We asked two avid readers to share their favorite cookbooks this summer. Read on for their recommendations.

Nancy Warwick

Warwick’s

As the owner of Warwick’s and an avid cook, I love browsing through our latest cookbooks.

A recent favorite is Marcela Valladolid’s latest cookbook, Familia: 125 Foolproof Recipes to Feed Your People (Voracious, 2023). Full of delicious recipes, beautiful photographs, and personal anecdotes, everything I’ve made so far has been a hit. Try this if you love Mexican food!

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Carynn Pinckney

Home Ec

My favorite cookbook changes with seasons and mood but one that I love to come back to, especially in summer, is Please Wait to Be Tasted: The Lil’ Deb’s Oasis Cookbook (Princeton Architectural Press, 2022).

This book from Lil’ Deb’s Oasis in Hudson, NY, is full of “tropical comfort food,” using things like coconut, lime juice, and fish sauce to create bright, exciting flavors. On top of delicious food, the book also explores the joy and pleasure that can come from cooking, eating, and sharing food with your community. It’s vibrant and alive, the way food should feel.

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Originally published in issue 74.

Cover illustration by Tim Topalov for Edible San Diego.

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