It's time for our 6th annual Best Cookbooks of the Year episode with Brian Stewart of the Salt + Spine podcast. This isn't your average cookbooks of the year list: we prompt Brian to curate a list specifically for busy home cooks. From the best cookbooks for tired parents to the best cookbooks to gift kids who love to cook (or teenagers who don't but really should), this list has you covered.

LINKS

• Baking by Feel: Recipes to Sort Out Your Emotions (Whatever They Are Today!) by Becca Rea-Tucker https://amzn.to/49G1fwd 
• Let's Eat: 101 Recipes to Fill Your Heart & Home by Dan Pelosihttps://amzn.to/3R2NzEj 
• Knife Drop: Creative Recipes Anyone Can Cook by Nick DiGiovanni https://amzn.to/3G7TL7C 
• Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s by B. Dylan Hollis https://amzn.to/47FKMGR
• I Could Nosh: Classic Jew-ish Recipes Revamped for Every Day by Jake Cohen https://amzn.to/47zrxyl 

Best Cookbooks for Tired Family Cooks

• The Don't Panic Pantry Cookbook: Mostly Vegetarian Comfort Food That Happens to Be Pretty Good for You by Noah Galuten  https://amzn.to/46dmd2R 

• The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z by Tamar Adler https://amzn.to/3T2l9fl 

Best Cookbooks for Inspired Family Cooks

• Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook: A Cookbook by Sohla El-Waylly https://amzn.to/3QQePWy 
• Company: The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others by Amy Thielen https://amzn.to/49qBpMM 

Best Cookbooks for Kids

• Cooking with My Dad, the Chef: 70+ kid-tested, kid-approved (and gluten-free!) recipes for YOUNG CHEFS! By Verveine Oringer & Ken Oringer https://amzn.to/477jIAq 
• More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook by Molly Baz https://amzn.to/3SF1LV8 

Best Easy Baking Cookbook

• Snacking Bakes: Simple Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies, Cakes, and More by Yossy Arefi https://amzn.to/40x4IcD 

Best Project Baking Cookbook

• Bread and Roses: 100+ Grain Forward Recipes featuring Global Ingredients and Botanicals by Rose Wilde https://amzn.to/3QOWYiF 
• Bread Baking With Kids Trusty Recipes for Magical HomemadeBread by Jennifer Latham https://amzn.to/3QuaA1A 

Best Single Subject Cookbook 

• Chili Crisp: 50+ Recipes to Satisfy Your Spicy, Crunchy, Garlicky Cravings by James Park https://amzn.to/3QPPo6v 

Cookbook for Neurodivergent Cooks 

• I Dream of Dinner (so You Don't Have To): Low-Effort, High-Reward Recipes: A Cookbook by Ali Slagle https://amzn.to/40K3eeQ  
• Veg-table: Recipes, Techniques, and Plant Science for Big-Flavored, Vegetable-Focused Meals by Nik Sharma https://amzn.to/3smYb7F 
• Italy by Ingredient: Artisanal Foods, Modern Recipes by Viola Butoni https://amzn.to/3SKybh7 
• Let's Eat Paris!: The Essential Guide to the World's Most Famous Food City by François-Régis Gaudry https://amzn.to/3ug26n2 



Best Cookbook for When You Want to Eat Your Emotions 

• Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds by  Hetty Lui McKinnon https://amzn.to/3FStn1M 

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