A cookbook is a book that contains information on cooking, and a list of recipes. It may also contain information on ingredient origin, freshness, selection and quality, e.g. the Slow Food movement's ark of taste criteria.While western cookbooks usually group recipes for main courses by the main ingredient of the dishes, Japanese cookbooks usually group them by cooking techniques (e.g., fried foods, steamed foods, and grilled foods). Both styles of cookbook have additional recipe groupings such as soups, sweets.

Ever considered writing a cookbook? Or even doing your own home-video cooking show? It's an unusual and surprisingly easy way for aspiring writers to break into print or onto TV. This article points to three printing companies that simplify the publication process, as well as a website that encourages people to create their own cooking videos.

They belonged to the Navy B-1 Band, an all black group formed in 1942. It was the first time the Navy let black sailors rise above cooks and orderlies, say Morrow and Alvin Albright, who teaches at East Carolina University and is writing a book about the band.