Left: Monnee Tong and Robyn Gage-Norquist from the San Diego Public Library
A fresh batch of baking cookbooks just hit the shelves at the San Diego Public Library thanks to a donation from Friendly Feast.
We shared proceeds from the 2025 Pop-Up Doughnut Shop with the library to purchase exciting new titles for beginner to advanced bakers, including Baking for Two by America’s Test Kitchen, Sweet Farm! by Molly Yeh, and The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread.
Check out the full list of books below!
Left: America’s Test Kitchen: Baking for Two; Right: The Super Easy Teen Baking Cookbook
DONATED COOKBOOKS
100 Afternoon Sweets by Sarah Kieffer
3 Doughs, 60 Recipes by Lacey Ostermann
50 Things to Bake Before You Die by Allyson Reedy
Bake Club: 101 Must-Have Moves for Your Kitchen by Christina Tosi and and Shannon Salzano
BAKE: My Best Ever Recipes for the Classics by Paul Hollywood
Baked to Perfection by Katarina Cermelj
America’s Test Kitchen: Baking for Two
Baking in the American South by Anne Byrn
The Big, Fun Kids Baking Book by Food Network Magazine
Celebrate: Joyful Baking All Year Round by Paul Hollywood
The Easy Baked Donut Cookbook by Sara Mellas
Fat + Flour: The Art of a Simple Bake by Nicole Rucker
The French Bakery Cookbook by Kimberly Zerkel
Galette!: Sweet and Savory Recipes as Easy as Pie by Rebecca Firkser
The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread
Peculiar Baking by Nikk Alcaraz
Professional Baking 8th ed by Wayne Gisslen
Richard Hart Bread: Intuitive Sourdough Baking by Richard Hart
Sift: The Elements of Great Baking by Nicola Lamb
Small Batch Baking by Saura Kline
The Super Easy Teen Baking Cookbook by Marlynn Jayme Schotland
Sweet Farm! by Molly Yeh
Sweet Tooth: 100 Desserts to Save Room For by Sarah Fennel
Taste of Home Bakeshop Classics
Turkuaz Kitchen by Betul Tunc
From left to right: Galette!; Sweet Tooth: 100 Desserts to Save Room For; The Easy Baked Donut Cookbook
Get inspired!
SDPL’s online catalog makes it easy to reserve books online that will be shipped to a library near you for pick up. Not a library card holder? You can start the process here, then get your shiny new card at any San Diego Public Library location.
Thank you to Monnee Tong and Robyn Gage-Norquist from the San Diego Public Library and all of the featured chefs who made this donation possible: Alexa Akerlundh, Trust; Jose Alonzo III, Nine-Ten; Kat Trego, Cardellino; Anna Adams, George’s at the Cove; Yara Lamers, Lionfish; and Emily Hess, Devil’s Dozen.