Best Cookbooks for Men

Discover the ultimate guide to simple home cooking with this updated and better-than-ever kitchen companion. Featuring hundreds of easy-to-follow recipes and variations, this classic cookbook by Mark Bittman has been revamped for today’s cooks. From Slow-Simmered Beef Chili to Eggs Poached in Tomato Sauce, enjoy brand new features and old favorites reimagined with new methods or flavors. Designed for flexibility, indulge in innovative uses for homemade condiments, easy-to-make one-pot pastas, and visual guides to improvising soups and stir-fries. Plus, with updated information on ingredients and color photos throughout, this cookbook is an indispensable tool for all home chefs.

Learn to take charge of your plate and cook some real f*cking food with Thug Kitchen! This wildly popular blog turned cookbook brings you over 100 beginner-friendly recipes for delicious meals, snacks, and sides. No more boring or pretentious health food talk - Thug Kitchen is all about living in the real world and providing budget-friendly ways to eat healthier. Elevate your kitchen game and say goodbye to drive-thru lines and sub-par produce options. Are you ready to kick some culinary ass?

Become a master pitmaster with this New York Times best selling book by the owner of the wildly popular Austin restaurant Franklin Barbecue. Discover the secrets to building your own smoker, finding and curing the right wood, creating and tending perfect fires, sourcing top-quality meats, and cooking absolutely incredible barbecue. A definitive resource for all backyard pitmasters.

Discover a collection of mouth-watering recipes and food writing tailored for men who love to eat, cook, and read about great food. This unapologetically male-centric book features 75 perfect recipes, essays on the role of food in a man’s life, and all the essential kitchen tips every man needs to know. From lazy Sunday brunches to game-day couch camping, these recipes are satisfying, sexy, and achievable – perfect for the modern man.

Discover a classic "foodie" must-read with recipes from innovative yet traditional chef Fergus Henderson. His motto, "Nose to Tail Eating," is reflected in dishes like Pig's Trotter Stuffed with Potato and Roast Bone Marrow and Parsley Salad. But if you're not a carnivore, there are still plenty of delicious options, like Deviled Crab and Green Beans with Anchovies. Indulge your sweet tooth with the St. John Eccles Cakes and nearly perfect Chocolate Ice Cream.

The Dude Diet offers over 125 deceptively healthy recipes for men who are often misinformed about basic nutrition and don't enjoy eating "health food". In this book, chef Serena Wolf shares her labor of love with a collection of delicious recipes that prove that meals made with nutrient-dense whole foods can be as satisfying as take-out or pizza. With categories like Game Day Eats, On the Grill, Serious Salads, and Take Out Favorites, The Dude Diet will empower men to lead healthier lives without compromising on taste.

Discover rugged and fancy Southern cooking through 130 recipes, personal stories, music pairings, and stunning photography. James Beard Award-winner John Currence shares his unique style in his first cookbook, organized by 10 techniques such as Pickling/Canning and Baking/Spinning. Try recipes like Pickled Sweet Potatoes, Deep South "Ramen," and Kitchen Sink Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches, with a song pairing for each dish. Over 100 documentary-style color photographs complete this stunning look at the South. Let Currence punch you in the mouth with flavor and show you why Southern food is the driving force in the American culinary movement today.

Get ready to rediscover the joy of cooking with A Man, A Pan, A Plan. This book features 100 simple recipes that require just one pan, making it easy for anyone to cook delicious and healthy meals at home. From breakfasts to desserts, the recipes are packed with flavors that will amaze you while helping you shrink your gut. Plus, the book offers practical advice on cooking tools and ingredients, so you can easily source what you need and avoid culinary distress. Say goodbye to fast food and frozen meals, and hello to comfort, satisfaction, and glory of cooking for yourself and your loved ones.

"Man Meets Stove" is a quirky cookbook tailored to young men between the ages of 18 and 35 who want to impress their dates (and themselves) with homemade meals. This comedic guide is perfect for those who have never cooked anything beyond their trusty microwave. With step-by-step instructions, it covers everything from oils and spices to main courses and caffeinated baked goods. Each recipe is accompanied by its own song dedication, with a nod towards 80s pop and hair bands. Say goodbye to a diet of dried noodles and corn chips and hello to culinary prowess - and maybe even a girlfriend.

Discover bold, delicious, and over-the-top street food goodness to make at home with The Truck Food Cookbook. Featuring 150 recipes from America's best food trucks, this insider's cookbook delivers mouth-watering specialties like Tamarind-Glazed Fried Chicken Drummettes and Kalbi Beef Sliders, as well as a whole chapter on tacos. From Portland to Austin, enjoy the lively street food aesthetic captured in hundreds of full-color photographs. Don't miss out on the hottest trend in American food with The Truck Food Cookbook.