4 Must-Have Cookbooks for Spring & Summer

We love cookbooks, and with our recent kitchen remodel, we made a new home for some of our favorite cookbooks right in the kitchen. With all the amazing cookbooks that have been coming out in the past few months I thought I’d share the four that we’ve just added to our ever growing collection.

The Cook’s Atelier: Recipes, Techniques, and Stories from Our French Cooking School

If making a trip to France isn’t in the cards right now, you can check out recipes from the mother/daughter duo who created The Cook’s Atelier cooking school in Beaune, France. If you love reading about how a cooking school is created from the ground up, about the people behind the school, setting up your kitchen and learning new techniques, this is definitely a cookbook that you want to have in your collection.

A few of my favorite recipes:

• Savory Tart with Spinach and Mushrooms (pg.86)
• Almond-Cherry Galette (pg.89)
• Baby Leek Galettes with Goat Cheese and Wild Garlic (pg.94)
• Rustic Apricot Tart (pg.116)
• Charentais Melon Salad with Jambon de Bayonne and Basil (pg.189)
• Madeleines (pg.221)

You can also follow along with their Instagram here.

What’s Gaby Cooking : Everyday Californian Food

I first learned about Gaby through her guest posts over on Cupcakes & Cashmere and later through her food blog. In this book Gaby shares clean fresh recipes that will have you headed out to your local farmers market pronto.

A few of my favorite recipes:

• Breakfast Flatbread with Ricotta and Strawberry Basil Jam (pg.38)
• Smoothies for All Seasons (pg.49)
• Green Rice Burrito Bowl (pg.75)
• Stone Fruit with Burrata (pg.100)

You can follow along with her blog here.

Giada’s Italy: My Recipes for La Dolce Vita

Good food doesn’t have to be complicated to be delicious. If you’re a foodie and you enjoy watching cooking shows, odds are you’ve heard of Giada de Laurentius. We really enjoyed watching the shows Giada filmed during her time in Italy and this book is full of recipes for those who LOVE Italian food.

A few of my favorite recipes:

• Crab Arancini (pg.17)
• Mozzarella and Strawberry Bruschetta (pg.98)
• Lemon and Pea Alfredo (pg.116)
• Peach and Almond Crostata (pg.272)

Tasting Paris: 100 Recipes to Eat Like a Local

I first heard about this book through Everyday Parisian’s Book Club. If you’re a Francophile and a foodie, then this is definitely a must-have cookbook for your collection.

A few of my favorite recipes:

• Blackberry Bostock (pg.39)
• Hazelnut Crusted Goat Cheese & Apple Salad (pg.53)
• Classic Ham & Bacon Quiche (pg.85)
• Earl Grey Madeleine (pg.118)

Do you have a cookbook that you consider a must-have? Let me know in the comments below.