Cookbook Gift Ideas
Looking for a gift for someone who loves to cook or collects cookbooks? Look no further! Check out the list below for tons of unique cookbook finds.
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From Crook to Cook
Snoop Dogg’s From Crook to Cook is a great cookbook for the home cook! Snoop provides unique recipes that anyone can make, like his famous friend bologna sandwiches and even his take on lobster thermidor. But it’s also more than just recipes, the book includes entertaining back stories too that are sure to educate and entertain.
The Official Disney Parks Cookbook
If the cook you’re shopping for is also a Disney fan, this new Disney cookbook is magical! The author, Pam Brandon, worked directly with Disney chefs to recreate official recipes that any home chef can replicate. Recipes include park favorites like Rainbow Sprinkle Whoopie Pies, Pork Goulash Pierogi, Dagobah Slug Slinger, and Mickey Mouse Beignets.
Bee Cookbook Stand
This cookbook stand is perfect for the busy bee in the kitchen! It’s made from beautiful mango wood and sits upright to hold up any cookbook.
Plus, this piece makes a beautiful focal point in the kitchen when not in use and even comes apart and can be stored flat for smaller kitchens.
Adventure Time: The Official Cookbook
It’s always fun to recreate food from favorite TV shows, movies, or games. Now home cooks have a chance to recreate recipes from Adventure Time with the Adventure Time Official Cookbook!
The cookbook contains more than fifty delicious recipes, and is perfect for fans of the series who have always wanted to taste Ooo cuisine. The book features recipes from favorite characters and kingdoms, and is sure to be a hit for any Adventure Time fan.
Personalized Recipe Card Book
Give them a place to store their favorite family recipes with this personalized recipe card book. There’s a place for forty recipe cards and the cover can be personalized with a photo and a name for an extra-personal touch.
Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food
This fun and thoughtfully created cookbook includes a collection of essays from famous authors about the comfort of food. One part cookbook and one part autobiography, this book is a recipe for the perfect gift.
Cereal Treats
Everyone loves cereal! Give them this recipe book, so they can find new ways to enjoy their cereal. This book contains 60, easy, no-bake recipes. They can enjoy their favorite cereal all year long with seasonal recipes, like s’mores, strawberry, mango, mint chocolate chip, pumpkin pie, cinnamon roll, and gingerbread flavors. They can also make cereal treats during each holiday for example shamrock treats for St. Patrick’s Day or Turkey’s for Thanksgiving. If you are looking for other cereal related gifts, check out the Cereal Lover’s gift list.
Cookie Advent Cookbook
A cookie a day keeps the doctor away, right? Ok that might not be the saying, but a cookie a day can keep the stress of the holidays away! This Advent calendar has twenty-four festive cookie recipes to brighten the holiday season, and can be used for years to come. Give this to the cookie fan early - so they will have it in time for Advent.
The Vegan Pasta Cookbook
This vegan pasta cookbook proves that plant-based versions of your favorite comfort foods can be delicious! Not just for vegans, this cookbook is for anyone looking to add some plant based options to their regular menu. Chefs are raving about this cookbook and soon the cook on your list will be too!
Kindle Paperwhite
Do you know someone who prefers digital over physical books? Or someone who is short on space in their kitchen but loves cookbooks? Well the Kindle Paperwhite is the perfect solution! Be sure to get them a few digital cookbooks to go along with it too!
Gourmet Popcorn Recipes
Give the popcorn fan in your life this recipe book and they will create popcorn masterpieces. This book contains 100 creative ways to enjoy popcorn. There are savory and sweet recipes including Cheddar Bacon Popcorn and Orange Cream Popcorn.
The Ultimate SPAM Cookbook
SPAM has been around since 1937 for good reason - it’s super versatile and pretty tasty too! This shelf-stable protein was popular during WWII to feed the troops and now has a cult-like following. Celebrity chefs have honored this food by creating masterpiece recipes with SPAM and now the cookbook collector in your life can add The Ultimate SPAM Cookbook to their collection.
Tacos: Recipes and Provocations
Do you know someone who has run out of ideas for Taco Tuesday? Give them this taco recipe book for some new inspiration!
Fresh Baked Bread Scented Candle
This 100% soy candle really smells like fresh baked bread! The cook in your life can light this and get inspiration as they browse through their cookbook collection to discover their next masterpiece.
If they love candles, you may also want to check out the full candle gift list for more fun gift ideas.
On Boards: Simple & Inspiring Recipe Ideas
Last year was the year of the charcuterie board. Now that everyone has one, this book can help you figure out fun and new ideas for how to use it!
The Serial Killer Cookbook
The Serial Killer Cookbook is a wickedly delicious gift for the cook that also loves true crime drama. They can listen to their favorite murder mystery podcast while cooking up a last meal from death row’s most infamous killers!
The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook
Do you know someone who is recently moved in with their significant other or maybe a couple that just became empty nesters? Cooking for two can be challenging, but this cookbook is a great solution to help them save money, waste less, and still make delicious meals together!
Dinner in One
One may be the loneliest number, but one lonely pot is actually a great thing when it comes time for cleanup. This cookbook includes one hundred one-pan or pot meals that can be done in one hour or less.
The Modern Art Cookbook
Many famous artists have had a fascination with food - Andy Warhol painted soup cans, Claes Oldenburg sculpted an ice cream cone on the top of a building, and many still art pieces includes some form of fruit. In this cookbook, the author surveys how artists and writers have eaten, cooked, and depicted food.
The Deliciously Cheesy Cookbook
This recently released book (2023) is a delectable collection of recipes that puts cheese on a pedestal, right where it should be. Over 100 cheese-centric recipes, from decadent lasagnas and pizzas to rich soups and delicate salads makes this book a perfect gift for the cheese lover!
The Seasoned Life
Ayesha Curry is the wife of famous basketball phenom Steph Curry and an accomplished author and actor in her own right. This cookbook/memoir makes a great gift for the basketball fan. This book contains 100 of her best, family recipes.
Eat What You Watch Cookbook
Why does the food in most TV shows look so amazing? If the binge watcher in your life also drools over the food in their favorite shows, this recipe book is the perfect gift!
Recipe Box
Some people may prefer a recipe box over a traditional cookbook. This box comes with 10 dividers and recipe cards. It sits conveniently on the counter-top, where their recipes can be right at their fingertips. As an added surprise, add a few of your favorite recipes to the box on the cards provided to get them started.
Recipes By Mail Subscription
This fascinating subscription series delivers detailed replicas of real handwritten recipes from renowned names like George Washington, Emily Dickinson, and Rosa Parks. Each month, your giftee will receive a historical document replicated on high-quality paper with painstaking accuracy and attention to detail. Each recipe comes with context pages that share the writer’s history and the story behind the recipe.
Bob's Burgers Recipe Book
This fun cookbook contains more than fifty delicious recipes including the Enoki Docki Burger, the Rest in Peas Burger, and many more featured in the show. They might even invite you over for a burger or two after you give them the book!
Baking: The Ultimate Cookbook
Do you know a baker who needs some new inspiration? This cookbook is the perfect gift for the beginner or seasoned baker. It includes 300 recipes created and tested by professional chefs.
This cookbook has seven distinct baking categories, plus a chapter dedicated to industry insider tips and tricks. If you’re lucky, the baker who receives this from you will return the favor by sharing one of their baking masterpieces with you!