List of women cookbook writers

Australia

Stephanie Alexander, restaurateur, cookbook writer

Margaret Fulton (born 1924), British-born journalist, cookbook writer

Donna Hay, popular cookbook writer, magazine editor

Tess Mallos (1933–2012), food journalist, cookbook writer, specializing in Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine

Kim McCosker, cookbook writer since 2007

Mietta O'Donnell (1950–2001), chef, restaurateur, food critic, cookbook writer

Wilhelmina Rawson (1851–1933), Australia's first female cookbook writer publishing Mrs. Lance Rawson's cookery book and household hints in 1876

Austria

Katharina Prato (1818–1897), cookbook writer, published the highly popular Die süddeutsche Küche in 1858

Bangladesh

Siddika Kabir (1931–2012), nutritionist, educator, cookbook writer, television host

Canada

Cecily Brownstone (1909–2005), food editor, cookbook writer

Ayesha Curry (born 1989), chef, cookbook writer, television personality

Christine Cushing {graduated 1986), Greek-born television chef, cookbook writer

Meeru Dhalwala, Indian-born restaurateur, cookbook writer

Margaret Dickenson, cookbook writer since 1996, television personality

Naomi Duguid (born 1950), photographer, cookbook writer

Norene Gilletz (born 1940), kosher cookbook writer

Siue Moffat (born 1973), chocolatier, filmmaker, cookbook writer

Margo Oliver (1923–2010), radio and television cook, cookbook writer

Jean Paré (born 1927), caterer, cookbook writer

Colleen Taylor Sen (born 1944), language teacher, translator, food and travel writer, cookbook writer

Edna Staebler (1906–2006), literary journalist, cookbook writer

Anita Stewart (born 1947), food activist, food and cookbook writer

Lucy Waverman, food journalist, columnist, cookbook writer

China

Yan-kit So (1933–2001), food historian, cookbook writer

Denmark

Mette Blomsterberg (born 1970), pastry chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer

Caroline Fleming (born 1975), entrepreneur, television personality, Danish cookbook writer

Kristine Marie Jensen (1858–1923), highly popular Danish cookbook writer

Anne Marie Mangor (1781–1865), pioneering Danish cookbook writer

Helena Patursson (1864–1916), actress, feminist, playwright, writer, author of the first Faroese cookbook Matreglur fyri hvørt hús (Food-rules for every house, 1908)

Bi Skaarup (1952–2014), archaeologist, food historian, non-fiction writer, curator

France

Julie Andrieu (born 1974), photographer, television and radio host, cookbook writer

Simone Beck (1904–1991), cookbook writer, cooking teacher, played important role in introducing French cooking into American kitchens

Louisette Bertholle (1905–1999), chef, cookbook writer on French cuisine

Clotilde Dusoulier (born 1979), food writer, blogger, cookbook writer in English and French

Madeleine Kamman (born 1931), chef, restaurateur, cookery teacher, cookbook writer

Corinne Trang, author of cookbooks on Asian cuisine since 1999

Mapie de Toulouse-Lautrec (1901–1972), journalist, cookbook writer

Germany

Henriette Davidis (1801–1876), popular 19th century German cookbook writer, author of Praktisches Kochbuch (1845)

Susanna Eger (1640–1713), cook and cookbook writer, author of Leipziger Kochbuch (1706)

Sabina Welserin, author of the early cookbook Das Kochbuch der Sabina Welserin (1553)

Anna Wecker (died 1596), early cookbook writer

Rebekka Wolf, early German-Jewish cookbook writer, published Kochbuch für israelitische Frauen in 1851

Greece

Aglaia Kremezi, Greek food journalist, educator, cookbook writer

Guadeloupe

Vanessa Bolosier, French Caribbean food writer, model, living in London since 2005

India

Tarla Dalal (1936–2013), chef, cookbook writer, television personality

Ritu Dalmia (born 1973), chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook writer

Bilkees I. Latif, social work, writer, published Essential Andhra Cookbook (1999)

Nita Mehta, Indian cookbook writer since the 1990s

Mrs Balbir Singh (1912–1994), chef, cookery teacher, cookbook writer

Beatrice A. Vieyra, author of the early cookbook on Indian cooking, Culinary Art Sparkles (1915)

