Nourishing Library
For those who want to dive deeper into a practice of wellbeing through cooking, there are centuries of wisdom at your fingertips. Here we pay tribute to the essential guidebooks on healthy eating.
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Seasonal Soups
Mouthwatering soups for every month of the year
Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky
Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky: Modern Plant-Based Recipes Using Native American Ingredients
Mind & Bowl
Mind and Bowl: A Guide to Mindful Eating and Cooking
How to Eat More Plants
How to Eat More Plants: Transform Your Health with 30 Plant-Based Foods per Week (and Why It’s Easier Than You Think)
Charlie Trotter's Vegetables
Charlie Trotter's Vegetables
Adaptogens
Adaptogens: A Directory of Over 70 Healing Herbs for Energy, Stress Relief, Beauty, and Overall Well-Being
Nadiya’s Simple Spices
Nadiya’s Simple Spices: Curries and More from Nadiya’s Home Kitchen
Ocean Greens
Ocean Greens: Explore the World of Edible Seaweed and Sea Vegetables: A Way of Eating for Your Health and the Planet’s
Polish’d
Polish’d: Modern Vegetarian Cooking from Global Poland
Vegan Recipes to Enhance Your Yoga Life
Vegan Recipes to Enhance Your Yoga Life: Food to Balance and Invigorate Your Chakras
Juice + Nourish
Juice + Nourish: Energize, Cleanse, and Find Your Glow with 100 Refreshing Juices and Smoothies to Promote Health, Energy, and Beauty
The Essential Northeast Cookbook
The Essential Northeast Cookbook
Eat to Beat Depression & Anxiety
Eat to Beat Depression & Anxiety: Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks
Servings
Servings: Simple yet Exotic
Meals That Heal
Meals that Heal – One Pot: Promote Whole-Body Health with 100 Anti-Inflammatory Recipes for your Stovetop, Sheet Pan, Instant Pot, and Air Fryer
Eating the Past, Tasting the Future
Eating the Past, Tasting the Future: Exploring India Through Her Changing Food
Gastronama
Gastronama: The Indian Guide to Eating Right
How the Banana Goes to Heaven
How the Banana Goes to Heaven: And Other Secrets of Health from the Indian Kitchen
Miso Tasty
Miso Tasty: Everyday, Tasty Recipes with Miso — The Japanese Superfood
Tarkari
Tarkari: Vegetarian and Vegan Dishes with Heart & Soul
Veg Forward
Veg Forward: Super Delicious Recipes That Put Produce at the Center of Your Plate
Vegan Africa
Vegan Africa: Plant-based Recipes from Ethiopia to Senegal
Vegetarian Tagines & Couscous
Vegetarian Tagines & Couscous: 65 Delicious Recipes for Authentic Moroccan Food
Arepa
'Arepa: Classic and Contemporary Recipes for Venezuela’s Daily Bread'
The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook
'The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook: Recipes & Techniques for Whole Plant Cooking'
Veggie Burgers Every Which Way
'Veggie Burgers, Every Which Way: Fresh, Flavorful & Healthy Plant-Based Burgers'
Dr. Rupy Cooks
Dr. Rupy Cooks: Healthy Easy Flavour
The Big Book of Healthy Cooking Oils
The Big Book of Healthy Cooking Oils: Recipes Using Coconut Oil and Other Unprocessed and Unrefined Oils, Including Avocado, Flaxseed, Walnut & Others
Clean Treats for Everyone
Clean Treats for Everyone: Healthy Desserts and Snacks Made with Simple, Real Food Ingredients
Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook
The Everything Easy Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook: 200 Recipes to Naturally Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes, Arthritis, Dementia, & Other Anti-Inflammatory Diseases
The No Meat Athlete Cookbook
The No Meat Athlete Cookbook: Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipes to Fuel Your Workouts and the Rest of Your Life
OTK: Extra Good Things
Ottolenghi Test Kitchen Extra Good Things: Bold, vegetable-forward recipes plus homemade sauces, condiments, and more to build a flavor-packed pantry
Plant-Based India
Plant-Based India: Nourishing Recipes Rooted in Tradition
The Book of Dals
The Book of Dals
KitchenWise
KitchenWise: Essential Food Science for Home Cooks
The Ayurvedic Wellness Cookbook
The Ayurvedic Wellness Cookbook: Recipes for Balance & Rejuvenation
The Agrarian Kitchen
The Agrarian Kitchen
Bras: The Tastes of Aubrac
Bras: The Tastes of Aubrac - Recipes and Stories from the World-renowned French Restaurant
Maggie’s Recipe for Life
Maggie’s Recipe for Life: 200 Delicious Recipes to Help Reduce Your Chances of Alzheimer’s & Other Lifestyle Diseases
Cook and See
Cook and See
Heal with Foods
Heal with Foods: Magical Ingredients That Will Change Your Life
The Wholesome Kitchen
The Wholesome Kitchen: Nourish. Energize. Indulge.
