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  • Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora [A Cookbook] cover

    Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora [A Cookbook]

    Bryant Terry

  • Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon: A Cookbook cover

    Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon: A Cookbook

    Snoop Dogg, Earl "E-40" Stevens

  • Super Soul Food with Cousin Rosie: 100+ Modern Twists on Comfort Food Classics (I Heart Soul Food) cover

    Super Soul Food with Cousin Rosie: 100+ Modern Twists on Comfort Food Classics (I Heart Soul Food)

    Rosie Mayes

  • Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin' in New Orleans [A Cookbook] cover

    Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin' in New Orleans [A Cookbook]

    Mason Hereford

  • Colombiana: Authentic Colombian Recipes from Arepas and Empanadas to Modern Dishes Celebrating Rich Culinary Traditions cover

    Colombiana: Authentic Colombian Recipes from Arepas and Empanadas to Modern Dishes Celebrating Rich Culinary Traditions

    Mariana Velásquez

  • Bayou: Feasting Through the Seasons of a Cajun Life cover

    Bayou: Feasting Through the Seasons of a Cajun Life

    Melissa M. Martin

  • The Elvis Presley Cookbook: Fun Facts and Simple Southern Comfort Recipes Fit for a King (95 Classic Recipes Loved by The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll) cover

    The Elvis Presley Cookbook: Fun Facts and Simple Southern Comfort Recipes Fit for a King (95 Classic Recipes Loved by The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll)

    Elizabeth McKeon, Ralph Gevirtz, Julie Bandy

  • Backyard BBQ with Fire and Spice: Filipino- and Cajun-Inspired Recipes for the Smoker and Grill cover

    Backyard BBQ with Fire and Spice: Filipino- and Cajun-Inspired Recipes for the Smoker and Grill

    Tony Ramirez

  • Magnolia Table cover

    Magnolia Table

    Joanna Gaines, Marah Stets

  • My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef: A Cookbook cover

    My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef: A Cookbook

    Kwame Onwuachi, Joshua David Stein

  • Our South: Black Food Through My Lens - A Cookbook cover

    Our South: Black Food Through My Lens - A Cookbook

    Ashleigh Shanti

  • Enebla: Recipes from an Ethiopian Kitchen cover

    Enebla: Recipes from an Ethiopian Kitchen

    Luladey Moges

  • Still We Rise: A Love Letter to the Southern Biscuit with Over 70 Sweet and Savory Recipes cover

    Still We Rise: A Love Letter to the Southern Biscuit with Over 70 Sweet and Savory Recipes

    Erika Council

  • The Southern Entertainer's Cookbook: Heirloom Recipes for Modern Gatherings cover

    The Southern Entertainer's Cookbook: Heirloom Recipes for Modern Gatherings

    Courtney Dial Whitmore

  • Tanya Holland's California Soul: Recipes from a Culinary Journey West [A Cookbook] cover

    Tanya Holland's California Soul: Recipes from a Culinary Journey West [A Cookbook]

    Tanya Holland

  • Family Thai: Bringing the Flavors of Thailand Home cover

    Family Thai: Bringing the Flavors of Thailand Home

    Arnold Myint, Kat Thompson

  • Cheryl Day's Treasury of Southern Baking cover

    Cheryl Day's Treasury of Southern Baking

    Cheryl Day

  • Island Vegan: 75 Flavorful Recipes from the Caribbean: Jamaica, Trinidad, Haiti, Dominican Republic & More cover

    Island Vegan: 75 Flavorful Recipes from the Caribbean: Jamaica, Trinidad, Haiti, Dominican Republic & More

    Lloyd Rose

  • Vegan Soulicious: Plant-Based Island Cooking cover

    Vegan Soulicious: Plant-Based Island Cooking

    Charlise Rookwood

  • The Bradshaw Family Cookbook: Our Favorite Recipes for Game Days, Weekdays, and Any Day cover

    The Bradshaw Family Cookbook: Our Favorite Recipes for Game Days, Weekdays, and Any Day

    Terry Bradshaw, Tammy Bradshaw, Rachel Bradshaw, Noah Hester, Lacey Hester

  • Northern Soul: Southern-Inspired Home Cooking from a Northern Kitchen: A Cookbook cover

    Northern Soul: Southern-Inspired Home Cooking from a Northern Kitchen: A Cookbook

    Justin Sutherland

  • Son of a Southern Chef: Cook with Soul: A Cookbook cover

    Son of a Southern Chef: Cook with Soul: A Cookbook

    Lazarus Lynch

  • Cooking from Scratch: A Careful Selection of Useful Recipes cover

    Cooking from Scratch: A Careful Selection of Useful Recipes

    Toya Boudy

  • Rodney Scott's World of BBQ: Every Day Is a Good Day: A Cookbook cover

    Rodney Scott's World of BBQ: Every Day Is a Good Day: A Cookbook

    Rodney Scott, Lolis Eric Elie

  • Sweet Potato Soul Vegan Vibes: 100 Soulful Plant-Based Recipes for Healthy Everyday Meals; A Cookbook cover

