Did you know cooking can boost creativity? Here are 10 unique cookbooks to inspire creative living.
Even zen monks consider cooking a meaningful practice next to zazen (meditation). Whether you know how to cook or not, there are many ways to exercise creativity in the kitchen. One way is by cooking new and unique dishes. Besides cooking to boost creativity, it’s also a great way to stay healthy.
“Mommy Doesn’t Get Drunk. She Just Has Fun.”
From the award-winning animated series, Bob’s Burgers comes a creative cookbook that’s sure to put a smile on your face.
The Bob’s Burgers Burger Book: Real Recipes for Joke Burgers gives hungry fans their best chance to eat one of Bob Belcher’s beloved specialty Burgers of the Day in seventy-five original, practical recipes.
For a long time, only astronauts, cosmonauts, and a limited number of people experienced eating space food due to the unique processing and packaging required for space travel.
The Astronaut’s Cookbook helps anyone inspired and curious to experience food out of this world. Since some of the processing cannot be accomplished in a normal kitchen, many of the recipes will not produce the food that would be launched in space, but will be similar to what the astronauts would eat after they added water. The book also includes interesting tidbits about space food history.
To go where no man has gone before and eat what no man has eaten before. Enter the kitchen of many star trek ships including, Neelix, the chef of the USS Voyager. He’s had to learn to satisfy the appetites of a dozen different alien races, in the course of which he’s amassed a vast collection of recipes and tricks of interstellar haute cuisine. Now he reveals for the first time the secret preparation techniques behind all those exotic dishes – not to mention those intergalactic drinks . . .
The Star Trek Cookbook includes dozens of easy and fun-filled recipes from Klingons, Vulcans, Ferengi, Cardassians – and, of course, spacefaring humans. Try the favorite dishes of characters from every Star Trek series and movie. All recipes are adapted to make use of available Earth ingredients and suitable for preparation in twentieth-century kitchens. This creative cookbook also has a complete guide to all the delicious concoctions that Quark serves in his bar!
Baking with Kim-Joy: Cute and Creative Bakes to Make You Smile by Kim-Joy is a cookbook that infuses the creative art of baking with imagination and color.
Kim-Joy, a fan favorite and finalist from the Great British Bake Off has created a creative cookbook perfect for bringing color into your fall cooking with sprinkles, the full rainbow of color, and imaginative recipes to have fun and play in your kitchen. Learn how to cook creative cakes, cookies, macarons, ornate loaves of bread, and more recipes with step-by-step guides, photography, and positive messages to keep you inspired.
Whether you want to learn how to make a llama cookie, a cat paradise cake, a panda-madeleine, or a choux-bun turtle, there’s something here to capture your imagination and spread a little (Kim-)Joy!
The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook by Ashley Craft is your guide to experiencing the magic of Disney parks in your kitchen.
Learn over 100 easy and delicious recipes inspired by Walt Disney World! From Main Street, USA, to Adventureland, and beyond learn how to cook dishes everyone in the family can enjoy and get nostalgic over.
These 100 recipes inspired by iconic yummies are perfect whether you are a forever Disney fan or just love a good snack. Now you can feel as if you shared a snack with Mickey himself right from the comfort of your own home!
The Book Lover’s Cookbook by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Jensen is the perfect unique and creative cookbook for book lovers.
Learn creative recipes inspired by celebrated works of literature and the passages that feature them. Sprinkled throughout with marvelous anecdotes about writers and writing, The Book Lover’s Cookbook is a culinary and literary delight, a browser’s cornucopia of reading pleasure, and a true inspiration in the kitchen.
Find your favorite authors and books to inspire creative cooking in your kitchen. Pair this with a book club or other creative challenges to support and inspire creative thinking.
Dive into the food from your favorite movies in this creative cookbook, Eat What You Watch, that features recipes from Harry Potter, Inglorious Basterds Ratatouille, and more.
In this cookbook, author Andrew Rea (of the hit YouTube channel ‘Binging with Babish’) recreates iconic food scenes and many more. With recipes from more than 40 classic and cult films, Eat What You Watch is the perfect gift for movie buffs and cooks who want to add some cinematic flair to their cooking repertoire.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… there was an endless list of recipes from the world’s favorite epic space opera.
Inspired by the cuisine from the exciting new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge themed lands at Walt Disney World and Disneyland, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook is the ultimate source of out-of-this-world meals and treats epic universe of Star Wars with over seventy recipes including, sides, sauces, soups, breads, main courses, desserts, and drinks.
Ever wonder what it’s like to attend a feast at Winterfell? Wish you could split a lemon cake with Sansa Stark, scarf down a pork pie with the Night’s Watch, or indulge in honey fingers with Daenerys Targaryen?
A passion project from superfans and amateur chefs Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and Sariann Lehrer—and endorsed by George R. R. Martin himself, A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook lovingly replicates a stunning range of cuisines from across the Seven Kingdoms and beyond with over 100 recipes, divided by region. These easy-to-follow recipes have been refined for modern cooking techniques, but adventurous eaters can also attempt the authentic medieval meals that inspired them. The authors have also suggested substitutions for some of the more fantastical ingredients, so you won’t have to stock your kitchen with camel, live doves, or dragon eggs to create meals fit for a king (or a khaleesi). There’s even a guide to dining and entertaining in the style of the Seven Kingdoms. And remember, winter is coming—so don’t be afraid to put on a few pounds.
The ultimate cookbook for fans of all things magical! Aurélia Beaupommier pays tribute to all sorcerers, fairies, elves, mages, witches, and magicians within this spellbinding cookbook!
In The Wizard’s Cookbook, you’ll find recipes inspired by your favorite magical stories, eras, and lands—from history, myth, and fantasy—including Harry Potter, World of Warcraft, Dungeons & Dragons, JRR Tolkein, The Legend of Zelda, Narnia, and many more. These magical recipes are accompanied by beautiful full-page color photographs of the delectable food and drinks.
Zach is an international writer, photographer, filmmaker, martial artist, and creator of Creative Enso, the Zen art of creative living. His goal is to empower and inspire creatives to live healthier, happier, and more creative lifestyles.
