I think that my love of cooking grew out of my love of reading about cooking. When I was a kid, we had a bookcase in the kitchen filled with cookbooks. I would eat all my meals reading about meals I could have been having. ~Samantha Bee
Here are 10 free cookbooks available online as pdf files, with a bit of something for everyone. Whether you like cooking, or prefer reading about it, you’ll find something in this list.
You don’t need to sign up or submit your email address to access any of them.
Just click on the link and you’ll go straight to the book.
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- The Good Eats Cookbook
Every recipe (to 2005) from the Food Network’s Show ‘Good Eats’ starring Alton Brown - The Stone Soup Cookbook
Minimalist home-cooking from the www.thestonesoup.com - The Food Day Cookbook
Recipes from top American chefs to celebrate Food Day 2012 - Eating Healthy on a Budget
Budget and kid-friendly recipes from the American Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Healthy Cooking, Healthy Living: The Beginner’s Cookbook Manual
A learn-to-cook manual from the city of Hamilton designed for using with young people - Deliciously Healthy Dinners
Health-conscious recipes from the US Department of Health and Human Services - Cooking with Pulses
Healthy, affordable recipes from Pulses.org with tips and instructions for cooking beans, peas and lentils. - Fast Meals and Quick Snacks: A Cookbook for Teens
Nutrition information and easy recipes for new cooks - Vegan on a Shoestring
Vegan recipes and food politics from Concordia University’s People’s Potato soup kitchen - Molasses and More
Sweet and savory recipes from Crosby’s.
- The Good Eats Cookbook
Want more? Here’s an additional list of eight vegetarian and vegan cookbooks.
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hi, the links to #5 and 8 will not open!
I’ve updated those links 🙂 Thanks for letting me know 🙂
Hi, the cookbooks #5Healthy Cooking, Healthy Living: The Beginner’s Cookbook Manual
and #8Fast Meals and Quick Snacks: A Cookbook for Teens
Nutrition information and easy recipes for new cooks
are not working and will not open…. I would be very much interested in these
Hi- I’ve updated those links – they should work for you now. Let me know if you have any problems 🙂
hello, there is still problems opening the links
Hi- thanks! I’ve updated one that was still causing problems. I hope it works for you now 🙂
Hi I love to cooking and love to writing cooking recipe in a lot of cooking books.
Hi 🙂 I also love cooking and writing recipes. I have a lot of cookbooks and seem to keep finding more 🙂
Thank you for sharing these! Are any of these books not bound by copyright laws? in other words can I take recipes from these books and use them in a not-for-sale publication I give to clients?
Hi – to the best of my knowledge, you should be able to share the recipes from any of these publications in a not-for-sale publication for use with clients. You should include the source with the recipe.
I can’t open any of the PDF files.
I’m sorry you are having difficulties – I’m not sure what’s happening there. They are opening for me on different computers. Make sure you are clicking on the title and not the description text. What browser are you using? I used Chrome and Edge and was able to open the files.
They also will not open for me. It is coming up saying ‘not found’ and I have tried multiple browsers and devices now
Hi – thanks for letting me know. I’ll look into this and get it fixed right away.
YOUR BOOKS HAVE REALY IMPROVED MY COOKING ABILITY AND THE TASTE OF MY FOOD MY HUSBAND NEVER MISSES DINNER KEEP UPDATING ME WITH NEW books, THANK YOU
I’m happy they are helpful 🙂 I’ll try to put together another list soon!
Mary,
Thanks a lot for putting this all together. I am almost done reading The Stone Soup Cookbook. I really like it and will try to read couple other books from you list.
Hi – I’m really glad you found these helpful 🙂
you got some dead link in the cook books
Thanks! I’ve updated the links 🙂