Celebrities Who Have Written Cookbooks: Kris Jenner, More

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Celebrities Who Have Written Cookbooks: Kris Jenner, Snoop Dogg and More

Sharing their culinary expertise! While not all stars love to cook, a handful of those who do have taken things to the next level and released cookbooks packed with their favorite recipes.

Take Kris Jenner, for example. While one could argue that the Kardashian-Jenner family matriarch has her hands full producing Keeping Up With the Kardashians and managing the careers of her famous offspring, that certainty didn’t stop her from releasing her first cookbook, In the Kitchen with Kris: A Kollection of Kardashian-Jenner Family Favorites, in October 2014.

As the work’s title suggests, it’s loaded with recipes that have been in the well-known clan for years. Some of the dishes in the book include Jenner’s spicy tomato salsa, pecan pie and her “famous” brownies, which even her eldest daughter, health-conscious Kourtney Kardashian, can’t resist.

When the California native published her mom’s brownie recipe on her Poosh website in April 2019, the post read, “Kris has baked these for her family for years, and Kourt has carried on the tradition by making the chocolate treat with her kids.” The recipe calls for, in part, unsweetened chocolate, mini semisweet chocolate chips, confectioner’s sugar and chopped walnuts.

On the savory side, one of Jenner’s tastiest creations is her pasta with vegetables and sausage. In fact, when her former spouse, Caitlyn Jenner, was craving some carbs in December 2019, she went straight to this recipe. “Actually I used to make this for Kendall and Kylie all the time,” Caitlyn recalled at the time, mentioning her two daughters with Kris. “The sad news? I couldn’t remember the recipe and where did I have to go?”

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The I Am Cait alum then held up a copy of her ex-wife’s cookbook and added with a laugh, “[I had to go to] In the Kitchen With Kris to find the recipe. I’m ready to eat.”

Joe Giudice did something similar in April 2020 when he cooked chicken cacciatore for his family in Italy (where he remains since losing his appeal against his deportation) using a recipe from estranged wife Teresa Giudice‘s Fabulicious cookbook.

“Today, I prepared one of Teresa[’s] recipe[s], chicken cacciatore that was straight from Salerno where her father is from,” he wrote on Instagram alongside a snapshot of the cookbook at the time. “This is a simple, inexpensive, and ‘fabulicious’ dish to prepare for your family.”

The former Bravo star added: “My 🇮🇹 family is very impressed by her recipes [and] so will you! Buon Appetito! #cookbookaddict #familyrecipes.”

In addition to Fabulicious, which was released in 2011, Teresa has also written Skinny Italian: Eat It and Enjoy It – Live La Bella Vita and Look Great, Too! and Fabulicious!: Fast & Fit: Teresa’s Low-Fat, Super-Easy Italian Recipes, which came out in 2010 and 2012, respectively.

Scroll down to see more stars who have written cookbooks!

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Miranda Lambert

The “Bluebird” songstress announced in November 2022 that her debut cookbook, Y’all Eat Yet?, would be hitting bookshelves in April 2023. Lambert described the guide as “a collection of recipes and stories from my pretty bitchin’ kitchen to yours.”

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Ina Garten

The Food Network host has released twelve books documenting her favorite recipes over the years.

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Chrissy Teigen

The Bring the Funny judge’s first two cookbooks — Cravings and Cravings: Hungry for More — both made the New York Times Best Seller list after their releases in February 2016 and September 2018, respectively. She released her third book, Cravings: All Together, in October 2021.

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Ayesha Curry

The restaurateur released her cookbook, The Seasoned Life: Food, Family, Faith, and the Joy of Eating Well, in September 2016. The work contains 100 of Curry’s favorite recipes and invites readers into the home she shares with her husband, Stephen Curry, and their children. Ayesha dropped her second cookbook, The Full Plate, in September 2020.

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Gwyneth Paltrow

The Goop founder is the author of an impressive five cookbooks — My Father’s Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family and Togetherness, Notes From My Kitchen Table, It’s All Good, It’s All Easy: Delicious Weekday Recipes for the Super-Busy Home Cook and The Clean Plate: Eat, Reset, Heal. Her most recent work came out in January 2019 and focuses on the power of simple, quality food.

