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cookbooks

  • plural
    of cookbook.
    cookbook
    noun
    a book containing recipes and instructions for cooking.

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The cookbooks I always turn to are: “Carter’s Cookbook” by Carter Were.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

She wrote a number of books, including ones about her life on tour, cookbooks and children’s books about her life and about the dangers of bullying.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Scattered through old Southern community and church cookbooks are recipes for spiced Saltines: butter-soaked, herb-flecked, oven-baked until they darken to a toastier shade of gold.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

“They tucked them into purses, filing cabinets, cookbooks and memory boxes because they believed they would be valuable someday. We think they were right.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

They buy things they are not certain how to prepare, leeks and fresh fava beans and fiddleheads, looking up recipes in the cookbooks they’ve received for their wedding.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri