Cookbooks by Canadian authors steal the show this year. What could be more delightful? Or delicious. From this list, you’re sure to discover one or more gifts for your favourite foodie or the perfect choice to inspire your culinary creativity. Elbows up, food lovers.

After going through this delicious list, be sure to check our “Indigo's 2025 Best Books of the Year” list, where half of the list is made up of Canadian authors and also includes titles from BIPOC and Indigenous voices.

Hunter Chef in the Wild - Michael Hunter

Here’s the book to tease you off the kitchen stove and into the great outdoors to cook over an open flame. Along with over 80 recipes, Canada’s award-winning restauranteur, popular hunter chef shares his techniques and the stories of his adventures hunting, fishing and cooking in the wild - from coast to coast.
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One Pot - Amandine Bernardi

What’s not to love about a flavourful, filling, fuss-free meal cooked in one pot? For Dutch-oven-cooking inspiration, Amandine Bernardini has created 100 recipes to showcase the versatility of everyone’s favourite cast iron pot. With nearly 300,000 followers on social media, Bernadini has inspired countless home cooks.
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Eat to Love - Mikaela Reuben

This Vancouver-based certified holistic nutritionist left a 15-year career as nutritional chef for actors, rock bands, athletes, super models, and even Dalai Lama to write this, her debut cookbook. She has discovered new and exciting ways to marry healthy food and great taste in the mainly vegetarian recipes. Bonus – stunning photography that showcases Western B.C.
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Pickles, Illustrated - Karen Solomon

Sour, savory, sweet or spicy, there’s a pickle for everyone. Every taste bud is catered to in 36 recipes in this charming, delightfully illustrated little book. Sprinkled throughout – fascinating tidbits on pickle traditions and culture worldwide. The perfect little gift for pickle lovers on your list.
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My First Recipe Book - Ricardo

Canadian chef, cookbook author and father of three has created recipes for the food kids really want to make and eat. Simple step-by-step instructions that kids from age seven can follow on their own. Plus advice for becoming a better cook and mouth-watering illustrations.
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My Best Friend is Gluten-Free - Janelle Lo

Inspired by her celiac husband and her Chinese Canadian upbringing., you will never be stuck knowing how to create a mouthwatering gluten-free meal. Especially for anyone who loves Asian food. Lo has compiled 100+ inspired recipes with a focus on plant-based, dairy-free, vegetarian and pescatarian options.
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Bread etc. - Matthew James Duffy

With over 20 years of experience cooking at top-notch restaurants all over the world, his impressive social media following and his current job as food media professor at Toronto’s Centennial College, Chef Duffy is a bread-making sensation. Here is your invitation to fall in love with baking bread, from sourdough to yeasted doughs to pizza doughs.
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Anna Cooks - Anna Olson

Famous, for years, for her award-winning baking books and Food Network Canada’s Bake with Anna Olson, here she steps out with more than 125 delicious, achievable recipes for every meal of the day. Unlike the precision
required in baking, she encourages you to trust your instincts, season and taste as you go. On its way to be another best seller.
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Bibi the Cookbook Stories from my Bibi - Chet Sharma

Bibi, the innovative, London’s groundbreaking Indian restaurant is beloved by critics and customers alike. In this, his debut cookbook, Chet Sarma, welcomes you into his grandmother’s world. The recipes for 60 signature dishes are complex while the personal essays are a reflection of his food memories and his heritage.
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On Meat - Jeremy Fox

In this big, bold book, the acclaimed chef, known for his global bestseller, On Vegetables, hones his creativity onto meat. Meat-based cooking at its best means modern recipes for the home kitchen – creative, sustainable and delicious. It means inventive takes, comfort classics, gorgeous photography and clear instructions your favourite carnivore will love.
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