It’s that time of year when the biggest decision facing some of us is whether we gift the latest cookbooks we’ve had on our wish list for months or keep them for ourselves. Although truthfully, we’re not wasting hardly any time soul searching or wringing our hands over this. Not when there’s such an array of tempting new cookbooks that await. Simple and sophisticated, authentic and outrageous, nostalgia-inducing and eyebrow-raising, you’ll find all that here in the best cookbooks of 2015. As for just how altruistic we are or aren’t, at least we’re sharing them with you.–Renee Schettler Rossi
Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto by Aaron Franklin & Jordan Mackay
Gjelina: Cooking From Venice, California by Travis Lett
Cookie Love by Mindy Segal with Kate Leahy
Tacos: Recipes and Provocations by Alex Stupak and Jordana Rothman
The Southerner’s Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom and Stories by The Editors of Garden & Gun
Bien Cuit: The Art of Bread by Zachary Golper and Peter Kaminsky
The Chili Cookbook by Robb Walsh
The Violet Bakery Cookbook by Claire Ptak
Pure Pork Awesomeness: Totally Cookable Recipes from Around the World by Kevin Gillespie with David Joachim
Rose Water & Orange Blossoms: Fresh & Classic Recipes from My Lebanese Kitchen by Maureen Abood
Milk Bar Life: Recipes & Stories by Christina Tosi
Seven Spoons: My Favorite Recipes for Any and Every Day by Tara O’Brady
The Nordic Cookbook by Magnus Nilsson
Baking with Less Sugar: Recipes for Desserts Using Natural Sweeteners With Little-To-No White Sugar by Joanne Chang
Women Chefs of New York by Nadia Arumugam
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt
Olympia Provisions: Cured Meats and Tales from an American Charcuterie by Elias Cairo and Meredith Erickson
NOPI: The Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully
The NoMad Cookbook by Daniel Humm & Will Guidara
Donabe: Classic and Modern Japanese Clay Pot Cooking by Naoko Takei Moore and Kyle Connaughton
Peru: The Cookbook by Gastón Acurio
The Pioneer Woman Cooks Dinnertime: Comfort Classics, Freezer Food, 16-Minute Meals, and Other Delicious Ways to Solve Supper! by Ree Drummond
Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine & Eastern Europe by Olia Hercules
The Broad Fork: Recipes for the Wide World of Vegetables and Fruits by Hugh Acheson
Eat Mexico: Recipes From Mexico City’s Streets, Markets & Fondas by Lesley Téllez
