Fresh cookbooks, made from scratch
Book Kitchen is a full-service cookbook publisher and book packaging studio — turning great food stories into beautiful, award-winning books.
What we do
Concept development and ghostwriting
We help you find the story only your brand can tell — then shape it into a book that reads like it was always meant to exist.
Recipe development and testing
Every recipe is tested, tweaked, and tasted until it's kitchen-ready — so home cooks get it right the first time.
Photography and art direction
Styled shoots that make every dish look as good on the page as it does on the plate.
Design and production
Layouts, typography, and materials chosen to match the book's personality — whether that's a rustic family cookbook or a glossy hospitality showpiece.
Printing and distribution strategy
From print run to retail shelf, we help you figure out how the book actually gets into readers' hands.
Who we are
We're the rare studio that bridges trade publishing and custom book development — so your book gets the same craft and care as the titles on your favorite bookstore's shelves. Because we've made those too.
We team up with food and beverage brands, chefs, publishers, and hospitality companies who want a book as polished as the products they put into the world — from the first "what if we made a book?" conversation to the finished, hold-it-in-your-hands result.
A few of the books we’ve helped make
Spaghettata: Love and Pasta from Panicale
A tribute to a boutique Italian hotel's monthly pasta dinner, built around treasured family recipes from local nonnas.
Macy's Thanksgiving & Holiday Cookbook
Created for the parade's 85th anniversary, pairing Macy's Culinary Council chef recipes with rare archival photos and parade history.
Season
A year of wine-country cooking from the culinary team at Jackson Family Wines, paired with garden wisdom and wine notes.
Mourad: New Moroccan
Chef Mourad Lahlou's debut cookbook, reimagining classic Moroccan dishes through the lens of his Michelin-starred San Francisco kitchen.
The Great Outdoors Cookbook
Sunset magazine's outdoor-cooking bible, bringing together recipes, stories, and archival photography into one unified design.
The Pizza Bible
World pizza champion Tony Gemignani's master class in nine regional pizza styles, from Neapolitan to Chicago deep-dish.
Every great cookbook starts with a great team
We bring the editorial chops, design magic, and production know-how — you bring the stories worth telling.
Crafting delicious content, one page at a time
Original recipes come to life with captivating photography.
We've cooked up books for some seriously great brands
Awards & recognition
A track record we're proud of — a few of the honors along the way:
ACP Cookbook Awards Winner — The Great Outdoors Cookbook
Developed for Sunset magazine, this outdoor-cooking bible drew on Sunset's archives to bring together recipes, stories, and more than 200 photos into one unified, contemporary design.
IACP Cookbook Awards Winner — Season
Created for Jackson Family Wines, Season brought together a year's worth of wine-country recipes, garden wisdom, and wine-pairing notes from the estate's culinary team into a single collectible volume.
IACP Cookbook Awards Finalist — Macy's Thanksgiving & Holiday Cookbook
Commissioned to mark the 85th anniversary of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, this book paired recipes from the Macy's Culinary Council chefs with rare archival photos and parade history.
IACP Cookbook Awards Finalist — Spaghettata: Love and Pasta from Panicale
Developed for the boutique hotel and olive oil company Rastrello in Panicale, Italy, this book brings together treasured nonna recipes and stories from one of Umbria's most beloved hilltowns.
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