Cookbooks

Non-fiction books that contain a collection of recipes, techniques, and tricks of the trade or else focus on the exploration of food, cooking, and culture of food. Many cookbooks are divided into sections such as baking, dinner, and breakfast. A specialty cookbook may focus only on a certain country's cuisine, such as Italian or Cajun. There are some cookbooks that are written to highlight one ingredient (i.e. honey), and some cookbooks focused on only one branch of cooking (such as bread.) Even further, some cookbooks focus on types of cooking (microwave, barbecue, baking.) ...more

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The Unofficial Disney Parks Retro Cookbook by Julie Tremaine

The Unofficial Disney Parks Retro Cookbook: 60+ Nostalgic Recipes and Stories of Yesteryear

Julie Tremaine (Goodreads Author),

Carly Caramanna (Goodreads Author)

Release date: Oct 13, 2026

Relish the retro flavors from the Disney Parks’ past.

The Unofficial Disney Parks Retro Cookbook is a passport back to the golden days of park hopp Relish the retro flavors from the Disney Parks’ past.

The Unofficial Disney Parks Retro Cookbook is a passport back to the golden days of park hopping, nostalgia-filled summer vacations, and the taste of real adventure from the Disney restaurants you thought were gone forever.

Inside, you’ll find 60+ recipes inspired by legendary Disney dining spots—from opening day originals to ’90s gems to recent snacks and sips that left too soon. Each dish comes with a slice of untold Disney history from authors Carly Caramanna and Julie Tremaine, who are both theme park journalists obsessed with all things Disney history.

Craving the legendary Handwich from the Eisner Era? The monorail cocktails you never got to try from the Monorail Club Car at Disney’s Contemporary Resort? Some of Walt Disney’s personal favorites, like his legendary chili or his cocktail of choice, the Scotch Mist? Learn the stories behind long-gone restaurants and the dishes they served—and relive your own delicious memories of recently-closed restaurants like Steakhouse 55 in the Disneyland Hotel or Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano in the Muppets Courtyard.

Whether an entree, a snack, a dessert, or a drink, all of these recipes come straight from the nostalgic heart of the Disney Parks to your kitchen.

Recipes

Lamb Chops with Mint Jelly, from Disneyland’s fine dining Red Wagon Inn, closed in 1964Taco Salad in a Ta-Cup, from Disneyland’s Casa de Fritos (where Doritos were invented), closed in 1982The cult-favorite Carrot Cake Cookie, from Writer’s Stop (back when Hollywood Studios was called MGM!), closed in 2016Goat Cheese Dip from EPCOT’s Restaurant Marrakesh, closed in 2020The original and “new” Kungaloosh cocktails from Pleasure Island’s Adventurers Club, closed in 2008The famous Iced Felucian Blue Shrimp Cocktail from Star Galactic Starcruiser, open for only one year from 2022–2023And so much more!This cookbook is the perfect gift (or self-gift) for every Disney fan who wants to revisit those magical moments from the past, get a taste of places they always wanted to be able to try, and allow these vintage-inspired flavors transport them back in time. So let The Unofficial Disney Parks Retro Cookbook take you on a memory-filled trip down Main Street, U.S.A. as you welcome the nostalgia of your favorite Disney flavors into your kitchen and whip up some magical sips and bites for you and your park-hopping crew! ...more
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Osozai: Everyday Japanese home cooking

Meg Tanaka

Release date: Oct 06, 2026

Discover the everyday Japanese art of creating a balanced table with more than 70 seasonal side dishes, small plates, light mains, salads, and pickles ...more
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Double Delights: A Baking Cookbook for Tweens and Teens with Easy Recipes and Baking Basics | Ages 10–15

Evy Halberstadt,

Abbie Halberstadt (Contributor),

Nola Halberstadt

Release date: Oct 06, 2026

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Quotes Tagged “Cookbooks”

“ My cooking spoon, My magic wand, Of this dish, You will be fond. ”
― The Silver Elves, The Elf Folks' Book of Cookery: Recipes for a Delighted Tongue, a Healthy Body and a Magical Life

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“ Cookery means the knowledge of Medea and of Circe and of Helen and of the Queen of Sheba. It means the knowledge of all herbs and fruits and balms and spices, and all that is healing and sweet in the fields and groves and savory in meats. It means carefulness and inventiveness and willingness and readiness of appliances. It means the economy of your grandmothers and the science of the modern chemist; it means much testing and no wasting; it means English thoroughness and French art and Arabian h ...more ”
― John Ruskin as quoted in the Boston Cooking School Cookbook 1918

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