20 Cookbooks for 2020

At the end of the year, people spend a lot of time writing lists of “the best of” so I am thinking about my “best of” list. Cooking has kept me sane when I wanted to be crazy, well, not wanted but certainly felt crazy. Here is a list of some of our favorite cookbooks (some we bought in 2020), which we will review over the winter break (for you non-school calendar folks, that’s starting Monday and ending January 4th).

• Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou
• The Full Plate: Flavor-Filled, Easy Recipes for Families with No Time and a Lot to Do
• In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean
• The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food: A Cookbook
• Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings: A Baking Book
• Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family: A Cookbook 
• Melba’s American Comfort
• The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks
• Son of a Southern Chef: Cook with Soul
• Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time
• The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
• Diabetes and Heart Healthy Meals for 2
• Sweet Potato Soul: 100 Easy Vegan Recipes for the Southern Flavors of Smoke, Sugar, Spice, and Soul : A Cookbook
• Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking: A Cookbook
• The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook: 650 Recipes for Everything You’ll Ever Want to Make (The Complete ATK Cookbook Series)
• Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes
• Southern Living 2020 Annual Recipes: An Entire Year of Recipes (Southern Living Annual Recipes)
• The Ultimate Instant Pot® Cookbook for Two: Perfectly Portioned Recipes for 3-Quart and 6-Quart Models
• Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South
• The Southerner’s Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories (Garden & Gun Books)