Iran

Sanaz Minaie, chef, cookbook writer since 1978

Roza Montazemi (c.1921–2009), cookbook writer

Ireland

Ida Bailey Allen (born 1924), chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer

Rachel Allen (born 1972), chef, television personality, cookbook writer

Trish Deseine (born 1964), cookbook writer, writing in French and English, television personality

Theodora FitzGibbon (1916–1991), cookbook writer, model, actress

Israel

Jamie Geller, American-born Israeli cookbook writer since 2007

Janna Gur, Latvian-born emigrant to Israel in 1974, editor, cookbook writer on Israeli and Jewish cuisine

Italy

Ada Boni (1881–1973), magazine editor, cookbook writer

Susanna Cutini (born 1962), chef, Italian cookbook writer

Manuela Darling-Gansser, cookbook writer, television personality, based in Australia

Japan

Miyuki Hatoyama (born 1943), wife of former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, actress, interior designer, cookbook writer

Netherlands

Wina Born (1920–2001), journalist, profuse cookbook writer and columnist

Martine Wittop Koning (1870–1963), nutrition expert, cookbook writer

New Zealand

Annabel Langbein, cookbook writer since 1988

Annabelle White, food columnist, cookbook writer since 1997

Chelsea Winter, winner of third new zealand masterchef; went on to write (currently) 4 cookbooks

Norway

Wenche Andersen (born 1954), chef, television personality, cookbook writer

Maren Elisabeth Bang (1797–1884), wrote the first Norwegian cookbook to be printed: Huusholdnings-Bog, indrettet efter den almindelige Brug i norske Huusholdninger (1831)

Dorothea Christensen (1847–1908), educator, cookbook writer, author of Norway's first cookery textbook Kogebog for Folkeskole og Hjemmet (1891)

Henriette Schønberg Erken (1866–1953), popular cookbook wrtier

Ingrid Espelid Hovig (born 1924), chef, television personality, cookbook writer

Karen Splid Møller (1800–1880), author of the handwritten Moldegård Cookbook begun in 1819

Hanna Winsnes (1789–1872), poet, Norway's first female novelist, author of the early cookbook Lærebog i de forskjellige Grene af Huusholdningen (1845)

Poland

Wincenta Zawadzka (c.1824–1894), author of the popular Polish-language cookbook Kucharka litewska (1843)

Slovakia

Zdena Studenková (born 1954), actress, singer, cookbook writer

Spain

Carmen de Burgos (1867–1932), journalist, writer, author of ¿Quiere usted comer bien?

Miriam González Durántez (born 1968), Spanish lawyer and cookbook writer

Sweden

Gustafva Björklund (1794–1862), Finnish-born restaurateur, cookbook writer

Margareta Elzberg (fl. 1751), author of the first authentic Swedish cookbook

Lotta Lundgren (born 1971), television presenter, cookbook writer

Tina Nordström (born 1973), chef, television personality, cookbook writer

Sofia von Porat (born 1989), travel writer, cookbook writer

Anna Maria Rückerschöld (1725–1805), housekeeping specialist, cookbook writer

Cajsa Warg (1703–1769), pioneering cookbook writer

Johanna Westman (born 1969), television host, children's writer, cookbook writer

Switzerland

Maria Susanna Kübler (1814–1873), German-speaking Swiss writer, housekeeping guides and cookbooks

United Kingdom

Eliza Acton (1799–1859), poet, cook, early cookbook writer, author of the influential Modern Cookery for Private Families (1845)

Gretel Beer (1921–2010), Austrian-born cookbook and travel writer, columnist

Isabella Beeton (1836–1865), author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, 1861

Mary Berry (born 1935), television presenter, cookbook writer

Ravinder Bhogal, Kenyan-born British chef, since 2010 food writer and television host

May Byron (1861–1936), writer, poet and cookbook writer

Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1920–2014), writer, socialite

Charlotte, Lady Clark of Tillypronie (1851-1897), aristocrat and socialite, collector of the recipes in The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie (1909)