Bhog Naivedya
Bhog Naivedya: Food Offerings to the Gods
Spice Story
Spice Story
The Udupi Kitchen
The Udupi Kitchen
Joy of Balance
Joy of Balance: An Ayurvedic Guide to Cooking with Healing Ingredients
The Great Indian Thali
The Great Indian Thali: Seasonal Vegetarian Wholesomeness
Dosai
Dosai
Sufi Cuisine
Sufi Cuisine
Eat to Sleep
Eat to Sleep: What to Eat and When to Eat it for a Good Night’s Sleep — Every Night
Everyday Ayurveda
Everyday Ayurveda: Daily Habits That Can Change Your Life
The Book of Claypot Cooking
The Book of Claypot Cooking
Food in Islam
Critical Muslim: Food in Islam
Pull of Pulses
Pull of Pulses: Full of Beans
The Immunity Diet
The Immunity Diet: Fight Off Infections and Live Your Best Life
Sattvik Cooking
Sattvik Cooking: Modern Avatars of Vedic Foods
Fermented Vegetables
Fermented Vegetables: Creative Recipes for Fermenting 64 Vegetables & Herbs in Krauts, Kimchis, Brined Pickles, Chutneys, Relishes & Pastes
The Ayurvedic Cookbook
The Ayurvedic Cookbook: Get Fit in Just Two Weeks
Feast
Feast: Food of the Islamic World
The Gut
The Gut: Story of Our Incredible Second Brain
The Green Roasting Tin
The Green Roasting Tin: Vegan & Vegetarian One Dish Dinners
The Vegan Travel Handbook
The Vegan Travel Handbook: An Inspiring and Practical Guide to Vegan-friendly Travel
The Flavour of Spice
The Flavour of Spice: Journeys, Recipes, Stories
The Golden Peaches of Samarkand
The Golden Peaches of Samarkand
The New Laurel’s Kitchen
The New Laurel’s Kitchen
Himalayan Vegetarian Cuisine
Vegetarian Cuisine from the Himalayan Foothills: Flavours & Beyond
Taste Makers
Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America
50 Desi Super Drinks
50 Desi Super Drinks
Nadiya's Fast Flavours
Nadiya's Fast Flavours: 100 Easy Recipes for Maximum Taste with Minimum Effort
The Dal Cookbook
The Dal Cookbook
The Vegetarian Flavor Bible
The Vegetarian Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity with Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Legumes, Nuts, Seeds, and More, Based on the Wisdom of Leading American Chefs
Coconut
Coconut: How the Shy Fruit Shaped Our World
On Food and Cooking
On Food And Cooking: The Science and Lore of The Kitchen
The Fonio Cookbook
The Fonio Cookbook: An Ancient Grain Rediscovered
Everyday Superfoods
Everyday Superfoods: Live Healthier, Improve Your Mood, Boost Your Immunity
Tenendo Innanzi Frutta
Tenendo Innanzi Frutta (“Beholding Natural Fruit”)
Water, Wood & Wild Things
Water, Wood & Wild Things: Learning Craft & Cultivation in a Japanese Mountain Town
Shroom
Shroom: Mind-Bendingly Good Recipes for Cultivated & Wild Mushrooms
Sandor Katz’s Fermentation Journeys
Sandor Katz’s Fermentation Journeys: Recipes, Techniques & Traditions from Around the World
Natural Cuisine of Georges Blanc
Natural Cuisine of Georges Blanc
Food & Faith
Food & Faith: A Pilgrim's Journey Through India
The Greens Cookbook
The Greens Cookbook: Extraordinary Vegetarian Cuisine from the Celebrated Restaurant
The New Book of Middle Eastern Food
The New Book of Middle Eastern Food: The Classic Cookbook, Expanded & Updated, with New Recipes & Contemporary Variations on Old Themes
Thali
Thali: A Joyful Celebration of Indian Home Cooking
Cooking to Save Your Life
Cooking to Save Your Life
Snacks for Dinner
Snacks for Dinner: Small Bites, Full Plates, Can't Lose
The Weekday Vegetarians
The Weekday Vegetarians | 100 Recipes and a Real-Life Plan for Eating Less Meat: A Cookbook
Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen
Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen : An Introduction to New African Cuisine – From Ghana with Love
Season
Season: Big Flavors, Beautiful Food
Garden Wild
Garden Wild: Wildflower Meadows, Prairie-Style Plantings, Rockeries, Ferneries, and other Sustainable Designs Inspired by Nature
Food IQ
Food IQ: 100 Questions, Answers, and Recipes to Raise Your Cooking Smarts
The Rebel’s Apothecary
The Rebel’s Apothecary: A Practical Guide to the Healing Magic of Cannabis, CBD, and Mushrooms
The Wellness Principles
The Wellness Principles: Cooking for a Healthy Life
The Juhu Beach Club Cookbook
The Juhu Beach Club Cookbook: Indian Spice, Oakland Soul
Something to Food About
Something to Food About: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs
The Moosewood Cookbook
