Cookbooking: A Fan's Guide

An eclectic, visually stunning pop-history, Cookbooking explores the most influential and beloved cookbooks through photographs, listicles, graphics, and snappy writing.  

Subjects include: a visual history of cookbook design; what’s the matter with front matter?; the diet cookbooks we’ve starved for; the proliferation of French cookbooks, hippie cookbooks, TV-show cookbooks. And so much more. In short, Cookbooking is a celebration of the genre and an exploration of what makes books filled with recipes so engaging, collectable, and such excellent companions in bed.

This is a book for cookbook collectors and casual fans alike. Whether you're looking for cool cookbooks to add to your shelf or searching for a unique gift to give the foodie in your life, Cookbooking is sure to surprise and delight.  

• A love letter to the cookbooks you already own: and an irresistible guide to the ones you'll want next
• Visually stunning and endlessly browsable: packed with photographs, graphics, and snappy writing 
• The perfect gift for the cookbook obsessive in your life

Author: Debbie Berne
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Pages: 224pp
Size: 7.25 x 9.25
Notes: color, hardcover
Date of Publication: August 18, 2026
ISBN: 978-1958417874