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cookbook

[kook-book] / ˈkʊkˌbʊk /


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Daughters needed a cookbook to teach them how to cook the Jewish specialties and the American foods they had learned to love.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

The excerpt below is a scene from a dinner party in which one character launches into a riff about the pervasiveness of Yotam Ottolenghi’s cookbook recipes at social gatherings.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

Dame Prue's Bake Off predecessor, Dame Mary, will chat to the show's former host, comedian Mel Giedroyc, to discuss her second great love of gardening and her forthcoming cookbook.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

But with sneakers strewn in the doorway and a cookbook opened to a specific recipe, the faux house felt lived in.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

She worked for an online marketing firm but also ran a food blog and wanted to publish a cookbook someday.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

She wrote a number of books, including ones about her life on tour, cookbooks and children’s books about her life and about the dangers of bullying.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Behind them, cookbooks line the shelves, fruit has been arranged decoratively across the counters and every surface gleams with aspirational domestic ease.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

Among this season’s new crop of cookbooks are two that open windows into cultures that deserve to be better known for their culinary culture.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

"Ultimately, the recipe has to be good – there are some really awful ones," she says, referencing strange combinations she has seen in cookbooks, including banana and herring and lamb and crab.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2026

Violet and Klaus spent several minutes opening and shutting Count Olaf’s kitchen cupboards, but there weren’t any cookbooks to be found.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket




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