The Moosewood Cookbook
Vegetable Simple
Vegetable Simple: A Cookbook
Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food
Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food: Deliciously Doable Ways to Cook Greens, Tofu, and Other Plant-Based Ingredients
Good for You
Good for You: Bold Flavors with Benefits
The New Rules of Aging Well
The New Rules of Aging Well: A Simple Program for Immune Resilience, Strength & Vitality
In Bibi's Kitchen
In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes & Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries That Touch the Indian Ocean
Dirt Candy
Dirt Candy: A Cookbook | Flavor-Forward Food from the Upstart New York City Vegetarian Restaurant
Kajitsu
Kajitsu: A Shojin Restaurant's Season in the City
An Onion in My Pocket
An Onion in My Pocket: My Life with Vegetables
Seaweed
Seaweed: An Enchanting Miscellany
Cool Beans
Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World's Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein
The Blue Zones Kitchen
The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100
Infused
Infused: Adventures in Tea
Around the World in 80 Plants
Around the World in 80 Plants
Herbarium
Herbarium
The Grammar of Spice
The Grammar of Spice
The Garden Chef
The Garden Chef: Recipes & Stories from Plant to Plate
The Forager Chef's Book of Flora
The Forager Chef's Book of Flora: Recipes & Techniques for Edible Plants from Garden, Field & Forest
The Flavor Thesaurus
The Flavor Thesaurus: A Compendium of Pairings, Recipes & Ideas for the Creative Cook
The Flavor Matrix
The Flavor Matrix: The Art & Science of Pairing Common Ingredients to Create Extraordinary Dishes
Bread
Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques & Recipes
Ripe
Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard
Six Seasons
Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables
Toast
Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger
Foraging & Feasting
Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide & Wild Food Cookbook
Feasts & Fasts
Feasts & Fasts: A History of Food in India
To Asia, with Love
To Asia, with Love: Everyday Asian Recipes & Stories from the Heart
In Pursuit of Garlic
In Pursuit of Garlic: An Intimate Look at the Divinely Odorous Bulb
Tiffin
Tiffin: Memories & Recipes of Indian Vegetarian Food
Masala Lab
Masala Lab: The Science of Indian Cooking
The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen
The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen
The Art of Fermentation
The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts & Processes from Around the World
Mediterranean Street Food
Mediterranean Street Food: Stories, Soups, Sandwiches, Barbecues, Sweets, & More from Europe, North Africa & the Middle East
Spice
Spice: Flavors of the Eastern Mediterranean
The Rangoon Sisters
The Rangoon Sisters: Recipes from our Burmese Family Kitchen
Snacky Tunes
Snacky Tunes: Music is the Main Ingredient | Chefs & Their Food
Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower
Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower: How to Cook with Vegetables & Other Plants
Kashmiri Kitchen
Kashmiri Kitchen
Donabe
Donabe: Classic & Modern Japanese Clay Pot Cooking
Vegetable Kingdom
Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes
Chez Panisse Vegetables
Chez Panisse Vegetables
Pakodas
Pakodas: The Snack for All Seasons
Pangat, a Feast
Pangat, a Feast: Food & Love from Marathi Kitchens
Chez Panisse Fruit
Chez Panisse Fruit
Cook Real Hawai’i
Cook Real Hawai’i
Ferment for Good
Ferment for Good: Ancient Foods for the Modern Gut | The Slowest Kind of Fast Food
Vegetable Literacy
Vegetable Literacy
Monk
Monk: Light & Shadows on the Philosopher's Path
East
East: 120 Vegan & Vegetarian Recipes from Bangalore to Beijing
Nourish Me Home
Nourish Me Home: 125 Soul-Sustaining Elemental Recipes
Kaukasis
Kaukasis: A Culinary Journey Through Georgia, Azerbaijan & Beyond
The Suriani Kitchen
The Suriani Kitchen: Recipes & Recollections from the Syrian Christians of Kerala
Into the Vietnamese Kitchen
Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors
Mango & Peppercorns
Mango & Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family & the American Dream
Bene Appétit
Bene Appétit: The Cuisine of Indian Jews