Better Than a PSL: The 12 Best Fall Cookbooks

Chungah Rhee, the home cook behind Damn Delicious, has one of the most drool-worthy blogs on the internet, and she's bringing her recipes to print for the first time. Damn Delicious: 100 Super Easy, Super Fast Recipes ($25) is full of weeknight-friendly meals you'll want to make over and over again, like 20-minute spaghetti carbonara, garlic parmesan roasted shrimp, and one-pan honey garlic chicken and veggies. — Erin Cullum, assistant editor, Food

Release date: Sept. 6

Oh She Glows blogger Angela Liddon popularized vegan cooking with her colorful and clean recipes. The cover of Oh She Glows Every Day ($27) is the epitome of how I eat on the regular, so I can't wait to dive into more of her spectacular entrees, like fusilli lentil-mushroom bolognese. — Anna Monette Roberts, editor, Food

Release date: Sept. 6

Julia Turshen spent 10 years cooking as a private chef and has coauthored reputable cookbooks like Spain . . . A Culinary Road Trip by Mario Batali and It's All Good by Gwyneth Paltrow. Her new release, Small Victories ($35), is fit for both new cooks who need informative explanations of the basics and confident ones who could use fresh inspiration. As Julia expertly states in the cookbook's introduction, "The only way to become a cook is to cook, and the road to becoming a good cook is paved not only with repetition but also with the intuition you gain along the way." As the title implies, it's all about celebrating small victories and realizing that executing an amazing home-cooked meal doesn't have to be complicated. — EC

Release date: Sept. 6

I basically want to be a part of the Curry family (I could watch Riley Curry GIFs all day), but if I can't cook with Ayesha, cooking like her will do just fine. In the home cook and Food Network host's debut cookbook, The Seasoned Life: Food, Family, Faith, and the Joy of Eating Well ($27), Ayesha shares over 100 of her favorite meals to cook for her Golden State Warriors husband Stephen Curry and their adorable daughters. You can expect lightened-up comfort food (like chicken parmesan with a secret ingredient) and fast and easy pastas that will help you get dinner on the table ASAP. — EC

Release date: Sept. 20

Alton Brown's been busy with his Eat Your Science tour and various Food Network shows, but he's finally publishing a new cookbook, EveryDayCook ($35), featuring recipes he claims he cooks regularly for himself. To match his chill vibe, the food photography has been shot on his iPhone camera. With recipes like Nitrous Pancakes, EnchiLasagna, and Garam Masalmon Steaks, it appears the book will contains equal parts food science and Alton's lovable, punny humor. — AMR

Release date: Sept. 27

POPSUGAR Select Food blogger Molly Yeh of My Name Is Yeh has just penned her first cookbook: Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories From an Unlikely Life on a Farm ($32). Molly gave up city life to move to a farm in the Midwest, and her stunning photos and rustic recipes may convince you to do the same. In her upcoming cookbook, she promises "a sub chapter on macaroni and cheese including a macaroni and cheese flow chart" and "a new and improved Funfetti cake" (as shown on the cover). Frankly, that's enough to send me flocking to preorder. — AMR

Release date: Oct. 4

Short Stack is a series launched in 2013, made of mini cookbooks focused on one ingredient at a time. The upcoming The Short Stack Cookbook ($40) is — you guessed it — a larger cookbook focusing on common ingredients and unique ways to cook with them. As the book's description reads, "Organized by 18 ingredients, including apples, bacon, brussels sprouts, butter, cheddar, eggs, tomatoes, Greek yogurt, honey, hot chile peppers, kale, lemons, sourdough, whole chicken, and Winter squash, The Short Stack Cookbook takes readers though staples found in the kitchen and presents new ways to cook with everyday items." — EC

Release date: Oct. 18

I've been a Sprinkles Cupcakes fan since the beginning, so I'm particularly giddy that the bakery founder, Candace Nelson, is publishing her first cookbook, The Sprinkles Baking Book ($26), which will include some items from the bakery, other easy-baked good recipes, and a few new exclusive cupcake flavors for the book. My fingers are crossed that it will have a recipe for the vegan red velvet cupcakes. — AMR

Release date: Oct. 25

Ever since I read about Moon Juice in a Goop article, I am hooked on this LA wellness boutique for its bizarre herbal concoctions. It's always the first stop I make when I visit the City of Angels, and the beachy storefront feels very much like a SoCal witch's lair with all of its intriguing glass bottles and never-before-seen ingredients (aka Blue Adaptogen Protein). I'm enthralled by the daily diet of Amanda Chantal Bacon, the store's founder, which is why I can't wait to see what unique recipes she publishes in The Moon Juice Cookbook ($30). — AMR

Release date: Oct. 25

Appetites: A Cookbook ($38) is Anthony Bourdain's first cookbook in more than 10 years. He's someone whose food opinion I greatly trust (anywhere he goes in San Francisco, I go), and I appreciate his writing just as much as his ability to seek out the best food all over the world. Appetites "boils down forty-plus years of professional cooking and globe-trotting to a tight repertoire of personal favorites — dishes that everyone should (at least in Mr. Bourdain's opinion) know how to cook." Throwing a dinner party Bourdain-style? I'm sold. — EC

Release date: Oct. 25

Though Dorie Greenspan may be the queen of cookie recipes, this is the first time she has written an exclusive cookbook for them! Dorie's Cookies ($30) promises fan favorites like her chocolaty World Peace Cookies (as pictured on the cover), cookies from around the globe, and cheekily named confections like They Might Be Breakfast Cookies. As someone who is always in the mood to bake, I'm looking forward to over 300 more reasons to. — AMR

Release date: Oct. 25

It's finally happening: after saying "Jeffrey's gonna love this" countless times on Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten is coming out with a cookbook dedicated entirely to her husband's favorites. Cooking For Jeffrey ($35) features some of Ina's most tried-and-true recipes, as well as personal stories about the couple, who have been married for 48 years. In a statement, Ina wrote, "It's filled not only with the recipes I make for my husband at home, but also with fun stories from our years together. I started cooking for Jeffrey when we were married 48 years ago, and it was preparing comforting, delicious meals for him that really became the basis for my career in food." — EC

Release date: Oct. 25