    Sweet Potato Soul Vegan Vibes: 100 Soulful Plant-Based Recipes for Healthy Everyday Meals; A Cookbook

    Jenné Claiborne

  • Smoke and Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen cover

    Smoke and Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen

    Edward Lee

  • Black Rican Vegan: Fire Plant-Based Recipes from a Bronx Kitchen cover

    Black Rican Vegan: Fire Plant-Based Recipes from a Bronx Kitchen

    Lyana Blount

  • No Meat Disco: Seven-Ingredient Plant-Based Recipes cover

    No Meat Disco: Seven-Ingredient Plant-Based Recipes

    Sam Jones

  • Epic BBQ Sandwiches: Next-Level Burgers, Melts, Sliders, Tacos, and More, Grilled or Smoked to Perfection cover

    Epic BBQ Sandwiches: Next-Level Burgers, Melts, Sliders, Tacos, and More, Grilled or Smoked to Perfection

    Brad Prose

  • Kowbird: Amazing Chicken Recipes from Chef Matt Horn's Restaurant and Home Kitchen cover

    Kowbird: Amazing Chicken Recipes from Chef Matt Horn's Restaurant and Home Kitchen

    Matt Horn

  • Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking: A Cookbook cover

    Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking: A Cookbook

    Toni Tipton-Martin

  • The Saltwater Table: Recipes from the Coastal South cover

    The Saltwater Table: Recipes from the Coastal South

    Whitney Otawka, Emily Dorio

  • Original Flava, Easy Caribbean: 80 quick and easy recipes with feel-good flava cover

    Original Flava, Easy Caribbean: 80 quick and easy recipes with feel-good flava

    Craig McAnuff, Shaun McAnuff

  • The Southerner's Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories (Garden & Gun Books, 3) cover

    The Southerner's Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories (Garden & Gun Books, 3)

    Editors of Garden and Gun

  • Measure with Your Heart: Southern Home Cooking to Feed Your Family and Soul: A Cookbook cover

    Measure with Your Heart: Southern Home Cooking to Feed Your Family and Soul: A Cookbook

    Hannah Taylor

  • Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou cover

    Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou

    Melissa M. Martin

  • Salt and Shore: Recipes from the Coastal South cover

    Salt and Shore: Recipes from the Coastal South

    Sammy Monsour, Kassady Wiggins

  • Everything's Good: Cozy Classics You'll Cook Always and Forever: A Cookbook cover

    Everything's Good: Cozy Classics You'll Cook Always and Forever: A Cookbook

    Toni Chapman

  • Stand By Your Pan: 100 Easy and Affordable Comfort Food Recipes So Good They'll Hurt People's Feelin’s (A Cookbook to Help You Enjoy Delicious Nostalgia with Some Modern Sass) cover

    Stand By Your Pan: 100 Easy and Affordable Comfort Food Recipes So Good They'll Hurt People's Feelin’s (A Cookbook to Help You Enjoy Delicious Nostalgia with Some Modern Sass)

    Hannah Dasher

  • Seasoned in Appalachia: Delicious Recipes from the Mountains and Hollers cover

    Seasoned in Appalachia: Delicious Recipes from the Mountains and Hollers

    Jimmy Proffitt

  • Thoughtful Cooking: Recipes Rooted in the New South cover

    Thoughtful Cooking: Recipes Rooted in the New South

    William Stark Dissen, Johnny Autry

  • Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Matriarch of Edisto Island cover

    Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Matriarch of Edisto Island

    Emily Meggett

  • Down South + East: A Chinese American Cookbook cover

    Down South + East: A Chinese American Cookbook

    Ron Hsu, Hugh Amano

  • Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes cover

    Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes

    Ronni Lundy, Johnny Autry

  • When Southern Women Cook: History, Lore, and 300 Recipes with Contributions from 70 Women Writers cover

    When Southern Women Cook: History, Lore, and 300 Recipes with Contributions from 70 Women Writers

    America's Test Kitchen

  • Original Flava: Caribbean Recipes from Home cover

    Original Flava: Caribbean Recipes from Home

    Craig McAnuff, Shaun McAnuff

  • Eating from Our Roots: 80+ Healthy Home-Cooked Favorites from Cultures Around the World: A Cookbook (Goop Press) cover

    Eating from Our Roots: 80+ Healthy Home-Cooked Favorites from Cultures Around the World: A Cookbook (Goop Press)

