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How to Cook Everything Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of How to Cook Everything books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the How to Cook Everything series? Start with "Simple Recipes for Great Food" (1998) and follow publication order through all 38 books.
The complete How to Cook Everything reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Simple Recipes for Great Food
1998
Simple Recipes Anyone Can Cook
2003
Holiday Cooking
2003
Quick Cooking
2003
Easy Weekend Cooking
2003
Bittman Takes on America's Chefs
2005
Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food
2007
Meat
2010
Christmas
2012
Thanksgiving
2012
How to Cook Everything Fast
2013
The Basics
2013
Simple Recipes for the Best Baking
2016
How to Grill Everything
2018
How To Cook Everything Kids
2024
Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking
1994
Leafy Greens: An A to Z Guide to Thirty Types of Greens Plus Two Hundred Delicious Recipes
1995
Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef (With: Quentin Bacon,Jean-Georges Vongerichten)
1998
The Minimalist Cooks at Home: Recipes That Give You More Flavor from Fewer Ingredients in Less Time
1999
Simple Good Food: Fusion Flavours to Cook at Home with a Four-star Chef (With: Jean-Georges Vongerichten)
1999
Simple to Spectacular: How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four Levels of Sophistication (With: Jean-Georges Vongerichten)
2000
The Minimalist Cooks Dinner: More Than 100 Recipes for Fast Weeknight Meals and Casual Entertaining
2001
The Minimalist Entertains
2003
The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home
2005
Mark Bittman's Quick and Easy Recipes from the New York Times
2007
Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes
2008
Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express: 404 Inspired Seasonal Dishes You Can Make in 20 Minutes or Less
2009
The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living
2010
Bittman's Kitchen: What I Grill and Why
2011
The Mini Minimalist: Simple Recipes for Satisfying Meals
2012
The VB6 Cookbook: More than 350 Recipes for Healthy Vegan Meals All Day and Delicious Flexitarian Dinners at Night
2014
Truly Madly Pizza: One Incredibly Easy Crust, Countless Inspired Combinations & Other Tidbits to Make Pizza a Nightly Affair: A Cookbook (With: Suzanne Lenzer)
2015
Mark Bittman's Kitchen Matrix: More Than 700 Simple Recipes and Techniques to Mix and Match for Endless Possibilities
2015
Dinner for Everyone: 100 Iconic Dishes Made 3 Ways--Easy, Vegan, or Perfect for Company: A Cookbook
2019
How to Eat: All Your Food and Diet Questions Answered (With: David Katz)
2020
Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal
2021
Bittman Bread: No-Knead Whole-Grain Baking for Every Day (With: Kerri Conan)
2021
The Best American Food Writing 2023
2023
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