Books and Related Items

The Monterey Bay area is home to many outstanding cookbook authors. We are pleased to support these wonderful chefs and authors. Please contact us if you are a published author and we would be happy to include your book here.

Local Cookbook Authors

David Arora, Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi

Andrea Nguyen, Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors

Betsy McNair, Mexicocina: The Spirit and Style of the Mexican Kitchen

William Rubel, The Magic of Fire: Hearth Cooking: One Hundred Recipes for the Fireplace or Campfire

Jacqueline Mallorca, The Wheat-Free Cook: Gluten-Free Recipes for Everyone

Robin Boyd, Rawsome!

Bruce Aidells, Complete Sausage Book: Recipes from America’s Premium Sausage Maker

Patricia Rain, The Vanilla Cookbook, The Vanilla Chef, Vanilla: The Cultural History of the World's Favorite Flavor and Fragrance

Beverly Seltzer, The Lady and the Lingcod

Joe Ortiz, The Village Baker: Classic Regional Breads from Europe and America

Renee Shepherd, Recipes from a Kitchen Garden

Renee Shepherd, More Recipes from a Kitchen Garden

Richard Merrill and Joe Ortiz, The Gardener's Table: A Guide to Natural Vegetable Growing and Cooking

Gayle Ortiz, Joe Ortiz, and Louisa Beers, Village Baker's Wife: The Desserts and Pastries That Made Gayle's Bakery Famous

Jim Denevan and Marah Stets, Outstanding in the Field: A Farm to Table Cookbook