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What dishes did Denver try making at home in 2024?
Part of that answer can be found within the city’s libraries, which loaned cookbooks to thousands of hungry readers over the year. They include volumes on purely soups, one-pan meals and healthy and sustainable cooking. Ina Garten’s memoir from this year was a New York Times bestseller, but local readers also returned to her for her dinner recipes.
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Below are the most popular cookbooks of 2024, according to the Denver Public Library system, which tracks e-book and physical book loans separately.
Electronic cookbooks
“Every Season is Soup Season: 85+ Souper-Adaptable Recipes to Batch, Share, Reinvent, and Enjoy” by Shelly Westerhausen Worcel (251 checkouts)
“Health Nut: A Feel-Good Cookbook” by Jess Damuck (184 checkouts)
“5 Ingredient Mediterranean: Simple Incredible Food” by Jamie Oliver (130 checkouts)
“Perfectly Good Food: A Totally Achievable Zero Waste Approach to Home Cooking” by Margaret Li & Irene Li (129 checkouts)
“The Complete Plant-Based Cookbook: 500 Inspired, Flexible Recipes for Eating Well Without Meat” from America’s Test Kitchen (122 checkouts)
Print cookbooks
“Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook” by Ina Garten (194 checkouts)
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“Milk Street Simple” by Christopher Kimball (193 checkouts)
“Dinner in One: Exceptional and Easy One-Pan Meals” by Melissa Clark (175 checkouts)
“Skinnytaste Simple: Easy, Healthy Recipes Using 7 Ingredients or Fewer” by Gina Homolka (166 checkouts)
“Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files” by Deb Perelman (160 checkouts)
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