cookbook
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cookbook
Example Sentences
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When did you last buy a hardback and what was it – a cookbook, a coffee table book or fiction?
From BBC • May 24, 2026
“Don’t be afraid to hit up your nearest dollar stores,” said Brian Theis, a cookbook author who likes to put his thrift-minded ways to good use during Easter.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
Here’s the honest truth: I haven’t loved a cookbook quite like I love “The Choi of Cooking” in a long time — precisely because it refuses to posture.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
She studied classical French cuisine in Paris and was determined to make it more accessible to American home cooks by promoting “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” a cookbook that she co-wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
I hate that there are things—trivial things, like why she needed a newspaper clipping about a cookbook author who’d be visiting the library—that I never knew to ask Lucy about.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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