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Snoop Dogg

The “Gin and Juice” rapper made his foray into the cookbook world in October 2018 with the release of From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen. The work features a forward by the musician’s pal and Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party costar, Martha Stewart, and includes recipes for dishes such as baked mac and cheese and fried bologna sandwiches.

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Reese Witherspoon

The Sweet Home Alabama star showed off her southern roots — and cooking skills — in her September 2018 cookbook, Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits. In addition to dishing out hosting tips, Witherspoon gave fans her go-to sweet tea and baked brie recipes.

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Pippa Middleton

The royal relative has authored several books on party planning. In September 2016, she released Heartfelt: Over 100 Quick & Easy Recipes for a Healthy Heart, in conjunction with the British Heart Foundation. The book includes sections with titles like “I heart breakfast” and “I heart date night.”

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Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Considering that the She’s All That star briefly considered going to culinary school before becoming an actor, it’s no surprise that he released a cookbook, Back to the Kitchen: 75 Delicious, Real Recipes (& True Stories) from a Food-Obsessed Actor, in June 2016. The work includes several dishes tied to the 24 alum’s Puerto Rican heritage, as well as multiple date night meals.

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Kris Jenner

The Kardashian family matriarch released In the Kitchen with Kris: A Kollection of Kardashian-Jenner Family Favorites in October 2014. As the book’s name suggests, it’s packed with meals that Jenner has made for her famous clan for decades.

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Trisha Yearwood

The country superstar has released three cookbooks — Trisha’s Table: My Feel-Good Favorites for a Balanced Life, Home Cooking With Trisha Yearwood: Stories and Recipes to Share with Family and Friends and Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours. Each work is packed with mostly Southern recipes straight from the “Georgia Rain” songstress’ kitchen.

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Stanley Tucci

The Devil Wears Prada star released his first cookbook, The Tucci Cookbook, in October 2012. His second work, The Tucci Table, came out in October 2014 and was co-authored by his wife, Felicity Blunt. The actor’s niche is family-friendly recipes that are “simple to make and magnificently delicious.”

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Haylie Duff

What began as a blog written by the Christmas Belle star, became a cookbook of the same name, The Real Girl’s Kitchen, in October 2013. The work includes dozens of recipes for breakfasts, salads, soups, appetizers, snacks and more.

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Ali Larter

The Heroes alum’s cookbook, Kitchen Revelry: A Year of Festive Menus from My Home to Yours, is described as a “month-by-month culinary scrapbook that brings out the reveler in every home cook.” It was released in September 2013 and remains popular today.

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Amy Roloff

The Little People Big World alum released Short and Simple Family Recipes in October 2012. In the work, she shares recipes for dishes such as mushroom goat cheese puffs and Southwestern slaw.

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Teresa Giudice

The Real Housewives of New Jersey star parlayed her reality TV success into a successful cookbook empire. Her first work, Skinny Italian: Eat It and Enjoy It – Live La Bella Vita and Look Great, Too! was released in May 2010. Fabulicious!: Teresa’s Italian Family Cookbook and Fabulicious!: Fast & Fit: Teresa’s Low-Fat, Super-Easy Italian Recipes, followed in May 2011 and May 2012, respectively. Many of the dishes are family recipes that the Bravo personality has been whipping up for years.

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Eva Longoria

The former restaurant owner also channeled her love of food into her cookbook, Eva’s Kitchen, which came out in April 2011. The book includes memories from the Desperate Housewives alum’s Texas ranch upbringing alongside traditional Mexican dishes, international treats and California cuisine.

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Sheryl Crow

The “Soak Up the Sun” singer teamed up with her personal chef Chuck White in March 2011 to release If It Makes You Healthy: More Than 100 Delicious Recipes Inspired by the Seasons. As the cookbook’s title suggests, it’s loaded with tasty yet nutritious recipes such as warm hummus soup with cilantro pesto and garlic pita chips and tuna salad freshened up with green apple.

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Alicia Silverstone

The Clueless star penned The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet in March 2011. The healthy cookbook, which contains only vegan recipes, also details the benefits of adopting a plant-based diet. The American Woman alum has been a vegan for more than 20 years.