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We offer cookbooks that feature a wide variety of cuisines and flavors - if you can't find what you're looking for, please contact us!

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Ginger Minj & Jenna Glatzer
Southern Fried Sass
$35.00
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Mark Kurlansky
The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food
$28.00
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Nichole Accettola
Scandinavian from Scratch: A Love Letter to the Baking of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
$0.00
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Diane Flynt
Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South
$35.00
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Celebrating Southern Appalachian Food: Recipes & Stories from Mountain Kitchens
$23.99
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Yossy Arefi
Snacking Bakes: Simple Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies, Cakes, and More
$25.00
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Sandra A. Gutierrez
Latinísimo: Home Recipes from the Twenty-One Countries of Latin America: A Cookbook
$40.00
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Toni Tipton-Martin
Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks
$30.00
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Loretta Barrett Oden & Beth Dooley
Corn Dance: Inspired First American Cuisine
$34.95
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Fucshia Dunlop
Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food
$32.50

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Erica Abrams Locklear
Appalachia on the Table: Representing Mountain Food and People
$29.95
Marcie Cohen Ferris & Katherine Hysmith
Edible North Carolina: A Journey Across a State of Flavor
$35.00
Aleksandra Crapanzano
Gateau : The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes
$30.00
King Arthur Baking Company
King Arthur Baking School: Lessons and Recipes for Every Baker
$45.00
Mateo Zielonka
Pasta Masterclass : Recipes for Spectacular Pasta Doughs, Shapes, Fillings and Sauces
$37.50
Heather Mubarak
Stuffed: The Sandwich Cookie Book
$29.95
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Julia Child
The French Chef Cookbook
$35.00
Torta Della Nonna: A Collection of the Best Homemade Italian Sweets
Emiko Davies
Torta Della Nonna: A Collection of the Best Homemade Italian Sweets
$24.99
Andrea Nguyen
Vietnamese Food Any Day : Simple Recipes for True, Fresh Flavors
$24.99
Bill Leung
Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family: A Cookbook
$35.00

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Two layer cake with white icing and ganache drizzling down the side, chocolate chunks on top
Baking & Desserts
Grilled Corn and barbequed chicken drummies on a grill pan
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Foraging & Wildcrafting
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Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts
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Jams, Jellies & Food Preservation
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Junior League Cookbooks
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Meat & Seafood
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Vegetarian & Vegan
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What does it take to create an award-willing cookbook?

What does it take to create an award-willing cookbook?

This past summer I had the honor of participating as an IACP Cookbook Award judge and it was a surprising, enlightening, and rewarding experience.  While I can't tell you what category I judged, I can give you a little insight into the process, what it takes to write an award-winning cookbook, and why the top cookbooks deserve space on your bookshelf.
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2023 IACP Cookbook Awards Finalists

2023 IACP Cookbook Awards Finalists

2022 was a blockbuster year for amazing cookbooks. And while there are a ton of cookbook awards given out each year, some of the most prestigious awards are given by the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP).  All cookbook category finalists were announced in early August and the final awards will be handed out during the 2023 IACP Summit on September 29th. See if your favorites are on the list!
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Purple Hull Pea and Mixed Heirloom Tomato Salad

Purple Hull Pea and Mixed Heirloom Tomato Salad

For Farmers' Market Week 2023 at the Carrboro Farmers' Market, we'll be sampling a salad inspired by Sheri Castle's 'Lady Pea and and Mixed Heirloom Tomato Salad' recipe...but with a twist that features my absolute favorite late-summer ingredient, Pink Eye Peas (also known as Purple Hull Peas).
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