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Good Regional Cookbooks

"Is this the region, the soil, the clime...?"

--John Milton

About Regional Cookbooks

      

(You should already have read the general notes on our selection of cookbooks and on interpreting our book listings, as found on our Good Cookbooks main cookbooks page.)

These, of course, are cookbooks that focus on the cookery of some area, nation, or region within a nation (or, in a few cases, the whole world). These were not selected by us to provide total map coverage, but rather because respected food writers have praised them; nonetheless, they do cover the culinary globe remarkably well.

Global:

book cover The Best Recipes in the World

Mark Bittman
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Hardcover:
Broadway
11 October, 2005
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          Regional : Global
book cover The Best Recipes in the World:
More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home


Mark Bittman
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Hardcover:
Broadway Books
October, 2005
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          Regional : Global
book cover New York Times International Cookbook

Craig Claiborne
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Hardcover:
Harper & Row
1971
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          Regional : Global
book cover World Vegetarian:
More Than 650 Meatless Recipes from Around the Globe


Madhur Jaffrey
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Paperback:
Clarkson Potter
15 January, 2002
US $17.79
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          Regional : Global

French:

book cover Les Halles Cookbook:
Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking


Anthony Bourdain with José de Meireilles and Phillipe LaJaune
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Hardcover:
Bloomsbury USA
23 September, 2004
US $24.75
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          Regional : French
book cover Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1

Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck
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Paperback:
Knopf
12 September, 1983
US $19.80
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          Regional : French
book cover Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 2

Julia Child and Simone Beck
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Paperback:
Knopf
12 September, 1983
US $21.45
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          Regional : French
book cover Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 2

Julia Child and Simone Beck
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Hardcover:
Knopf
12 October, 1970
US $60.00
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          Regional : French
book cover French Provincial Cooking

Elizabeth David
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Paperback:
Penguin Classics
01 February, 1999
US $10.88
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          Regional : French
book cover French Provincial Cooking

Elizabeth David
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Paperback:
Penguin Books Ltd
30 April, 1998
US $17.87
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          Regional : French
book cover Elizabeth David Classics:
Mediterranean Food -- French Country Cooking -- Summer Cooking


Elizabeth David
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Hardcover:
Grub Street
31 October, 1999
US $33.76
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          Regional : French
book cover The Escoffier Cookbook:
A Guide to the Fine Art of French Cuisine


Auguste Escoffier
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Hardcover:
Crown Publishers, Inc.
13 November, 1941
US $17.13
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          Regional : French
book cover Cuisine Gourmande

Michel Guerard
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Hardcover:
Random House Value Publishing
13 May, 1987
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          Regional : French
book cover The Cook and the Gardener:
A Year of Recipes and Writings for the French Countryside


Amanda Hesser
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Hardcover:
W. W. Norton & Company
May, 2000
US $23.73
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          Regional : French
book cover Larousse Gastronomique:
The World's Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia


Prosper Montagne, Editor
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Hardcover:
Clarkson Potter
02 October, 2001
US $53.55
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          Regional : French
book cover Simple French Food

Richard Olney
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Paperback:
Wiley
02 June, 1992
US $12.21
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          Regional : French
book cover The French Menu Cookbook

Richard Olney
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Hardcover:
Ten Speed Press
April, 2002
US $19.77
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          Regional : French
book cover French Cooking in Ten Minutes

Edouard de Pomiane
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Paperback:
North Point Press
31 October, 1994
US $8.80
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          Regional : French
book cover French Cooking in Ten Minutes

Edouard de Pomiane
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Paperback:
Serif
02 September, 1993
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          Regional : French
book cover Patricia Wells at Home in Provence:
Recipes Inspired By Her Farmhouse In France


Patricia Wells
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Paperback:
Scribner
19 October, 1999
US $17.25
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          Regional : French
book cover Patricia Wells at Home in Provence:
Recipes Inspired By Her Farmhouse In France


