Cookbooking: A Fan's Guide

By Debbie Berne

Book Overview

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 nextVisually stunning and endlessly browsable: packed with photographs, graphics, and snappy writing The perfect gift for the cookbook obsessive in your life

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1958417874
• ISBN13: 9781958417874
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 9.1"