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Cookbook Week • San Francisco, CA

April 21-25, 2026

The full event line-up, schedule details, tickets, and more information can be found through the Cookbook Week website

Cookbook Week is a five-day festival throughout San Francisco that brings together the country's most celebrated cookbook authors, passionate home cooks and food-curious people for an immersive week of live events, collaborative dinners, industry conversations and unique experiences centered on the art and culture of the cookbook. Go deeper into the stories behind the books, the craft behind the recipes and the communities that form around both.

Event Highlights:

  • Headnotes Live is the marquee event: a theatrical variety show at the Presidio Theatre where cookbook authors take the stage to perform, read and bring their work to life in ways you've never seen a cookbook author do before. Part literary event, part live performance, part culinary celebration, it's one of the most unique nights in the food world.
  • Collaborative Dinners pair celebrated authors with beloved local restaurants for evenings that are equal parts exceptional meal and meaningful tribute to a cuisine, a community or a culinary legacy.
  • Citywide Programming spreads throughout the week in the form of author talks, bookstore events and free community programming.