Start with high-confidence cooking resources books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Pioneer Woman Cooks—the Essential Recipes
Ree Drummond
The Blue Food Cookbook
Andrew Zimmern, Barton Seaver
Food Rules
Michael Pollan
The Homemade Pantry
Alana Chernila
What to Eat Now
Marion Nestle
Original 1896 Boston Cooking-school Cook Book
Fannie Merritt Farmer
Ratio
Michael Ruhlman
Fix-it and Forget-it Revised and Updated
Phyllis Good
The Perfect Scoop
David Lebovitz
Beard on Food
James Beard, Mark Bittman
Artisan Sourdough Made Simple
Emilie Raffa
The Essential Oyster
Rowan Jacobsen
The Complete Guide to Pressure Canning
Diane Devereaux - The Canning Diva
Complete Dehydrator Cookbook
Carole Cancler, Carol Cancler
Appreciating Oysters
Dana Deskiewicz
The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook, 10th Anniversary Edition
America's Test Kitchen, America's Test Kitchen
