The Phone Eats First Cookbook

“16 Cookbooks Defining the Way We’re Cooking (and Entertaining) in 2025. Equal parts satire and celebration, The Phone Eats First is a TikTok-glossed romp through the most viral recipes of recent memory. Food critic Allyson Reedy curates 50 hits from top social stars—think lasagna soup, donut grilled cheese, and a bagel-and-cream-cheese board made for the algorithm. But beneath the pastel smoothie bowls and ice-cube-tray sushi is a real question: What makes a recipe stick? The answer, it turns out, is flavor, familiarity, and a little visual flair. Perfect for content creators and the chronically online, this cookbook is a crash course in food’s social life—and a genuinely useful one too.” — Vogue “Best Cookbooks for Mother's Day: With her latest cookbook, Allyson Reedy celebrates 50 of the most viral and visually stunning recipes, plus photos from food bloggers and recipe creators. The book is chock-full of kitchen hacks that’ll help build your own Instagram-worthy recipe repertoire, including Michelle Tiang’s Ice Cube Tray Sushi, Snejana Andreeva’s Lasagna Soup or Jess Pryles’ Rice Paper Dumplings. This book has tons of foodie content creator inspo, whether it’s recreating Reedy’s own Millennial Pink Smoothie Bowl for breakfast or her Creamy Lemonade for a refreshing summer sipper, discovering the gustatory genius of Darryl Harmon’s Donut Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup or celebrating social media’s influence on home cooking with a round of Dahianna’s Birria Tacos. Bonus points if you put together Deb Perelman’s Bagel and Cream Cheese Board for a festive Mother’s Day brunch. Just remember, the phone eats first, so be sure to use #thephoneeatsfirstcookbook when you post your Instagram- and TikTok-worthy dishes.” — Food Network Magazine “It’s easy to fall into deep Instagram and TikTok rabbit holes scrolling through seductive food photos. It’s harder to figure out which ones taste as good as they look. Reedy, a longtime food journalist and restaurant critic, has done the work for us by digging through the eye candy and testing and organizing the most promising recipes into chapters for every meal and occasion. Millennial Pink Smoothie Bowl, Ice Cube Tray Sushi, French Onion Soup Bites, Birria Tacos and S’Mores Cookies are among the temptations—each with their creators’ social media handles. Suggestions for hashtag pairings and photographing are also included for those planning to ‘gram before scarfing.” — Atlanta Journal Constitution “Best Cookbooks to Gift This Mother’s Day.” — The Food Network