A buffet of 2023 cookbooks for the food lovers on your list

By Beth Novey

Published December 16, 2023 at 5:01 AM EST

There are a lot of cooks at NPR. Every year when we ask our staff for recommendations for Books We Love 鈥� 鈥� we get back a veritable smorgasbord of cookbook offerings. Scroll down to find out what our staffers were up to in the kitchen this year, and to explore selections from food writer, author and NPR contributor This is just a sampling of our food recommendations in 2023 鈥� to see the full list, head over to

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