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"Cooking is the art of adjustment."

-Jacques Pepin

Cookbooks for All Occasions

Southern Roots

by Anita "Spring" Council

from Countryman Press

The Korean Vegan

by Joanne Lee Molinaro

From Avery

The Homemade Pie

by Laura Klynstra

From Fleming H. Revell Company

Umma

by Sarah Ahn, Nam Soon Ahn

from America's Test Kitchen

Something From Nothing

by Alison Roman

from Clarkson Potter

The Vegan Creamery

by Miyoko Schinner

from Ten Speed Press

Korean Temple Cooking

by Hoo Nam Seelmann

from Hardie Grant Books

Obsessed with the Best

by Ella Quittner

from William Morrow Cookbooks

La Mesa Mexicana

by Rosa Cienfuegos

from Smith Street Books

Good Things

by Samin Nosrat

from Random House

Breaking the Rules

by Joe Sasto

from S&S/Simon Element

MockTales

by Lindsey Smith, Delanie Fischer

from Mango

The Cook and the Gardener

by Amanda Hesser

from W.W. Norton & Company

Ready for Dessert

by David Lebovitz

from Ten Speed Press

Hello Home Cooking

by El Waylly

from Clarkson Potter

Events

Submissions are now open for the Crook's Corner Book Prize.


THE CROOK’S CORNER BOOK PRIZE is a $5,000 prize given annually to a debut novel with the American South as its setting, or the main theme. Books published between January 1, 2025, and May 15, 2026, can be submitted by authors or publishers. Self-published books are eligible, but e-books are not.


The deadline is May 15, 2026, and the entry fee is $35

For more information please visit our website Crook's Corner Book Prize.