Fanny Cradock (1909–1994), restaurant critic, television cook, cookbook writer

Sophie Dahl (born 1977), model, cookbook writer, television presenter

Elizabeth David (1913–1992), cookbook writer, covering French, Italian and British cooking, author of the influential 1950 A Book of Mediterranean Food

Anna Del Conte (born 1925), Italian-born food and cookbook writer

Josceline Dimbleby (born 1943), ´food columnist, cookbook writer

Fuchsia Dunlop, cookbook writer since 2001, specializing in Chinese cuisine

Harry Eastwood (born c.1980), chef, cookbook writer, television personality

Rose Elliot, author of vegetarian cookbooks, starting with Simply Delicious (1967)

Sabrina Ghayour (born 1976), Iranian-born chef and cookbook writer

Hannah Glasse (1708–1770), pioneering cookbook writer, published The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy in 1747

Vivien Goldman (born 1954), journalist, cookbook writer, musician

Jane Grigson (1928–1990), cookbook writer

Sophie Grigson (born 1959), columnist, cookbook writer

Christian Guthrie Wright (1844–1907), educator, co-founder of the Edinburgh School of Cookery, cookbook writer

Kate Halford, cookbook writer in the 1910s

Dorothy Hartley (1893–1985) , author of Food in England (1954)

Margot Henderson (born 1964), chef, caterer, cookery writer

Ching He Huang (born 1978), British Taiwanese food writer and television chef

Anissa Helou (born 1952), chef, cookbook writer, specializing in Mediterranean, Middle East, and North African cuisines

Mary Hooper (1829–1904), novelist, children's writer, cookbook writer

Madhur Jaffrey (born 1933), Indian-born actress, food and travel writer, and television personality

Diana Kennedy (born 1923), cookbook writer, specializing in Mexican cuisine

Rachel Khoo (born 1980), cook, broadcaster, cookbook writer

Janet Laurence (born 1937), novelist, cookbook writer

Pinky Lilani (born 1954), Indian-born writer, food expert, feminist

Ruth Lowinsky (1893–1958), society hostess, cookbook writer

Veronica Maclean (1920–2005), hotelier, cookbook writer

Agnes Catherine Maitland (1850–1906), principal of Somerville College, Oxford, cookbook writer

Elizabeth Marshall (fl. 1770–1790), cookery educator, cookbook writer

Mary McCartney (born 1969), photographer, vegetarian cookery writer

Thomasina Miers (born 1976), cook, writer, restaurateur, television presenter

Countess Morphy (c.1874–1938), American-born dance writer, cookbook writer

Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz (1915–2003), cookbook writer specializing in Latin American cuisine

Elizabeth Moxon (fl. 1740–1754), pioneering cookbook writer, author of the influential English Housewifry

Stasha Palos (born 1972), artist, cookbook writer

Marguerite Patten (1915–2015), home economist, broadcaster, cookbook writer

Constance Peel (1868–1934), journalist, household management specialist, cookbook writer

Rose Prince (born 1962), cookbook writer

Elizabeth Raffald (1733–1781), businesswoman, author of The Experienced English Housekeeper (1769)

Claudia Roden (born 1936), Egyptian-born cultural anthropologist, cookbook writer

Evelyn Rose (1925–2003), Anglo-Jewish cookbook writer, broadcaster

Janet Ross (1842–1927), historian, biographer, cookbook writer

Maria Eliza Rundell (1745–1828), author of A New System of Domestic Cookery (1806)

Rejina Sabur-Cross (born 1974), cookbook writer, blogger

Jane Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch (1929–2011), model, cookbook writer

Eliza Smith (died c.1732), cookbook writer, author of the popular The Compleat Housewife (1727)

Katie Stewart (1934–2013), food columnist, cookbook writer

Sarah St. John (1669–1755), clergyman's wife, maintained a manuscript recipe book

Caroline Waldegrave (born 1952), wine entrepreneur, cookbook writer

Anne Willan (born 1938), food educator, food and cookbook writer

Amy Willcock, American-born cookbook writer since 2002

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Mandy Aftel, perfumer and cookbook author

