Not books, but youtube / blog:

* Chef John (foodwishes)

* Brian Lagerstrom

* Adam Ragusea

* Sip N Feast

* Kenji Lopez-Alt

* Spain On A Fork

* Alton Brown (of course!)

I cook every day and love trying new things. There's no reason to pick just one, but if I had to, Chef John is my go-to. I stumbled across him when I was trying out pretty much every birria recipe on the internet, and his (yes, a white dude) is by far my favorite. That pattern seems to repeat with his recipes.