Cookbooks help to level the playing field. Your foodie friends will be inspired by easy recipes and beautiful images. This year, find something for the home cook, the aspiring gourmet and the junior chef. There is something on the list for every budget. Who knows? You just might gift something to yourself after you shop for your family and friends. Tis the Season!
Cookbooks for the Soul
The recipes found in these culinary guides will help you explore everything from traditional southern meals to BBQ. They are perfect for the foodies who want to explore plant-forward recipes while holding on to family traditions.
- Vegan Comfort Cooking: 75 Plant-Based Recipes to Satisfy Cravings and Warm Your Soul
- Vegan Soul Foodie Recipe Guide: Dishes So Decadent You Can Serve to Meat Lovers
- Sweet Potato Soul: 100 Easy Vegan Recipes for the Southern Flavors of Smoke, Sugar, Spice, and Soul : A Cookbook
- Vegan Mob: Vegan BBQ and Soul Food [A Plant-Based Cookbook]
- Sunday Best: Cooking Up the Weekend Spirit Every Day: A Cookbook
- Vegan Soul Food Cookbook: Plant-Based, No-Fuss Southern Favorites
- Peaceful Kitchen: More than 100 Cozy Plant-Based Recipes to Comfort the Body and Nourish the Soul
Plant-Based Around The World
One of the best ways to travel around the world without ever leaving your kitchen. Your foodie friends will love these gifts and no passport is required!
- Vegetarian India: A Journey Through the Best of Indian Home Cooking: A Cookbook
- Vegan Richa’s Indian Kitchen: Traditional and Creative Recipes for the Home Cook
- Provecho: 100 Vegan Mexican Recipes to Celebrate Culture and Community [A Cookbook]
- La Vida Verde: Plant-Based Mexican Cooking with Authentic Flavor
- Plant Powered Mexican: Fast, Fresh Recipes from a Mexican-American Kitchen
- Simply West African: Easy, Joyful Recipes for Every Kitchen: A Cookbook
- Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed [A Cookbook]
- Vegan Asian: The Best Dishes From Thailand, Japan, China and More Made Simple
- The Way Home: A Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family with over 100 Recipes
- Cooking from the Spirit: Easy, Delicious, and Joyful Plant-Based Inspirations
Inspired By Generation Next
Yes yes y’all! These generation next chefs bring flavor and a vibe to the kitchen. Gift these cookbooks to the foodies who can appreciate the swagger.
- Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen
- My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef: A Cookbook
- Eat Plants, B*tch: 91 Vegan Recipes That Will Blow Your Meat-Loving Mind
- From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen
- Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon: A Cookbook
Cookbooks for Plant-Focused Healing
When I started leaning into plant-based nutrition, many of these books helped me remix my plate. Sometimes people want to add more plants to their plate but don’t know how. These cookbooks are a must for our foodie friends who want to eat well, feel well and live well!
- The Complete Plant-Based Cookbook: 500 Inspired, Flexible Recipes for Eating Well Without Meat
- The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100
- Dr. Neal Barnard’s Cookbook for Reversing Diabetes: 150 Recipes Scientifically Proven to Reverse Diabetes Without Drugs
- The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners: A No-Stress Meal Plan with Easy Recipes to Heal the Immune System
- Fix It with Food: More Than 125 Recipes to Address Autoimmune Issues and Inflammation: A Cookbook
LA is a plant-based advocate from the Bronx. She enjoys helping others find new ways to add more fruits, grains and vegetables to their plates. Her easy and budget friendly recipes are designed to do just that. LA also loves reading and collecting cookbooks. Your support is appreciated and commissions may be earned from links in this post that direct you to the Black Girls Eat Shop on Amazon.
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