Patricia Wells
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Hardcover:
Scribner
07 October, 1996
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          Regional : French
book cover The Provence Cookbook

Patricia Wells
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Hardcover:
William Morrow Cookbooks
13 April, 2004
US $19.77
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          Regional : French
book cover Williams Sonoma Paris:
Authentic Recipes Celebrating the Foods of the World



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Hardcover:
Oxmoor House
15 October, 2004
US $16.47
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          Regional : French

Italian:

book cover Lidia's Family Table:
More Than 200 Fabulous Recipes to Enjoy Every Day--With Wonderful Ideas for Variations and Inprovisations


Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
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Hardcover:
Knopf
23 November, 2004
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          Regional : Italian
book cover Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen

Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
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Hardcover:
Knopf
23 October, 2001
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          Regional : Italian
book cover The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook:
350 Essential Recipes for Inspired Everyday Eating


Jack Bishop
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Hardcover:
Houghton Mifflin
09 September, 1997
US $24.75
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          Regional : Italian
book cover The Talisman Italian Cookbook

Ada Boni
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Hardcover:
Crown
13 December, 1950
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          Regional : Italian
book cover Italian Regional Cooking

Ada Boni
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Hardcover:
Gramercy
02 February, 1994
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          Regional : Italian
book cover New Italian Cooking

Scott Conant with Joanne McAllister Smart
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Hardcover:
Broadway
25 October, 2005
US $23.10
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          Regional : Italian
book cover Italian Food

Elizabeth David
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Paperback:
Penguin Classics
01 February, 1999
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          Regional : Italian
book cover The Italian Baker

Carol Field
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Hardcover:
William Morrow Cookbooks
01 October, 1985
US $23.10
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          Regional : Italian
book cover The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook

Ina Garten
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Hardcover:
Clarkson Potter
06 April, 1999
US $23.10
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          Regional : Italian
book cover Barefoot Contessa Family Style:
Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel Like Family


Ina Garten
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Hardcover:
Clarkson Potter
29 October, 2002
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          Regional : Italian
book cover Barefoot Contessa Parties! Ideas and Recipes for Easy Parties That Are Really Fun

Ina Garten
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Hardcover:
Clarkson Potter
27 March, 2001
US $23.10
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          Regional : Italian
book cover Italian Slow and Savory

Joyce Goldstein
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Hardcover:
Chronicle Books
14 October, 2004
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          Regional : Italian
book cover Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

Marcella Hazan
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Hardcover:
Knopf
27 October, 1992
US $19.80
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          Regional : Italian
book cover Marcella Says... :
Italian Cooking Wisdom from the Legendary Teacher's Master Classes, with 120 of Her Irresistible New Recipes


Marcella Hazan
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Hardcover:
William Morrow Cookbooks
05 October, 2004
US $21.86
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          Regional : Italian
book cover The London River Cafe Cookbook

Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray
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Hardcover:
Random House
03 June, 1996
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          Regional : Italian
book cover Trattoria:
Simple and Robust Fare Inspired by the Small Family Restaurants of Italy


Patricia Wells
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Paperback:
William Morrow Cookbooks
16 October, 2001
US $12.89
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          Regional : Italian
book cover The Silver Spoon

Phaidon Press
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Hardcover:
Phaidon Press
01 October, 2005
US $26.37
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          Regional : Italian
book cover Quick From Scratch Pasta

Food & Wine Magazine
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Paperback:
AMERICAN EXPRESS
September, 2001
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          Regional : Italian

Asian:

book cover Asian Ingredients :
A Guide to the Foodstuffs of China, Japan, Korea, Thailand and Vietnam


Bruce Cost
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Paperback:
William Morrow Cookbooks
05 September, 2000
US $12.24
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          Regional : Asian
book cover Land of Plenty:
Authentic Sichuan Recipes personally Gathered in the Chinese Province of Sichuan


