Celebrate National Cooking Day With Black Women Cookbooks

Ayesha Curry gives a cooking demo on stage at Goya Foods’ Grand Tasting Village on February 25, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida. Source: Gustavo Caballero / Getty

It’s officially National Cooking Day (September 25), the perfect time to bond over a good home-cooked meal. 

Whether it’s soul food, Mexican, Italian, or any cuisine in between, the opportunities are endless on a day like this. The occasion even calls for trying something new, and what better way to do so than by picking up a new cookbook? 

While love for cooking is gender-neutral, since the beginning of time, women, and specifically Black women, have been known to get in the kitchen and go to work, making home-cooked meals for their loved ones to gather around the table whether it was for weekly Sunday dinners or to ensure that their families had dinner on the table every night during a busy week of work and school. 

Cooking has always been a form of therapy for generations of Black women, and if you’re lucky, acquiring family recipes from those who came before you improves the practice. Cooking helps to heal and connect people from all stages of life.

In honor of National Cooking Day, MadameNoire has you covered with seven Black-women-led cookbooks by Black chefs, celebrities, cooking enthusiasts, and everyone in between!

1. Whole New You: How Real Food Transforms Your Life, for a Healthier, More Gorgeous You: A Cookbook — Tia Mowry

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Tia Mowry openly shares her truth, especially about her health journey. This recipe book offers dishes that show you can watch what you eat without sacrificing your love for flavor! After an endometriosis diagnosis, the Sister, Sister actress took life back into her own hands, ditching dairy, refined sugars, and processed foods and now she’s helping others do the same with more than 100 recipes, including a ten-day menu plan to help those wanting to incorporate a healthier diet into their lifestyle.