Good Reads
Go-to Blogs & Websites
After the Bell Cooking
Ben & Birdy
Bon Appetit
Cup of Jo
Dash and Bella
Design*Sponge
Devil and Egg
Eating from the Ground Up
Food Politics
Food52
Here There Everywhere
Kids in Mind
Kitchen Repertoire
Momfilter
Mossy
Motherburg
Mrs. Little
Nerd Alert
New York Times Diner’s Journal
Smitten Kitchen
The Kitchn
The Providers
The Talent Code
The Wednesday Chef
The William Brown Project
Travels with Clara
Cookbooks in Heavy Rotation besides Dinner: A Love Story
The Classic Italian Cookbook, by Marcella Hazan
The Essential New York Times Cookbook, by Amanda Hesser
Salad for Dinner, by Jeanne Kelley
Plenty, by Yotam Ottolenghi
The Gourmet Cookbook, by Ruth Reichl
Chez Panisse Vegetables, by Alice Waters
Food52 Genius Recipes: 100 Recipes that Will Change the Way You Cook
The I Hate to Cook Cookbook, by Peg Bracken
How to Cook Everything, by Mark Bittman
Canal House Cooks Everyday, by Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton
The Grilling Book, by Adam Rapoport
Fave Cookbooks for Kids & Beginners
Fanny at Chez Panisse, by Alice Waters
Kids Cook 1-2-3, by Rozanne Gold
Martha Stewart’s COOKIES
Silver Spoon for Children, by Editors at Phaidon
Twelve Recipes, by Cal Peternell
On Deck/Just Finished – Novels & Nonfiction
The Girls, by Emma Cline
You’ll Grow Out of It, by Jessi Klein
Untangled, by Lisa Damour
Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett
Purity, by Jonathan Franzen
The Animators (January 2017), by Kayla Rae Whitaker
When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi
Fates and Furies, by Lauren Groff
Code Name Verity (YA)
The Run of His Life: The People v. OJ Simpson, by Jeffrey Toobin
Eligible, by Curtis Sittenfeld
Only in Naples, by Katherine Wilson
Catastrophic Happiness, by Catherine Newman
Patient H.M. by Luke Dittrich
Food and the City, by Ina Yalof
Kids Books
Click here to download your free copy of “121 Books”, our very subjective guide to the best books for kids ages 0 through 12.
Once you’ve checked everything off that list, head over to Phoebe’s book blog, Nerd Alert, where she continues the conversation.