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1. Ina Garten

   Author of Barefoot Contessa Family Style: Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel Like Family, Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
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2. Giada De Laurentiis

   Author of Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes, Everyday Pasta, Giada's Family Dinners
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3. Nigella Lawson

   Author of Nigella Bites, Feast: Food to Celebrate Life, Nigella Express: Good Food Fast
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4. Alton Brown

   Author of I’m Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking, I’m Just Here for the Food, Version 2.0: Food + Heat = Cooking, Good Eats: The Early Years
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5. Emeril Lagasse

   Author of Emeril's TV Dinners: Kickin' It Up a Notch with Recipes from Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril, Emeril's Potluck: Comfort Food with a Kicked-Up Attitude, Every Day's a Party: Louisiana Recipes For Celebrating With Family And Friends
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6. Paula Deen

   Author of The Lady and Sons Savannah Country Cookbook, Paula Deen & Friends: Living It Up, Southern Style, Paula Deen Celebrates!: Best Dishes and Best Wishes for the Best Times of Your Life
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7. Jamie Oliver

   Author of The Naked Chef, The Return of the Naked Chef, Cook with Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook
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8. Betty Crocker

   Author of Betty Crocker's Cookbook, Betty Crocker's Cook Book for Boys and Girls, Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook
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9. Better Homes and Gardens

   Author of Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, Better Homes and Gardens New Junior Cook Book, Better Homes and Gardens Annual Recipes 2001
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10. Weight Watchers

    Author of Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook, Weight Watchers New 365 Day Menu Cookbook: Complete Meals for Every Day of the Year, Weight Watchers Make It in Minutes: Easy Recipes in 15, 20, and 30 Minutes
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11. Julee Rosso

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12. Mark Bittman

    Author of How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food, How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food [Completely Revised Tenth Anniversary Edition], The Best Recipes in the World
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13. Irma S. Rombauer

    Author of Joy of Cooking [1951-1974], Joy of Cooking [1997], Joy of Cooking [1975]
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14. Martha Stewart Living Magazine

    Author of The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook, Everyday Food: Great Food Fast, The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics
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15. Martha Stewart

    Author of Martha Stewart's Hors d'Oeuvres Handbook, The Martha Stewart Cookbook: Collected Recipes for Every Day, Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook
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16. Nigel Slater

    Author of Real Fast Food, The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater, Appetite
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17. Bobby Flay

    Author of Bobby Flay's Throwdown! More Than 100 Recipes from Food Network's Ultimate Cooking Challenge, Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries, and Shakes, Bobby Flay's Boy Meets Grill: With More Than 125 Bold New Recipes
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18. Mollie Katzen

    Author of The Moosewood Cookbook, The Enchanted Broccoli Forest and Other Timeless Delicacies, The New Moosewood Cookbook
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19. Food Network Kitchens

    Author of Food Network Favorites: Recipes from Our All-Star Chefs, Food Network Kitchens Cookbook, Making It Easy (Food Network Kitchens)
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20. Todd Wilbur

    Author of Top Secret Restaurant Recipes: Creating Kitchen Clones from America's Favorite Restaurant Chains, Even More Top Secret Recipes: More Amazing Kitchen Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Foods, More Top Secret Recipes: More Fabulous Kitchen Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Foods
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21. Jeff Smith

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22. Anne Byrn

    Author of The Cake Mix Doctor, The Dinner Doctor, The Cake Mix Doctor Returns!: With 160 All-New Recipes
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23. Robin Miller

    Author of Quick Fix Meals: 200 Simple, Delicious Recipes to Make Mealtime Easy, Robin to the Rescue: Quick & Simple Recipes for Delicious Home Cooking
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24. Ree Drummond

    Author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays: 140 Step-by-Step Recipes for Simple, Scrumptious Celebrations, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier
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25. Moosewood Collective

    Author of Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home: Fast and Easy Recipes for Any Day, Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites: Flavorful Recipes for Healthful Meals, Moosewood Restaurant Book of Desserts (Moosewood Collection)
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26. Sandra Lee

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27. James A. Beard

    Author of James Beard's American Cookery, The James Beard Cookbook, Beard on Bread
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28. Cook's Illustrated

    Author of The New Best Recipe: All-New Edition with 1,000 Recipes, Baking Illustrated, American Classics: More Than 300 Exhaustively Tested Recipes For America's Favorite Dishes
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29. America's Test Kitchen

    Author of The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook, America's Test Kitchen: The TV Companion Cookbook, The America's Test Kitchen Cookbook
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30. Ruth Reichl

    Author of The Gourmet Cookbook Volumes I and II, Gourmet Today: More than 1000 All-New Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen, My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life
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31. Pam Anderson

    Author of How to Cook Without a Book: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart, The Perfect Recipe, Perfect One-Dish Dinners: All You Need for Easy Get-Togethers
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32. Ellie Krieger

    Author of The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life, So Easy: Luscious, Healthy Recipes for Every Meal of the Week, Small Changes, Big Results: A 12-Week Action Plan to a Better Life
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33. Tyler Florence

    Author of Tyler Florence's Real Kitchen: An Indispensable Guide for Anybody Who Likes to Cook, Eat This Book: Cooking with Global Fresh Flavors, Tyler Florence Fresh
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34. Christopher Kimball

    Author of Milk Street: The World in a Skillet, Milk Street: Tuesday Nights Mediterranean: 125 Simple Weeknight Recipes from the World's Healthiest Cuisine, The Milk Street Cookbook: The Definitive Guide to the New Home Cooking, Featuring Every Recipe from Every Episode of the TV Show, 2017-2021
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35. Dawn J. Ranck

    Author of Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting with Your Slow Cooker
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36. Julia Child

    Author of The Way to Cook, Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking, From Julia Child's Kitchen
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    Author of Here in America's Test Kitchen, The Best Recipe, Restaurant Favorites at Home: A Best Recipe Classic (The Best Recipe)
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38. Jessica Seinfeld

    Author of Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food, Double Delicious!: Good, Simple Food for Busy, Complicated Lives
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39. Cooking Light Magazine

    Author of Cooking Light Five Star Recipes: The Best of 10 Years, Cooking Light 2008, Cooking Light 2009
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40. Craig Claiborne

    Author of New York Times Cookbook, The New York Times International Cook Book
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41. Anna Thomas

    Author of The Vegetarian Epicure, The Vegetarian Epicure Book Two, The New Vegetarian Epicure: Menus for Family and Friends
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42. Sara Moulton

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43. Barbara Fairchild

    Author of The Bon Appetit Cookbook, The Bon Appetit Cookbook: Fast Easy Fresh
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44. Rick Bayless

    Author of Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico, Mexican Everyday, Mexico One Plate At A Time
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45. Elizabeth David

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46. Sheila Lukins

    Author of Sheila Lukins All Around the World Cookbook, Ten: All the Foods We Love and 10 Perfect Recipes for Each, Celebrate!
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47. Marion Cunningham

    Author of The Fannie Farmer Cookbook, The Fannie Farmer Baking Book
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48. Guy Fieri

    Author of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip . . . with Recipes!, More diners, drive-ins and dives : a drop-top culinary cruise through America's finest and funkiest joints, Guy Fieri Food: Cookin' It, Livin' It, Lovin' It
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49. Steven Raichlen

    Author of How to Grill: The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques, High-Flavor, Low-Fat Vegetarian Cooking, Man Made Meals: The Essential Cookbook for Guys
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50. Cat Cora

    Author of Cooking From the Hip: Fast, Easy, Phenomenal Meals
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