home by Tim Anderson.
August: Throwback Month: Any previously covered book is fair game.
September: The Little Swedish Kitchen by Rachel Khoo.
October: The Art and Practice of Handmade Pizza, Focaccia, and Calzone: A Cookbook by Marc Vetri and The Art and Practice of Handmade Pasta, Gnocchi, and Risotto: A Cookbook by Marc Vetri.
November: From the Oven to the Table: Simple dishes that look after themselves by Diana Henry
December: Nothing Fancy: The Art of Having People Over by Alison Roman.
Bonus Book: Six Seasons by Joshua McFadden
January: Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1 by Julia Child
February: Happy 1st Birthday to the Clubs! It’s Throwback Month—any previously covered book is fair game.
March: Smitten Kitchen Every Day by Deb Perelman
April: Simple Thai Food: Classic Recipes from the Thai Home Kitchen by Leela Punyaratabandhu
May: Nopalito: A Mexican Kitchen by Gonzalo Guzmán with Stacy Adimando
June: The Moosewood Restaurant Table by The Moosewood Collective, Appetites by Anthony Bourdain, and Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain
July: Tartine All Day by Elisabeth Prueitt
August: Greece: The Cookbook by Vefa Alexiadou
September: Dining In by Alison Roman
October: Popular Vote: Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan Moderator Pick: Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts) by Russell Norman
November: Popular Vote: Ottolenghi Simple by Yotam Ottolenghi
Moderator Pick: Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel by Alon Shaya
December: Popular Vote: How to Eat a Peach by Diana Henry
Moderator Picks: Feast: Food to Celebrate Life by Nigella Lawson and Regarding Cocktails by Sasha Petraske with Georgette Moger-Petraske
February: Art of the Pie by Kate McDermott
March: Deep Run Roots by Vivian Howard
April: Simple by Diana Henry
May: Small Victories by Julia Turshen
June: Ottolenghi—any or all of his books (other than Sweet)
July: My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories by David Lebovitz
August: Dinner: Changing the Game by Melissa Clark
September: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
October: Made in India by Meera Sodha
November: The Food Lab by J. Kenji López-Alt
December: Genius Recipes by Kristen Miglore