Bryant Terry is one of my favorite cookbook authors. His books are afro-vegan and southern soul food. The recipes can have some pretty ourlandish ingredients, but most of them easy to replace with something more accesible.

Meera Sodha and her vegetarian Indian cookbooks are incredible. I have learned some much just from trying stuff out. I've also just revently discovered Madhur Jaffrey's wide world of cookbooks. Her World Vegetarian book have something like 600 recipes in it and the few I've tried so far have been great.

Bad Manners (formerly Thug Kitchen) again are vegan, but they're a lot more accessible than most out there. Their cookbook was the first one I bought when I went veg and I still make variations of their Collards and blackeyed peas.

If you're interested in more Eastern recipes, this is one of my favorite food blogs. https://hebbarskitchen.com/