Cookbooking

By Debbie Berne

An eclectic, visually stunning pop-history, Cookbooking explores the most influential and beloved cookbooks through photographs, listicals, 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, so, so, so, 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1958417874
• ISBN13: 9781958417874
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.