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Walden Pond Books

By Walden Pond Books

The Best Cookbooks of the Year: 2022

These are the most critically acclaimed cookbooks of 2022.

There are dozens of "best cookbooks of the year" lists out there, but to get on this list a cookbook had to have been selected as a "best cookbook" by at least five of those lists.  By the end of 2022, this will be the ultimate best-cookbook-of-the-year list!

 

  • Titles are sorted by publication date with the most recently released books at the beginning of the list.

 

Be sure to browse our latest lists:

bookcover for The Blue Zones American Kitchen

The Blue Zones American Kitchen

Dan Buettner 

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Hardback

$35.00

$32.55

bookcover for Smitten Kitchen Keepers

Smitten Kitchen Keepers

Deb Perelman 

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Hardback

$35.00

$32.55

bookcover for What's for Dessert

What's for Dessert

Claire Saffitz 

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$37.50

$34.88

bookcover for Cook As You Are

Cook As You Are

Ruby Tandoh 

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$35.00

$32.55

bookcover for The Pasta Queen

The Pasta Queen

Nadia Caterina Munno, 

Katie Parla 

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$32.50

$30.23

bookcover for The Woks of Life

The Woks of Life

Bill Leung, 

Judy Leung, 

Kaitlin Leung, 

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Hardback

$35.00

$32.55

bookcover for Go-To Dinners

Go-To Dinners

Ina Garten 

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Hardback

$35.00

$32.55

bookcover for First Generation

First Generation

Frankie Gaw 

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Hardback

$32.50

$30.23

bookcover for Tanya Holland's California Soul

Tanya Holland's California Soul

Tanya Holland, 

Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz, 

Maria C. Hunt, 

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Hardback

$35.00

$32.55

bookcover for Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things

Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things

Noor Murad, 

Yotam Ottolenghi 

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$32.00

$29.76

bookcover for Diasporican

Diasporican

Illyanna Maisonet, 

Dan Liberti, 

Erika P. Rodriguez, 

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$32.50

$30.23

bookcover for Rice Is Life

Rice Is Life

Caryl Levine, 

Ken Lee, 

Kristin Donnelly 

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Hardback

$29.95

$27.85

bookcover for Via Carota

Via Carota

Anna Kovel, 

Jody Williams, 

Rita Sodi 

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Hardback

$40.00

$37.20

bookcover for The King Arthur Baking School

The King Arthur Baking School

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Hardback

$45.00

$41.85

bookcover for The British Cookbook

The British Cookbook

Ben Mervis, 

Jeremy Lee 

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Hardback

$54.95

$51.10

bookcover for Jacques Pépin Art Of The Chicken

Jacques Pépin Art Of The Chicken

Jacques Pépin 

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Hardback

$35.00

$32.55

bookcover for Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

Marcella Hazan, 

Karin Kretschmann, 

Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, 

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Hardback

$42.00

$39.06

bookcover for The Vegan Chinese Kitchen

The Vegan Chinese Kitchen

Hannah Che 

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Hardback

$35.00

$32.55

bookcover for Dinner in One

Dinner in One

Melissa Clark 

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Hardback

$29.99

$27.89

bookcover for I Am from Here

I Am from Here

Vishwesh Bhatt, 

John Currence 

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Hardback

$37.50

$34.88

bookcover for The Red Truck Bakery Farmhouse Cookbook

The Red Truck Bakery Farmhouse Cookbook

Brian Noyes 

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Hardback

$28.00

$26.04

bookcover for The Spanish Home Kitchen

The Spanish Home Kitchen

Jose Pizarro 

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Hardback

$42.00

$39.06

bookcover for Kin Thai

Kin Thai

John Chantarasak 

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Hardback

$35.00

$32.55

bookcover for Turkey and the Wolf

Turkey and the Wolf

Mason Hereford, 

JJ Goode 

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Hardback

$30.00

$27.90

bookcover for Watermelon and Red Birds

Watermelon and Red Birds

Nicole A. Taylor 

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Hardback

$30.99

$28.82