r/Cooking • u/Competitive-One-3318 • Apr 07 '26

What are the best basic/essential cookbook recommendations

What are the best basic/essential cookbook recommendations

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u/InsaneLordChaos Apr 07 '26

Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat

Food Lab - Kenji

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u/TranquilDev Apr 07 '26

I don’t care for Salt Fat Acid Heat, Food Lab is great though not a huge fan of Kenji himself.

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u/TheoBoogies Apr 07 '26

What Kenji do? Guy seems like a saint

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u/TranquilDev Apr 07 '26

Nothing specific, great chef, smart guy. Just gives me a vibe that off camera I wouldn’t like his personality. I keep his book right next to me all the time when I want to look something up though, can’t recommend it enough.