5 Black Cookbooks To Cop On Black Friday

Published on November 24, 2023

If you are a last minute chef when it comes to cooking your holiday feasts, or are at a loss for how to put it down in the kitchen, or you want to give the gift of meal prep to a dear friend or loved one, then these Black cookbooks will come through in the clutch—and right on time for your Black Friday shopping. These Black cookbooks not only provide recipes chocked full of yummy ingredients but invite cookers and readers to storytelling and visual experiences. They are one part how-to, one part narrative and one part art. They are a perfect mashup to have on your bookshelf, coffee table or kitchen counter. Do your tastebuds a favor and cop these delicious Black cookbooks curated by BLACK ENTERPRISE that you can cop on Black Friday.

1) Original Flava

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British brothers Craig and Shaun McAnuff created a cookbook chock-full of your favorite Jamaican dishes. Check out the duos jerk chicken recipe.

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Eat Plants, B*tch

From the restaurateur who brought us Slutty Vegan, Pinky Cole dropped a very vegan cookbook that shares veggie-inspired recipes along with her entrepreneurial journey. If you like chickpea meals, you love the featured here. 

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Staples + 5

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Tanorria Askew’s cookbook is more than the typical. The former MasterChef contestant helps cooks use up the staple items in their pantry with 100 simple but satisfying recipes that you can purchase on this Black Friday.

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Danni’s Juke Joint Comfort Drink Food

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Danni Rose’s cookbook was born from memories of growing up in Birmingham, Alabama at her dad’s juke joint. Rose shares the stories and the food of her childhood, and they’re perfect to add to your cookbook collection.

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Ghetto Gastro

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Is surely the most urban contemporary cookbook in recent years. It’s made up of 75 plant-based recipes from the Bronx cooking collective known as Ghetto Gastro and written by James Beard award-winning writer Osayi Endolyn—and it is visually tasty. 

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