Thomas Keller

Chef Thomas Keller is a man that has made his name for his high standards and culinary skills. He has been responsible for establishing a collection of restaurants that set a new standard in hospitality. He has also taken over new restaurants such as “The French Laundry” and went on to make it a critically acclaimed restaurant.

The best place to start is the Williams-Sonoma Cookbooks series, the earliest of Thomas Keller's multi-book series: it opens with Peppers Hot and Chili (1989) and runs to 99 books across 1989–2026, ending with Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Recipes from Sunnydale: The Official Cookbook (2026). Thomas Keller's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Thomas Keller has 127 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1989 and 2026. 115 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Williams-Sonoma Cookbooks series with 99 books — and 12 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Thomas Keller's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Williams-Sonoma Cookbooks (1989–2026, 99 books) and Michael Ruhlman Cookbooks, Food & Wine (1999–2021, 16 books).

This guide splits Thomas Keller's 127 books into 2 named series and 12 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Williams-Sonoma Cookbooks (99 books, 1989–2026); Michael Ruhlman Cookbooks, Food & Wine (16 books, 1999–2021).