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: January 2026
Publication Order
Simple Recipes for Great Food
Buy on Amazon1998
Simple Recipes Anyone Can Cook
Buy on Amazon2003
Holiday Cooking
Buy on Amazon2003
Quick Cooking
Buy on Amazon2003
Easy Weekend Cooking
Buy on Amazon2003
Bittman Takes on America's Chefs
Buy on Amazon2005
Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food
Buy on Amazon2007
Meat
Buy on Amazon2010
Christmas
Buy on Amazon2012
Thanksgiving
Buy on Amazon2012
How to Cook Everything Fast
Buy on Amazon2013
The Basics
Buy on Amazon2013
Simple Recipes for the Best Baking
Buy on Amazon2016
How to Grill Everything
Buy on Amazon2018
How To Cook Everything Kids
Buy on Amazon2024
Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking
Buy on Amazon1994
Leafy Greens: An A to Z Guide to Thirty Types of Greens Plus Two Hundred Delicious Recipes
Buy on Amazon1995
Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef (With: Quentin Bacon,Jean-Georges Vongerichten)
Buy on Amazon1998
The Minimalist Cooks at Home: Recipes That Give You More Flavor from Fewer Ingredients in Less Time
Buy on Amazon1999
Simple Good Food: Fusion Flavours to Cook at Home with a Four-star Chef (With: Jean-Georges Vongerichten)
Buy on Amazon1999
Simple to Spectacular: How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four Levels of Sophistication (With: Jean-Georges Vongerichten)
Buy on Amazon2000
The Minimalist Cooks Dinner: More Than 100 Recipes for Fast Weeknight Meals and Casual Entertaining
Buy on Amazon2001
The Minimalist Entertains
Buy on Amazon2003
The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home
Buy on Amazon2005
Mark Bittman's Quick and Easy Recipes from the New York Times
Buy on Amazon2007
Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes
Buy on Amazon2008
Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express: 404 Inspired Seasonal Dishes You Can Make in 20 Minutes or Less
Buy on Amazon2009
The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living
Buy on Amazon2010
Bittman's Kitchen: What I Grill and Why
Buy on Amazon2011
The Mini Minimalist: Simple Recipes for Satisfying Meals
Buy on Amazon2012
The VB6 Cookbook: More than 350 Recipes for Healthy Vegan Meals All Day and Delicious Flexitarian Dinners at Night
Buy on Amazon2014
Truly Madly Pizza: One Incredibly Easy Crust, Countless Inspired Combinations & Other Tidbits to Make Pizza a Nightly Affair: A Cookbook (With: Suzanne Lenzer)
Buy on Amazon2015
Mark Bittman's Kitchen Matrix: More Than 700 Simple Recipes and Techniques to Mix and Match for Endless Possibilities
Buy on Amazon2015
Dinner for Everyone: 100 Iconic Dishes Made 3 Ways--Easy, Vegan, or Perfect for Company: A Cookbook
Buy on Amazon2019
How to Eat: All Your Food and Diet Questions Answered (With: David Katz)
Buy on Amazon2020
Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal
Buy on Amazon2021
Bittman Bread: No-Knead Whole-Grain Baking for Every Day (With: Kerri Conan)
Buy on Amazon2021
The Best American Food Writing 2023
Buy on Amazon2023
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the How to Cook Everything series is publication order: 1. Simple Recipes for Great Food (1998), 2. Simple Recipes Anyone Can Cook (2003), 3. Holiday Cooking (2003), 4. Quick Cooking (2003), 5. Easy Weekend Cooking (2003), and 33 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The How to Cook Everything series by Mark Bittman contains 38 books. The series began in 1998 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The How to Cook Everything series is written by Mark Bittman. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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