Fuchsia Dunlop
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Hardcover:
W. W. Norton & Company
June, 2003
US $19.80
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          Regional : Asian
book cover The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking:
Techniques and Recipes


Barbara Tropp
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Paperback:
William Morrow Cookbooks
15 April, 1996
US $25.00
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          Regional : Asian
book cover The Chinese Kitchen:
Recipes, Techniques, Ingredients, History, and Memories from America's Leading Authority on Chinese Cooking


Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
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Hardcover:
William Morrow Cookbooks
17 November, 1999
US $26.37
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          Regional : Asian
book cover The Breath of a Wok:
Unlocking the Spirit of Chinese Wok Cooking Through Recipes and Lore


Grace Young and Alan Richardson
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Hardcover:
Simon & Schuster
24 August, 2004
US $23.10
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          Regional : Asian
book cover The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen:
Classic Family Recipes for Celebration and Healing


Grace Young
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Hardcover:
Simon & Schuster
05 May, 1999
US $19.80
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          Regional : Asian
book cover Hot Sour Salty Sweet:
A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia


Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid
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Hardcover:
Artisan
02 October, 2000
US $29.70
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          Regional : Asian
book cover Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table

Mai Pham
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Hardcover:
William Morrow Cookbooks
31 July, 2001
US $18.15
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          Regional : Asian
book cover Thai Food

David Thompson
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Hardcover:
Ten Speed Press
August, 2002
US $26.40
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          Regional : Asian
book cover The Japanese Kitchen:
A Book of Essential Ingredients with 200 Authentic Recipes


Kimiko Barber
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Hardcover:
Kyle Books
25 November, 2004
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          Regional : Asian
book cover Sushi:
Taste and Techniques


Kimiko Barber and Hiroki Takemura
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Hardcover:
DK ADULT
01 September, 2002
US $13.60
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          Regional : Asian
book cover World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking

Madhur Jaffrey
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Paperback:
Knopf
12 November, 1981
US $16.50
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          Regional : Asian

Indian:

book cover Lord Krishna's Cuisine:
The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking


Yamuna Devi
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Hardcover:
Dutton - Penguin Putnam
01 September, 1987
US $26.37
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          Regional : Indian
book cover Indian Cooking

Madhur Jaffrey
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Hardcover:
Barron's Educational Series
01 September, 2003
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          Regional : Indian
book cover From Curries to Kebabs:
Recipes from the Indian Spice Trail


Madhur Jaffrey
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Hardcover:
Clarkson Potter
04 November, 2003
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          Regional : Indian
book cover Bombay Cafe Cookbook

Neela Paniz
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Paperback:
Ten Speed Press
06 March, 1998
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          Regional : Indian
book cover Classic Indian Cooking

Julie Sahni
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Hardcover:
William Morrow Cookbooks
01 October, 1980
US $17.79
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          Regional : Indian
book cover Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking

Julie Sahni
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Hardcover:
William Morrow Cookbooks
09 December, 1985
US $16.50
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          Regional : Indian
book cover Moghul Microwave

Julie Sahni
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Hardcover:
William Morrow & Co
September, 1990
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          Regional : Indian
book cover Savoring India:
Recipes and Reflections on Indian Cooking


Julie Sahni
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Hardcover:
Oxmoor House
March, 2002
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          Regional : Indian
book cover The Yogi Cook Book

Yogi Vithaldas
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Unknown Binding:
Crown Publishers
1968
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          Regional : Indian

American:

book cover American Cookery

James Beard
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Paperback:
Little, Brown and Company
30 September, 1980
US $17.15
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          Regional : American
book cover The Feast Of Santa Fe:
Cooking Of The American Southwest


Huntley Dent
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Paperback:
Simon & Schuster
23 November, 1993
US $12.00
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          Regional : American
book cover Savoring The Seasons Of The Northern Heartland

Beth Dooley and Lucia Watson
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Paperback:
University of Minnesota Press
03 September, 2004
US $13.57
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          Regional : American