    Maya Feller MS RD CDN

  • Natural Flava: Quick & Easy Plant-Based Caribbean Recipes cover

    Natural Flava: Quick & Easy Plant-Based Caribbean Recipes

    Craig McAnuff, Shaun McAnuff

  • New School Barbecue: Recipes for Next-Level Smoking and Grilling from Austin's LeRoy and Lewis cover

    New School Barbecue: Recipes for Next-Level Smoking and Grilling from Austin's LeRoy and Lewis

    Evan LeRoy, Paula Forbes

  • South of Somewhere: Recipes and Stories from My Life in South Africa, South Korea & the American South (A Cookbook) cover

    South of Somewhere: Recipes and Stories from My Life in South Africa, South Korea & the American South (A Cookbook)

    Dale Gray

  • Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food [A Cookbook] cover

    Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food [A Cookbook]

    Dolly Parton, Rachel Parton George

  • Magnolia Table, Volume 3: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering ― A NYT Bestselling Southern Cookbook from TV Host Joanna Gaines cover

    Magnolia Table, Volume 3: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering ― A NYT Bestselling Southern Cookbook from TV Host Joanna Gaines

    Joanna Gaines

  • The Art of Fufu: A Guide to the Culture and Flavors of a West African Tradition cover

    The Art of Fufu: A Guide to the Culture and Flavors of a West African Tradition

    Grubido

  • South: Essential Recipes and New Explorations cover

    South: Essential Recipes and New Explorations

    Sean Brock

  • Dac Biet: An Extra-Special Vietnamese Cookbook cover

    Dac Biet: An Extra-Special Vietnamese Cookbook

    Nini Nguyen, Sarah Zorn

  • From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen (Snoop Dogg Cookbook, Celebrity Cookbook with Soul Food Recipes) cover

    From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen (Snoop Dogg Cookbook, Celebrity Cookbook with Soul Food Recipes)

    Snoop Dogg

  • Kwéyòl / Creole: Recipes, Stories, and Tings from a St. Lucian Chef's Journey: A Cookbook cover

    Kwéyòl / Creole: Recipes, Stories, and Tings from a St. Lucian Chef's Journey: A Cookbook

    Nina Compton, Osayi Endolyn

  • Carla Bakes: Sweet, Savory, and from the Heart [A Baking Book] cover

    Carla Bakes: Sweet, Savory, and from the Heart [A Baking Book]

    Carla Hall

  • Heritage cover

    Heritage

    Sean Brock, Peter Frank Edwards

  • Make It Plant-Based! Southern: 50+ Recipes for Vegan Biscuits, Casseroles, Soups, Stews, and Sweets (Make It Plant-Based! Cookbooks) cover

    Make It Plant-Based! Southern: 50+ Recipes for Vegan Biscuits, Casseroles, Soups, Stews, and Sweets (Make It Plant-Based! Cookbooks)

    Mehreen Karim

  • The Kitchen I Came Home To: Big Flavors and Tall Tales from My Corner of Kentucky cover

    The Kitchen I Came Home To: Big Flavors and Tall Tales from My Corner of Kentucky

    Sara Bradley, Emily Timberlake

  • Vegan Africa: Plant-Based Recipes from Ethiopia to Senegal cover

    Vegan Africa: Plant-Based Recipes from Ethiopia to Senegal

    Marie Kacouchia

  • Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy: Down Home Classics for Vegetarians (and the Meat Eaters Who Love Them) cover

    Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy: Down Home Classics for Vegetarians (and the Meat Eaters Who Love Them)

    Damaris Phillips

  • Recipes from the American South cover

    Recipes from the American South

    Michael W. Twitty

  • My Southern Kitchen: From Suppers to Celebrations, Recipes for Every Occasion cover

    My Southern Kitchen: From Suppers to Celebrations, Recipes for Every Occasion

    Ivy Odom, Editors of Southern Living

  • Snoop Dogg’s Treats to Eat: 55 Baking Recipes―Baking With (or Without) Weed (Snoop Dogg Presents) cover

    Snoop Dogg’s Treats to Eat: 55 Baking Recipes―Baking With (or Without) Weed (Snoop Dogg Presents)

    Snoop Dogg

  • Southern Roots: Recipes and Stories from Mama Dip's Daughter cover

    Southern Roots: Recipes and Stories from Mama Dip's Daughter

    Anita "Spring" Council, Marcie Cohen Ferris

  • Carla Hall's Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration cover

    Carla Hall's Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration

    Carla Hall, Genevieve Ko

  • The Flygerians Cookbook: Over 70 recipes for Nigerian food that will speak to your soul & warm your heart cover

    The Flygerians Cookbook: Over 70 recipes for Nigerian food that will speak to your soul & warm your heart

    Jess Edun, Jo Edun

  • Peru: The Cookbook cover

    Peru: The Cookbook

    Gastón Acurio