The Best French Cookbooks

Jacques Pépin Quick & Simple by Jacques Pépin and Tom Hopkins contains 250 recipes proving a master chef cooks faster than you'd think.

David Lebovitz's My Paris Kitchen shows how Paris rewrites its own rulebook, and modern Parisian cooks follow eagerly along.

Melissa Clark updates the French classics in Dinner in French, offering 150 recipes that feel both rooted in tradition and perfectly suited to how we actually cook and eat today.

Drinking French by David Lebovitz hands you 160 recipes for cocktails, café traditions, and snacks that turn your kitchen into a Paris bar—no plane ticket required.

Jacques Pépin Art Of The Chicken captures a lifetime of devotion to one bird—told through the legendary chef's brushstrokes, stories, and recipes that taste like dinner at his own table.