8 Summery Cookbooks I’m Leaning into Right Now

I have to admit, I don’t buy as many cookbooks as I used to. I’m still a huge fan of the industry, but I can tell I’m really settling into cooking my tried-and-trues. While I always add a few new ones to the mix, I just as frequently return to my favorites by season.

To that end, here are 8 Summery Cookbooks I’ve been pulling off the shelf this week. We’re getting through our first summer heatwave and there’s nothing I want more than cold summer soups, refrigerated salads, and ice cream!

I’m curious, what are your summer cookbook favorites?

New England Open-House Cookbook: 300 Recipes Inspired by the Bounty of New England by Sarah Leah Chase. This really knocks it out of the park with seafood recipes, but all the recipes are great. Just look at the cover!

Canal House Cooking Volume No. 4: Farm Markets & Gardens by Melissa Hamilton & Christopher Hersheimer. Ohhh, these two are the masters of farm stand cooking. This book is nicely sized, you might consider taking it to the farmer’s market with you so you can purchase according to the recipes you’re craving!

Summer: A Cookbook: Inspired Recipes for Lazy Days & Magical Nights by Marnie Hanel & Jen Stevenson. This gorgeously illustrated volume is practically a piece of art. (Warning: it will make you want to throw a beach picnic at least once a week.)

Cooking in Real Life: Delicious & Doable Recipes for Every Day by Lidey Heuck. The Chicken Shawarma and the Tomato Basil & Corn pasta (on the cover) are two of the most delicious summer dinners you’ll ever make.

Salad Seasons: Vegetable-Forward Dishes All Year by Sheela Prakash. I know I wrote about this earlier this month, but it bears mentioning one more time.

Bakeless Sweets: Pudding, Panna Cotta, Fluff Icebox Cake, and More No-Bake Desserts by Faith Durand. There is still no better book for ice cream and frozen desserts!

Pizza Night: Deliciously Doable Recipes for Pizza and Salad by Alexandra Stafford. This cookbook is the reason I’m working on mastering how to make homemade pizzas on our Green Egg. I’m so psyched about the progress I’m making and will share more this fall.

The Cook and the Gardener: Recipes and Writings from France by Amanda Hesser. I’ve had this cookbook for years and it was just re-released. I highly recommend this fantastic book of seasonal recipes based on the ingredients sourced from the garden of the chateau where Hesser lived and worked.