cookbook

British, cookery book

[kook-book]

noun

1. a book containing recipes and instructions for cooking.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cookbook¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; cook ¹ + book

Example Sentences

I love independent bookstores like Now Serving, which is devoted entirely to cookbooks.

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Your local bakery almost certainly makes pies that look like they’ve been lifted from a vintage cookbook illustration.

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For cooks, the first harbinger of this season is the arrival of newly published dessert cookbooks.

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If a dust jacket is torn on a coffee table book or cookbook, she’ll remove it, often revealing a cover with a “beautiful, classic, simple style.”

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His mission in traversing the country was, in part, figuring out how to define the “uniquely American” institution at the center of his new cookbook, “Steak House: The People, The Places, The Recipes.”

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Related Words

• guide 
• guidebook 
• handbook 
• reference book 
• text 
• textbook 
• workbook