The Best Cookbooks, Food & Wine 2025

1. Busy People's Diabetic Cookbook (Hardcover)

The Busy People's Diabetic Cookbook is the answer for everyone who wants to eat healthier without sacrificing what is most important to them - delicious flavor! These recipes are not just for people with diabetes, but everyone in the family can enjoy these healthy and well-balanced recipes. Each of the 200+ recipes has 7 easy-to-find ingredients or less and contains nutritional information, including diabetic exchanges. In The Busy People's Diabetic Cookbook, you'll find delicious recipes including: Spinach and Artichoke Dip, Creamy Dill Potatoes, Crabby Fettuccine, Chicken Fried Steak, Chocolate Mint Cookie Squares, Key Lime Dessert, and much more! These diabetic-friendly meals have all been kitchen-tested and are budget friendly for those looking to eat healthy, gourmet meals while saving money. The Busy People's Diabetic Cookbook has recipes that the entire family will enjoy.

Busy People's Diabetic Cookbook (Hardcover)

2. The Ultimate Bar Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Over 1,000 Cocktails

Ultimate Bar Book is the first and only guide to classic and new drink recipes

Ultimate Bar Book is the first and only guide to classic and new drink recipes ISBN13: 9780811843515 Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA) Publication Year: 2006 Format: Hardcover Pages: 474

3. Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving (Second Revised Edition) (Edition 2) (Paperback)

Practical, easy-to-follow guide tells how to select, prepare, and can fruits, vegetables, poultry, red meats, and seafoods; how to preserve fruit spreads, fermented foods, and pickled vegetables; and much more.

This practical, easy-to-follow-guide—newly revised and updated—offers food shoppers an attractive, high-quality alternative to high-priced, overprocessed, and undernourishing foods. Virtually everything you need to know about home canning is here: how to select, prepare, and can fruits, vegetables, poultry, red meats, and seafoods; how to preserve fruit spreads, fermented foods, and pickled vegetables; how to test jar seals, identify and handle spoiled canned foods, prepare foods for special diets, and much more. Also included are scores of simply written recipes that enable even beginners to prepare such taste-tempting dishes as smoked fish, turkey-tamale pie, chicken croquettes, Mexican tomato sauce, strawberry-rhubarb pie, chile con carne, apple butter, pickled sweet green tomatoes, and a peach-pineapple spread. Easy-to-follow directions make canning simple even for those who have never tried it. Nothing is assumed! Every step, every detail is carefully explained and has been thoroughly tested by government experts.

4. Better Homes & Gardens: Biggest Book of Diabetic Recipes : More Than 350 Great-Tasting Recipes for Living Well with Diabetes (Other)

A stupendous value: more than 300 delectable (and really healthy) recipes perfectly tailored for individuals with diabetes, yet tempting to everyone.

A stupendous value: more than 300 delectable (and really healthy) recipes perfectly tailored for individuals with diabetes, yet tempting for everyone. Comprehensive content features must-have main dishes, easy appetizers, simple soups and stews, perfect recipes when cooking for two, kids' favorites, fabulous feel-good desserts, and innovative snacks. Easy-to-read type (a must-have for many diabetics) Accessible diabetes know-how, including detecting hidden sugar. Timesaving menus with flexible calorie ranges, carbohydrate counts, and exchanges on every recipe. A week of satisfying menus for instant meal planning. 32 full-color photos. Popular lay-flat binding for easy reference while cooking.

5. Betty Crocker Cooking Betty Crocker's Slow Cooker Cookbook, (Hardcover)

Here's a collection of tasty and attractive dishes that can easily be prepared with little to no attention and are ready when you want to eat. Succulent meats, tender poultry and even vegetarian dishes, hot and full of simmered-in flavor, are waiting for you when you want them. This book is full of more than 120 no-nonsense, delicious recipes that are easy for anyone to use-just dump in the ingredients, dial the heat, and dinner will be ready when you get home from work. All the preparation can be done the night before, so putting dinner on in the morning a breeze. Recipes include everything -- meat, chicken, and meatless main dishes to side dishes, dips, drinks, and even desserts -- with more than 50 photos of these easy, delicious meals. Slow cookers are an all around economical choice -- from the price of appliance to the amount of time spent cooking and the ingredients you can use makes this subject appealing to a wide group of consumers. Slow cooking enhances the flavor and also tenderizes all varieties of meat, including the less expensive cuts, so it is an economical way to cook. Most recipes have cooking times of 8 to 10 hours, so they can be started at the beginning of the day and be ready for dinnertime. Slow cookers are not only for the work-a-day world; they're also very convenient for entertaining and when stove/oven are being used for other food preparations. It is perfect for making crowd-size hot beverages, such as hot chocolate or mulled cider, and it keeps dips and side dishes hot for several hours, making it perfect for hassle-free entertaining and meal making. With Betty Crocker's Slow Cooker Cookbook, putting dinner on the table has never been easier.

