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[kook-book] / ˈkʊkˌbʊk /


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Like H Mart itself, Kwon writes, the cookbook is intended both as an introduction to Korean cooking and as a point of connection for second- and third-generation Korean Americans.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

While looking over the proofs for her latest cookbook, she picked up a marker and drew a mermaid.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

A brilliant cameo from Aniston promoting her new cookbook, with such adventurous epicurean dishes as “boiled hot dogs and peas,” serves as the film’s inciting event.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

Her first cookbook, "Simple Cake" was named one of the best cookbooks of 2019 by the New York Times and was an Amazon bestseller.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

I never saw many Black pastry chefs on the shows I watched, or in the cookbook section of the library, but I was still determined to be one when I grew up.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

These are inspired by the butter-soaked spiced Saltines that have long floated around Southern church cookbooks, family recipe boxes and bar snack menus.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

“They tucked them into purses, filing cabinets, cookbooks and memory boxes because they believed they would be valuable someday. We think they were right.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 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

The illustrated recipes that he published in London newspapers in the 1960s and collected into a pair of cookbooks are credited with helping British men get cooking.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

You’ll have to guess, because there were no cookbooks in Christian Europe until the 1100s.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson




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