Barbara Albright (1955–2006), author of cookbooks and books on knitting

Ida Bailey Allen (1885–1973), food editor, cookbook writer

Elana Amsterdam, gluten-free cookbook writer since 2009

Jean Anderson, editor, food columnist, cookbook writer

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Lidia Bastianich (born 1947), chef, television personality, cookbook writer, restaurateur

Najmieh Batmanglij (born 1947), Iranian-American chef, cookbook writer

Ann Bauer (born 1966), essayist, novelist, cookbook writer

Esther Bradford Aresty (1908–2000), culinary historian, cookbook writer

Susan Branch (born 1947), painter, designer, writer, cookbook writer

Celia Brooks Brown (born 1970), chef, cookbook writer, television host, based in London

Marian Burros, food columnist, cookbook writer since 1962

Anne Byrn (graduated 1978), journalist, food editor, cookbook writer

Gesine Bullock-Prado (born 1970), pastry chef, cookbook writer, attorney, former film executive

Jane Butel, television presenter, cookbook writer since 1980, sepcializing in Tex-Mex cooking

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Biba Caggiano, Italian-born restaurateur, television presenter and Italian cookbook writer since 1986

Karyn Calabrese (born 1947), restaurateur, cookbook writer

Penelope Casas (1943–2013), cookbook writer specializing in Spanish cooking

Irena Chalmers (born 1935), food commentator, essayist, cookbook writer

Leah Chase (born 1923), Creole chef, cookbook writer

Joyce Chen (1917–1994), Chinese-American chef, cookbook writer, television personality

Andrea Chesman, cookbook writer since 1999

Julia Child (1912–2004), chef, cookbook writer, television personality, specialized in French cuisine

Leeann Chin (1933–2010), Chinese-born American restaurateur, cookbook writer

Grace Zia Chu (1899–1999), influential American-Chinese chef, cookbook writer

Shirley Corriher (born 1935), biochemist, cookbook writer

Chloe Coscarelli (born 1987), vegan chef, cookbook writer

Marion Cunningham (1922–2012), cookbook editor and writer

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Melissa d'Arabian (born 1968), chef, television personality, cookbook writer

Paula Deen (born 1947), chef, television personality, cookbook writer

Giada De Laurentiis (born 1970), Italian-born chef, television personality, cookbook writer

Erica De Mane (born 1953), chef, cookbook writer, teacher, specializing in Italian cuisine

Nikki Dinki (born 1983), chef, cookbook writer, blogger

Crescent Dragonwagon (born 1952), novelist, poet, cookbook writer

Ree Drummond (born 1969), cookbook writer, photographer, television personality, blogger

Nathalie Dupree (born 1939), chef, television presenter, cookbook writer

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Renee Erickson, Seattle chef and cookbook writer

Mary Ann Esposito (born 1942), chef, cookbook writer, host of Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito since 1989

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Florence Fabricant, food critic and cookbook writer since 1972

Lisa Fain, food writer, blogger, cookbook writer

Susie Fishbein (born 1968), Jewish kosher cookbook writer

Zonya Foco, nutritionist, television personality, cookbook writer on healthy eating

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Beverly Gannon (born c.1949), Hawaiian chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer

Ina Garten (born 1948), television personality, cookbook writer

Teresa Giudice (born 1972), television personality, cookbook writer

Darra Goldstein (born 1951), Russian professor, cookbook writer and editor

Meta Given (1888–1981), nutritionist, cookbook writer

Aliza Green, cookbook writer since 1997

Barbara Grunes (born 1941), food consultant, cookbook writer

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Jaden Hair, Hong Kong-born American chef, food columnist and photographer, active since 2007

Amanda Hesser (born 1971), food editor, cookbook writer

Janet McKenzie Hill (1852–1933), nutritionist, cookbook writer

Ingrid Hoffmann (born 1965), Colombian-American restaurateur, television personality and cookbook writer

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Antonia Isola (born 1876), author of the first Italian cookbook published in the United States

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Madhur Jaffrey (born 1933), Indian-born actress, food and travel writer, television personality

Pati Jinich (born 1972), Mexican-American chef, television personality, cookbook writer

