If a good cookbook is something of a manual for life, then a good cookbook library is something of a tour of all the competing philosophies for living. Are you a head-to-tail type, rearing to tear into life, or more interested in the gentler footprint involved in sustainable grains and zero-waste, plant-based consumption? Does your table offer a first-class ticket to spicy destinations across the globe, or a comfortable sinking into recollected recipes from your mother? Of course, you never really have to pick, but adding a few of these books to your kitchen library will give you a taste (literally) of the various ways you might entertain your palate—and occupy the world.

The Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen The best cookbook for… the discerning hippie.

The Moosewood Cookbook

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