Best Cookbook 2025: Our Top 10

The Best Cookbook 2025

As the year comes to a delicious close, 2025 has delivered an outstanding array of cookbooks that both inspire and elevate home cooking. From bold innovations in baking and fermentation to deep cultural stories and expert technique guides, this year’s lineup celebrates creativity, flavor, and the joy of making food at home.

Our handpicked selection of the Best Cookbook 2025 captures a year defined by diverse culinary voices and exceptional recipe craftsmanship. These books are a must-have for anyone seeking to expand their kitchen skills, explore new flavors, or simply enjoy time spent cooking.

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Beyond Baking

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Beyond Baking from Philip Khoury is a standout title that redefines what plant-based baking can be in the modern kitchen. This cookbook moves well beyond sweets, delivering recipes for airy breads, flaky savory pastries, creative whole-grain cakes, and beautifully textured vegan desserts.

Its clear instructions and inventive use of natural ingredients make it ideal for both experienced bakers and those curious about plant-centered baking that doesn’t compromise on taste or technique.

Whether you’re mastering a perfect baguette or experimenting with dairy-free buttercream, Beyond Baking is a joyful and forward-thinking addition to your cookbook shelf.

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BiBi The Cookbook

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In BiBi: The Cookbook, chef Chet Sharma blends personal storytelling with contemporary Indian cooking. Inspired by family recipes and memories, the book presents bold flavors and thoughtful reinterpretations of traditional dishes, grounded in technique and emotional connection.

More than a recipe collection, BiBi: The Cookbook feels intimate and reflective, a book that invites readers to understand food as culture, memory, and expression. It’s one of the most distinctive voices of 2025.

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Cooking with Vegetables

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Cooking with Vegetables places produce firmly at the centre of the plate. Jesse Jenkins approaches vegetables with the same care and creativity often reserved for meat, using techniques like roasting, charring, and bold seasoning to unlock deep flavor.

The recipes are vibrant, satisfying, and unapologetically veg-forward, making this a standout book for anyone looking to cook vegetables with confidence and impact, without compromise.

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Dessert Course

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Benjamin Delwiche’s Dessert Course is as much a teaching tool as it is a dessert cookbook. Focused on the fundamentals of baking, it explains the science behind texture, structure, and flavor, helping readers understand why recipes work — not just how to follow them.

With a mix of classic desserts and adaptable techniques, this book is ideal for bakers who want to deepen their knowledge and become more confident, intuitive cooks in the kitchen.

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Ferment

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Fermentation takes centre stage in Ferment, where Kenji Morimoto demystifies the process and makes it accessible for everyday kitchens.

Covering everything from kimchi and pickles to kombucha and fermented sauces, the book balances technique with creativity.

It’s a practical yet inspiring guide that encourages experimentation while building confidence, ideal for cooks looking to add depth, complexity, and umami to their cooking.

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French Classic

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French Classics by Matthew Ryle is a celebration of timeless French cuisine. From sauces and stews to pastries and bistro favorites, the book honors traditional techniques while keeping recipes approachable for the home cook.

Clear instruction and respect for culinary heritage make this a reliable and elegant reference — perfect for anyone wanting to master the foundations of French cooking.

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Good Things

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In Good Things, Samin Nosrat returns with a deeply personal and joyful collection of recipes rooted in generosity, simplicity, and care.

The dishes feel lived-in and familiar, designed to be cooked, shared, and adapted rather than followed rigidly.

With warmth and clarity, Samin reminds readers why cooking matters, making this book as comforting to read as it is to cook from.

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How I Cook

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How I Cook by Ben Lippett focuses on building confidence through understanding. Rather than relying on rigid recipes, the book teaches foundational techniques and decision-making, helping cooks develop intuition and flexibility in the kitchen.

It’s a thoughtful guide for anyone who wants to cook more freely, adapt recipes to taste, and truly understand the process behind good food.

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On Meat Cookbook

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Jeremy Fox’s On Meat Cookbook offers a refined, modern perspective on cooking meat with intention. Rooted in respect for ingredients and technique, the book explores nose-to-tail cooking through recipes that feel elegant yet achievable.

This is a book for cooks who want to deepen their understanding of meat cookery while embracing thoughtful, contemporary approaches.

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Recipes from the American South

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Recipes from the American South by Michael W. Twitty is both a cookbook and a cultural document. Through recipes and storytelling, Michael explores the history, traditions, and voices that shaped Southern cuisine.

Rich in context and deeply researched, this book offers more than instructions, it provides meaning, making it one of the most important and powerful cookbooks of the year.