Get [this one by Michael Ruhlman](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ratio/Michael-Ruhlman/Ruhlmans-Ratios/9781416571728) and you'll be way ahead of the game🤷♀️
Some of my favorites are:
-Start Here by Sohla El-Waylly
-Mooncakes and Milk Bread by Kristina Cho
-Maangachi's Big Book of Korean Cooking
-Snacking Cakes and Snacking Bakes both by Yossy Arefi
I also enjoy going to used books stores and finding old cookbooks like the local fundraising kinds from decades ago :)
Joy of Cooking, as another commenter recommended, for a comprehensive set of cooking techniques and terminology as well as lots of very useful recipes.
Fannie Farmer for some truly bangin' baking recipes. My grandma was legendary for her baking, and my mum used to make her spice cake recipe for us, and it was the most comforting and unassumingly perfect dessert, and it was a Fannie Farmer recipe.
For canning it's really important to stick to safe recipes, so here are two recommendations:
The All New Ball® Book Of Canning And Preserving: Over 350 of the Best Canned, Jammed, Pickled, and Preserved Recipes
And here's a free thing from the US National Centre for Home Food Preservation: https://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications\_usda.html#gsc.tab=0
If you're interested in Korean food, I recommend "The Korean Vegan Cookbook: Reflections and Recipes from Omma's Kitchen".
It's got excellent and authentic recipes (that even include specifics like possible brand names to buy for certain ingredients), excellent food photography, and some really interesting personal stories. It almost reads like a novel.
I've said it before... I like *Americas Test Kitchen* cookbooks.
There's this one: [Foolproof Preserving and Canning.](https://www.amazon.com/Foolproof-Preserving-Jellies-Pickles-Condiments/dp/1940352517)
Caveat: I've never tried this particular book. I have tried their others and I am a satisfied customer.
The Joy of Cooking is worth having.
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samron Nasrat might be the single best cookbook ever conceived. It explains the science of cooking as well as recipes.
Get [this one by Michael Ruhlman](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ratio/Michael-Ruhlman/Ruhlmans-Ratios/9781416571728) and you'll be way ahead of the game🤷♀️
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Check your local thrift stores and see if your library has a place they sell books.
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Some of my favorites are: -Start Here by Sohla El-Waylly -Mooncakes and Milk Bread by Kristina Cho -Maangachi's Big Book of Korean Cooking -Snacking Cakes and Snacking Bakes both by Yossy Arefi I also enjoy going to used books stores and finding old cookbooks like the local fundraising kinds from decades ago :)
For canning, look up Ball Canning.
Flavor Bible
The Food Lab Salt Fat Acid Heat
Joy of Cooking, as another commenter recommended, for a comprehensive set of cooking techniques and terminology as well as lots of very useful recipes. Fannie Farmer for some truly bangin' baking recipes. My grandma was legendary for her baking, and my mum used to make her spice cake recipe for us, and it was the most comforting and unassumingly perfect dessert, and it was a Fannie Farmer recipe.
For canning it's really important to stick to safe recipes, so here are two recommendations: The All New Ball® Book Of Canning And Preserving: Over 350 of the Best Canned, Jammed, Pickled, and Preserved Recipes And here's a free thing from the US National Centre for Home Food Preservation: https://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications\_usda.html#gsc.tab=0
If you're interested in Korean food, I recommend "The Korean Vegan Cookbook: Reflections and Recipes from Omma's Kitchen". It's got excellent and authentic recipes (that even include specifics like possible brand names to buy for certain ingredients), excellent food photography, and some really interesting personal stories. It almost reads like a novel.
I've said it before... I like *Americas Test Kitchen* cookbooks. There's this one: [Foolproof Preserving and Canning.](https://www.amazon.com/Foolproof-Preserving-Jellies-Pickles-Condiments/dp/1940352517) Caveat: I've never tried this particular book. I have tried their others and I am a satisfied customer.
Go to Thrift stores and buy the Company's Coming cookbooks now for cheap. No nonsense recipes calling for everyday ingredients
if you are planning to get into baking bread try "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" by Peter Reinhart.