Our new A Couple Cooks cookbook offers 100 recipes for every occasion, plus tips for meal planning, cooking together, and more—all in a glossy, metallic-accented volume! It’s a perfect present, whether you need wedding gift ideas, Christmas gift ideas, birthday gift ideas—or just want a copy for yourself!
We present…the A Couple Cooks cookbook
It’s here! After 4 years of dreaming, writing, cooking, and recipe testing—the A Couple Cooks cookbook is here! Alex and I are elated to share this collection of 100 of our best ever recipes with you. As of October 15, 2024, this book is available everywhere books are sold.
This book is about recipes, yes: there are 100 memorable, reliable, and easy recipes for all of life’s occasions, from dinner and breakfast to side dishes, appetizers, desserts, and cocktails. But it goes beyond that: there are tips for meal planning, cooking together, and more—all in a beautiful glossy, hard-cover volume. We designed it as a gift, and whether it’s for you or someone you love: we hope it becomes a well-worn, dog-eared fixture in kitchens everywhere.
A few things we love about the book…
Here are a few things we love about the book that we wanted to let you know about!
📖 It stays open when you cook from it.
OK this might sound silly, but have you ever gotten books where you have to prop them up while cooking? (Our first book is like that). This one stays open when you open to a page! How cool.
✨The design & print quality are top-notch.
If you’re a cookbook fan like we are, you know cookbooks vary vastly in quality. In our objective opinion (really)…we think this one of the most beautifully printed books we’ve seen!
The size is perfect, with a weight that feels really substantial. The glossy pages have just the right feel, and the photos look even better than on a screen (often not the case on paper!). There’s also lovely metallic accents on the book jacket.
It’s all done so professionally, we kind of can’t believe our publisher found this book worthy of SUCH a beautiful package.
The recipes are memorable, reliable, and delicious.
When we say the recipes in this book are excellent—we mean it! This is a collection of our best recipes that are full-flavored, easy to make, and create memorable kitchen moments. A few of our favorites:
Yes, there are 100 of our best ever recipes. But there are also all these fun extra spreads with lots more tips and ideas that share more about the heart behind what we do! A few of the topics:
- Planning a dinner party
- How to grow herbs
- Making your table look cute
- Our favorite gear for the kitchen
- Tips for cooking dates
- Sample menus
🍷We’ve got wine pairings!
Yes, we’ve added tips to some favorite recipes with what type of wine goes well! Alex is our resident wine expert, and he added notes on some wines pair nicely—keeping them approachable with great flavor.
🌱 Each recipe has a “dietary circle” with options.
This book has an eye to special diets, since these days many people each eat differently! Each recipe has a circle that states what diets it falls under, and then we’ve listed out swaps of how to make it fit other diets. Of all the 100 recipes, 78% are vegetarian, 70% are gluten-free, and 50% are vegan.
🔵 and 🟦 symbols show how steps could be shared.
We love writing recipes that are clean and work for a single cook. But since this book celebrates togetherness, our publisher wanted to show how two cooks could do it—without changing the recipe itself.
They had this idea of showing it graphically with symbols, and the theme of the book was born! You’ll see the circle and square reflected on the cover, on the case of the book, and inside in various patterns.
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👫There’s a “cooking date” chapter!
Most of the recipes in the book are for 4 or more servings. But we wanted to have a “Just for Two” chapter that has fun cooking experiences for only two people: with a partner, family, friend, etc. These 2-serving recipes are a little fancier and splurge-y—and it ended up being one of our favorite chapters.
Food experts love it.
We’ve been fortunate enough to have many notable cookbook authors and food personalities review the book. Here are what a few of them had to say:
“I am so excited to see this book become a regular go-to in our house! Sonja and Alex’s guide for cooking together is so intuitive and easy to follow, I am an instant fan.” —Molly Yeh, New York Times bestselling author and Food Network host of Girl Meets Farm
“A Couple Cooks is a beautiful book celebrating the joys of cooking together in the kitchen. If there’s any book that could help inspire your partner, this is the one. From the delicious and approachable recipes to the breakdown of who does what, this book is a must for every couple!”―Tiffani Thiessen, actress and cookbook author of Pull Up A Chair and Here We Go Again
“A Couple Cooks’ latest cookbook is THE guide to cooking as a team of two! You won’t just find delicious recipes here―Alex and Sonja also share pro tips for dividing up tasks in the kitchen, setting the mood for at-home date nights, throwing fun, flawless dinner parties, and more. This book is a must-have.”―Jeanine Donofrio, author of Love Lemons Simple Feel Good Food
For more, go to our Cookbook page!
🎁 It makes a great gift.
Want to get your Christmas gift ideas flowing? Need wedding gift ideas? Bridal shower gift ideas? Housewarming gift ideas? We often always procrastinate gift shopping.
The book is already a great gift on its own. But some readers have told us that you’re pairing it with other things to make it into a more substantial gift (which we love!). Here are some ideas we’ve heard:
- 🍷 Wine: A reader emailed us to ask us what wines were mentioned in the book so she could pair a bottle with the book as a gift! (Want the wine list too? Send an email to email@acouplecooks.com and we’ll send it to you).
- 🍲Dutch oven: It’s used in the book to make soups and stews—and also to bake homemade artisan bread!
- 🔪 Knives: A really nice knife is our top kitchen tool.
- 👗 Apron: A cute apron makes a fun pair (Hedley and Bennett brand are fun).
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It gets great reviews.
We’re starting to amass lots of positive Goodreads reviews from readers who got early copies (currently at 4.59 stars!). It’s receiving critical acclaim from press, like Eater.com and The Washington Post and more—who love the uniqueness of this book!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Hands down one of the most unique and brilliant cookbooks I’ve ever seen.” —Mandi
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “What a beautiful cookbook! The recipes are all very tempting but don’t seem overly complicated. Love the photography and helpful tips throughout!” —Ginnie
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The directions are concise but clear, the photography is stunning. I also absolutely love the sample menus!” —Josie
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We’re so excited for you to get your hands on these recipes. Thank you again for supporting us through the years! And a huge thank you to all of our amazing recipe tester readers who made this project a success!
Sonja and Alex