Cookbooks › Giveaway · opens November 10

Win twelve cookbooks.

The amazing cookbook gift: Julia Child, Marcella Hazan, Samin Nosrat, J. Kenji López-Alt and eight more, $497 of books picked by Chef Amazing. One winner gets the whole shelf, shipped before the holidays.

How it works

1. Enter with your first name and email by Tuesday, November 24, 11:59pm ET.
2. Send your link to a friend who cooks. Each friend who enters gives you one more entry, up to 10.
3. Chef draws one winner on November 25 and writes to them. We buy and ship all twelve books.

The twelve

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  Mastering the Art of French CookingJulia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck · 1961

  It taught America to cook French food at home, one technique at a time, and every recipe still works.

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  Essentials of Classic Italian CookingMarcella Hazan · 1992

  The Italian cookbook in English. Her tomato sauce with butter and onion alone has fed millions.

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  Salt, Fat, Acid, HeatSamin Nosrat · 2017

  Teaches the four things that make food taste good, so you can cook without a recipe.

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  The Food LabJ. Kenji López-Alt · 2015

  Home cooking, tested like science; the reasons behind every step of the American classics.

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  Ottolenghi SimpleYotam Ottolenghi · 2018

  Ottolenghi flavors in fewer steps, coded by how much time you have.

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  The Zuni Cafe CookbookJudy Rodgers · 2002

  The roast chicken with bread salad, and the early salting that changed how cooks season meat.

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  Every Grain of RiceFuchsia Dunlop · 2012

  Simple Chinese home cooking, vegetables first, for every night of the week.

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  ZahavMichael Solomonov and Steven Cook · 2015

  Israeli cooking from the Philadelphia restaurant; the tehina and the hummus recipe alone are worth it.

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  Six SeasonsJoshua McFadden · 2017

  Vegetables through six seasons, not four; a farmer's-market cook's favorite.

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  Dessert PersonClaire Saffitz · 2020

  Baking for people who love it, with a difficulty and time chart for every recipe.

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  Good ThingsSamin Nosrat · 2025

  Samin's first book since Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: the recipes she actually cooks for friends. On more best-of-2025 lists than any other book.

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  Simply InaIna Garten · 2026

  Ina's newest: 85 easy, polished recipes with make-ahead notes and honest shortcuts.

$497 is the total of the books' list prices. No purchase necessary, and buying anything won't help you win. Open to legal US residents 18 and older. One entry per person, plus friend entries. Not sponsored, endorsed or run by Instagram. Sponsor: Chef Amazing Travel Company, LLC, 21 Long Island Ave, Suite 11, Sag Harbor, NY 11963. Official rules.