The nights are getting longer, the weather is cooling down, and seasonal lattes are calling our names. Fall is here.
If you love to cook, you might already be thinking about the recipes you’re going to whip up this season. But before you start planning, make a note of these exciting new cookbook releases. Over the next two months, the cookbook gods are blessing us with a host of new titles, covering everything from foraging and slow cooking to Michelin-worthy dishes.
Not sure what to order (or pre-order) first? We’ve got you. Here, we’ve rounded up a few of the must-have cookbooks to stock up on this fall.
1 Garden Variety
Eight years since the release of Mississippi Vegan, Timothy Pakron is back with a new plant-based cookbook, Garden Variety. For three years, the food stylist, author, and photographer has been pulling together a collection of recipes using ingredients sourced from his new backyard in New Orleans. So, if you want to learn to cook seasonal, homegrown dishes, like oven-braised cabbage, fried garlic butter, and pumpkin seed frittata bites, Pakron’s new book is a must-buy this fall.
“In a world of designer vegan products, this book is something else entirely: a whole life that happens to include recipes—Timothy saying ‘Here’s my kitchen, here’s what I grow, here’s what I make,’” said fellow cookbook author Isa Chandra Moskowitz about Garden Variety. “Whether it’s perfectly braised greens, a gorgeous pot of beans, or a breathtaking au poivre, he’ll show you how. Some of this you’ll cook every day. Some you’ll save for special occasions. Either way, you’ll enjoy the visit.”
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2 No Meat Disco
With 1 million followers on Instagram and more than 263,000 followers on TikTok, Sam Jones of No Meat Disco is one of the leading voices in the vegan food sphere on social media. So, of course, it’s only natural that a cookbook was on the cards, and now it’s here.
The self-titled No Meat Disco cookbook features more than 90 recipes, all made with seven ingredients or less, so you can be assured that you’re not going to spend hours making a shopping list just for one dish. But simple doesn’t mean boring. If you want to fill your fall with dishes like Cowboy Beans Chilaquiles, Crispy Fire-Roasted Cabbage Wedges with Smoky Mustard Maple Glaze, and Katsu Butternut Soup with Crispy Garlic Tofu, you know what to do. Oh, and there’s a curated playlist for each section, too, because this is a No Meat Disco, after all.
“No Meat Disco is not just a cookbook; it’s a celebration of food, music, and entertaining,” said Michelin-starred British chef Paul Ainsworth. “Let me tell you, this guy can really cook! In this debut cookbook, Sam Jones has thrown himself into exploring ingredients from around the world and turning them into delicious, plant-based dishes, all served with a side of banging tunes. Cooking should always include a dash of fun, and Sam’s book adds more than a sprinkling of that.”
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3 PlantYou Quickies
If you were a fan of Carleigh Bodrug’s debut cookbook, PlantYou, which hit the shelves in 2022, you’ll be thrilled to learn that the popular blogger has followed it up with yet another sequel: PlantYou Quickies. As the name suggests, this cookbook is all about keeping things quick and easy, without skimping on the flavor. All of the recipes come together in just 30 minutes. Yep, even the more complicated-sounding ones, like walnut sun-dried tomato ragu and vegan chorizo tacos.Released September 29— Pre-Order Now
4Simply Plants
If you want to eat more plants but aren’t sure where to start, then content creator Sadia Badiei (the founder of the YouTube channel Pick Up Limes) is here to make your whole food journey easy, accessible, and full of flavor. Badiei’s debut cookbook, Simply Plants, boasts more than 100 recipes, all of which are delicious and uncomplicated. Standout recipes include Vegan Butter Chicken, Sticky Loaded Tempeh Flatbread, and Creamy Green Macaroni.
Released October 20—Pre-Order now
5 Happy Snacking, Don’t Die!
Foraging is fun, but it can be risky if you don’t know what you’re doing. Fortunately, Alexis Nikole Nelson, creator of the Black Forager social media platform, is here to guide you through the process with her aptly titled new cookbook and foraging guide, Happy Snacking, Don’t Die! Nelson explains how to identify plants safely before putting them to good use in seasonal recipes such as maitake steak and oyster mushroom chowder. If you want to feel more connected to the outdoors this fall, this is the cookbook to add to your shelf.
released September 22—Pre-Order Now
6Slow-Cooked Vegan
For many people, fall is the time when they locate their slow cooker at the back of the cupboard, dust it off, and plug it in. Whether you’re part of this club or a year-round Instant Pot lover, Slow-Cooked Vegan is about to become your autumnal recipe bible. Niki Webster of Rebel Recipes will guide you through using your slow cooker for more than 100 recipes, including corn salsa, cashew parmesan, and spicy potato curry.
More of an air fryer person? Don’t worry, Webster has a book for that, too: The Vegan Air Fryer.
Released October 8—Pre-Order Now
7 Vegan Vegan!
If you’ve always wanted to visit Kle, the Michelin-starred restaurant in the heart of Zurich—but can’t make the trip—this new cookbook is the next best thing. Esteemed chef and owner Zineb Hattab has somehow found the time to write a vegan cookbook featuring dozens of Michelin-worthy recipes, along with practical advice for recreating them in your own kitchen. Hit preorder, plan a fall dinner party, and start practicing showstopping dishes such as the Fig, Cashew Miso Spread and Orange Reduction Tartine and Almond Baklava.
“I’ve always loved the way Zizi cooks, and Vegan Vegan! is exactly what I hoped it would be,” said renowned chef Sara Aqel. “What I love most is that nothing in this book feels like an ‘alternative.’ These recipes don’t try to imitate or replace anything—they’re just genuinely delicious, original dishes that happen to be vegan.”
released october 8—Pre-order now
8 How to Cook Everything Vegan
Mark Bittman has been a leading American food journalist for more than four decades, so it’s fair to say he knows a thing or two about throwing together a good recipe. This new cookbook, another spin-off of his beloved 1998 title How to Cook Everything, reflects Bittman’s passion for simple, nutritious, sustainable food and aims to prove that nothing can’t be veganized. Seriously, this cookbook leaves virtually no stone unturned, from sushi to steak to stir-fry to dumplings and pasta.
released October 6—Pre-order now
9The Plum Village Cookbook
If you want to bring a little more mindfulness to your kitchen this fall, The Plum Village Cookbook is a good place to start. Inspired by the renowned retreat center in France, the book features more than 100 vegan recipes drawn from the culinary traditions of its international community of monks and nuns. From Vietnamese phở and bánh xèo crepes to buckwheat pancakes and pizza, the recipes are nourishing, colorful, and easy to prepare. The book also includes meditations and contemplative practices for cooking, eating, and even washing the dishes.
released october 27—Pre-Order Now
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