Betty Crocker Cooking Betty Crocker's Slow Cooker Cookbook, (Hardcover) Author: Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780028634692 Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 1999-10-15 Page Count: 224

6. 301 Venison Recipes: The Ultimate Deer Hunter's Cookbook (Paperback)

Many wild game cookbooks feature a section on venison. In this cookbook, however, every recipe calls for venison. This collection of 301 venison recipes represents the combined contributions of Bud Kilmartin, a deer hunter and camp cook from New York, and over 100 readers of Deer & Deer Hunting Magazine. If you need to feed a hungry bunch at deer camp, or serve special guests in your home, look no further for creative ways to prepare hearty and delicious venison. - Steaks - Barbecue - Roasts - Ribs - Soups and Stews - Chili - Heart and Liver - Sauces and Gravies - Main Dishes - Ethnic Traditions - Ground Venison - Sausage - Jerky - Smoked Dishes - Marinades - Appetizers - Wines That Go with Venison

Many wild game cookbooks feature a section on venison. In this cookbook, however, every recipe calls for venison. This collection of 301 venison recipes represents the combined contributions of Bud Kilmartin, a deer hunter and camp cook from New York, and over 100 readers of Deer & Deer Hunting Magazine. If you need to feed a hungry bunch at deer camp, or serve special guests in your home, look no further for creative ways to prepare hearty and delicious venison. Steaks Barbecue Roasts Ribs Soups and Stews Chili Heart and Liver Sauces and Gravies Main Dishes Ethnic Traditions Ground Venison Sausage Jerky Smoked Dishes Marinades Appetizers Wines That Go with Venison

7. Eater's Choice Low-Fat Cookbook: Eat Your Way to Thinness and Good Health, (Paperback)

More than 300 scrumptious, heart-healthy recipes from the kitchen of the best-selling authors of Choose to Lose and Eater's Choice. Long acclaimed as the nation's leading authorities on healthful eating, Dr. Ron and Nancy Goor have assembled, for the first time under one cover, the finest recipes in their repertoire: appetizers, soups, salads, main courses, and desserts so delicious you won't believe they are actually good for you. To help you monitor dietary fat and cholesterol, each recipe is accompanied by a full analysis of calories and fat, and every one bears the user-friendly stamp that runs through all the Goors' books--and has made them million-copy bestsellers. The instructions are foolproof and clear, so even beginners will have no trouble turning our luscious, heart-healthy meals. Techniques have been streamlined, prep times have been minimized, and ingredients are available in any supermarket. Everyone can now eat well.

Eater's Choice Low-Fat Cookbook: Eat Your Way to Thinness and Good Health, (Paperback) Author: Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780395971048 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 1999-05-19 Page Count: 336

8. Regional Foods of Southern Italy (Hardcover) by Marlena De Blasi

9780670883844. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 270. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 270 p. Contains: Illustrations. The essence of the region's traditional foods is distilled in a beautifully wrought amalgam of narrative and recipe. The two-color book features more than 150 recipes.

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9. Complete Idiot's Guide to Wine (Paperback) by Phillip Seldon

9780028612737. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 352. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 352 p. Complete Idiot's Guides (Lifestyle Paperback). From evaluating wines and wineries to reading and understanding wine labels, this friendly guide is ideal for anyone wishing to avoid the humiliation of ordering the "wrong" wine. Also features quick tips on pairing food and wine, and opening and storing wine.

From evaluating wines and wineries to reading and understanding wine labels, this friendly guide is ideal for anyone wishing to avoid the humiliation of ordering the "wrong" wine. Also features quick tips on pairing food and wine, and opening and storing wine.

10. Betty Crocker Cooking: Betty Crocker's Italian Cooking (Hardcover)

9780764560781. New condition. Hard cover. 3rd ed. Language: English. Pages: 336. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 336 p. Contains: Illustrations. Betty Crocker Cooking. From pizza to pasta to the classic cannoli, Americans have an enduring love affair with la cucina Italiana -- renowned for everything from its great taste to its beautiful presentations. Betty Crocker's Italian Cooking has been completely revised and updated, with recipes by Italian native Antonio Cecconi, who provides tantalizing and authentic Italian recipes to delight the palate. With chapters ranging from appetizers to desserts, it is easy to find the ideal, authentic creation for any occasion. But there's more to this book than just recipes -- special features enable you to expand your understanding of Italian cuisine: * An introduction discusses the cuisines of Italy and how the history of the areas influences the food there. * Complete glossaries of Italian cheeses, pastas, vinegars, herbs, and olives and olive oils can help you choose the right ingredients. * Both "first course" and "main dish" servings are included for adapting the dishes to different placement within the meal. * A menu section provides delicious ideas for creating complete Italian meals, from appetizers and main course to desserts. * Match Italian wines to the menus you plan. With 80 full-color photographs and 200 tantalizing recipes, Betty Crocker's Italian Cooking opens the door to the food and culture of Italy."

From pizza to pasta to the classic cannoli, Americans have an enduring love affair with la cucina Italiana -- renowned for everything from its great taste to its beautiful presentations. Betty Crocker's Italian Cooking has been completely revised and updated, with recipes by Italian native Antonio Cecconi, who provides tantalizing and authentic Italian recipes to delight the palate. With chapters ranging from appetizers to desserts, it is easy to find the ideal, authentic creation for any occasion. But there's more to this book than just recipes -- special features enable you to expand your understanding of Italian cuisine: * An introduction discusses the cuisines of Italy and how the history of the areas influences the food there. * Complete glossaries of Italian cheeses, pastas, vinegars, herbs, and olives and olive oils can help you choose the right ingredients. * Both "first course" and "main dish" servings are included for adapting the dishes to different placement within the meal. * A menu section provides delicious ideas for creating complete Italian meals, from appetizers and main course to desserts. * Match Italian wines to the menus you plan. With 80 full-color photographs and 200 tantalizing recipes, Betty Crocker's Italian Cooking opens the door to the food and culture of Italy."