Ready-made cannabis-infused snacks, desserts, and drinks are super convenient when you want a quick nibble or a light refreshment to switch up the mood. But, when you’re looking for something a bit more substantial, the kitchen is the only place that can truly satisfy a munchie void.
Learning to make your own cannabis-infused dishes—from entrées to appetizers and everything in-between—doesn’t have to be a chore, yet we know navigating the countless stream of online recipes can get a little daunting. Enter the standard cookbook, an all-in-one guide chock-full of recipes for easy pickings.
Below, discover our favorite cannabis cookbooks that will get you in gear to create some outstanding infused meals. Who knows, maybe one day you’ll become a bona-fide cannabis chef.
How to Eat Weed and Have a Good Time
In How to Eat Weed and Have a Good Time, Vanessa Lavorato makes creative cannabis dishes and takes each meal to new heights with recipes that are sure to delight stoners and newcomers alike.
Herb: Mastering the Art of Cooking With Cannabis
Chefs Melissa Parks and Laurie Wolf (dubbed the “Martha Stewart of Marijuana Edibles” by the New York Times) combined their culinary talents to create Herb, a gourmet, cannabis-infused cookbook for all skill levels. With stunning images shot by photographer Bruce Wolf, this collection features hundreds of recipes from appetizers and entrées to drinks and desserts, along with a handy guide to understanding dosage and how to make sure the potency of your infused butter or oil stays consistent.
Cooking With Herb by Cedella Marley
The daughter of legendary singer and songwriter Bob Marley penned this compilation of recipes that fits right in with Marley Natural’s clean, green, holistic lifestyle brand. It gives readers the chance to try their hands at making some of her family’s favorite (mostly vegetarian) Jamaican recipes. Intimate stories of her life growing up on the island, insight into how she includes cannabis in her personal wellness routine, and directions for infused beauty treatments accompany this robust collection of recipes.
The Vegan Cannabis Cookbook
For those who go meatless and dairy-free, this quirky cookbook lets you enjoy delicious, cannabis-infused meals and munchies without skipping a beat. Filled with cheeky illustrations and 100 simple recipes spanning all dishes, it’s designed for beginners who may be finding their way around the kitchen while looking for vegan-friendly substitutes. Note: A lot of recipes in this cookbook include soy.
Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails & Tonics: The Art of Spirited Drinks and Buzz-Worthy Libations
Beverage connoisseurs will delight in Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails & Tonics, an informative collection of cannabis cocktails and medicinal drinks that, when released, was a top-selling book at Tales of the Cocktail (the largest cocktail festival in the world). Mixologist Warren Bobrow, the author of a handful of other cocktail recipe books and creator of the blog The Cocktail Whisperer, artfully pairs the fascinating science behind cannabis chemistry with detailed instructions on how to make stimulating tonics, bitters, syrups, herbal infusions, and more to create a book that any drink and cannabis enthusiast would be excited to check out.