Judith Jones (born 1924), literary editor, cookbook writer

K

Mollie Katzen (born 1950), chef, cookbook writer, specializing in vegetarian cuisine

Bethany Kehdy (born 1981), Lebanese-American culinary expert and cookbook writer

Carol Kicinski, television chef, magazine editor, gluten-free cookbook writer

Candice Kumai, chef, cookbook writer since 2009

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Padma Lakshmi (born 1970), Indian-born actress, television personality, cookbook writer

Frances Moore Lappé (born 1944), nutritionist, non-fiction writer, cookbook writer

Katie Lee (born 1981), chef, novelist, food critic, cookbook writer

Sandra Lee (born 1966), television chef, cookbook writer

Aliya LeeKong (born 1978), chef, television personality, cookbook writer

Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, Chinese-born chef, cookbook writer since the 1970s

Kasma Loha-unchit (born 1950), Thai-born cookbook writer

Cathy Luchetti (born 1945), non-fiction writer, cookbook and food writer

Sheila Lukins (1942–2009), food and cookbook writer, columnist

Barbara Lynch, since 1998 restaurateur, cookbook writer

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Deborah Madison (graduated 1968), food and cookbook writer, vegetarian specialist

Sarah Helen Mahammitt (born c.1873), cookbook writer, cooking teacher

Barbara Abdeni Massaad (born 1970), Lebanese-American cookbook writer, photographer, television personality

Daisy Martinez, actress, model, television personality, chef and cookbook writer

Judy Mazel (1943–2007), nutritionist, cookbook writer

Alice Medrich, cookbook writer since the 1990s, specializing in chocolate desserts

Whitney Miller, food writer, television chef

Mary Sue Milliken, chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook writer since 1898

Sara Moulton (born 1952), chef, television personality, cookbook writer

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Joan Nathan, since 1975 cookbook writer, specializing in Jewish cooking

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Mildred Ellen Orton (1911–2010), business woman, cookbook writer

Daphne Oz (born 1986), journalist, television personality, cookbook writer

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Gwyneth Paltrow (born 1972), actress, singer, cookbook writer

Ani Phyo (born 1968), Canadian-born organic chef, cookbook writer

Thelma Pressman (1921–2010), microwave cookery specialist, cookbook writer

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Mary Randolph (1762–1828), cookbook writer, author of The Virginia House-Wife (1824)

Rachael Ray (born 1968), chef, television personality, cookbook writer

Ruth Reichl (born 1948), food editor, cookbook writer

Kay Robertson, (born late 1940s), television personality, cookbook writer

Sallie Ann Robinson, cookbook writer since 2003

Irma S. Rombauer (1877–1962), cookbook writer, author of The Joy of Cooking (1931)

Mary Swartz Rose (1874–1941), nutritionist, food writer

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Mildred Brown Schrumpf (1903–2001), food columnist, educator, cookbook writer

Carolyn Scott-Hamilton, Colombian-born journalist, television personality and, since 2012, cookbook writer

Jessica Seinfeld (born 1971), cookbook writer

Kim Severson (born 1961), columnist, cookbook writer

Martha Rose Shulman, cookbook writer, cooking teacher, food columnist

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Mary Virginia Terhune (1830–1922), novelist, non-fiction writer, cookbook writer

Amy Thielen (graduated 1997), chef, food writer, television personality

Christina Tosi (born 1981), chef, television personality, cookbook writer

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Marcela Valladolid (born 1978), chef, television personality, cookbook writer on Mexican cuisine

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Danielle Walker (born 1985), gluten-free food writer, cookbook writer

Alice Waters (born 1944), chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer

Patricia Wells (born 1946), restaurant critic, cookbook writer

Alexandra Wentworth (born 1965), actress, cookbook writer

Caroline Randall Williams (born 1987), educator, poet, cookbook writer

Virginia Willis (born 1966), chef, photographer, cookbook writer

Paula Wolfert (born 1938), cookbook writer specializing in Mediterranean food

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Sherry Yard (born 1964), chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer

Trisha Yearwood (born 1964), singer, actress, cookbook writer

Dina Yuen, industrial engineer, musician, entrepreneur, cookbook writer on Indonesian cooking