--- description: But her new cookbook can help you live your best life in the meantime title: You'll Have to Wait a Little Longer for Oprah's Memoir image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a5815d435de7413/698897f1cd1bba52c97011da/oprah.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # You'll Have to Wait a Little Longer for Oprah's Memoir by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2016 12:12 PM CUT  Oprah Winfrey in the press room for the 70th Annual Tony Awards at the Beacon Theater on June 12, 2016 in New York City. Oprah Winfrey in the press room for the 70th Annual Tony Awards at the Beacon Theater on June 12, 2016 in New York City.Walter McBride—WireImage/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2016 12:12 PM CUT [Oprah Winfrey](http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/oprah-winfrey-cookbook-scheduled-early-2017-39869474 "undefined") is publishing her first cookbook, _Food, Health and Happiness: ‘On Point’ Recipes for Great Meals and a Better Life_. The book will come out on Jan. 3, 2017, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. It will be the first for her new imprint under Flatiron Books, a division of MacMillan. When the new imprint was announced last year, Winfrey’s first book was slated to be a [memoir](http://time.com/4135218/oprah-memoir-the-life-you-want/ "undefined") called _The Life You Want_, but publication on that title has been delayed. While that is expected to become the definitive Oprah memoir, blending stories from her life with advice to the reader, she has previously written several books, including _Journey to Beloved_, about her role in the 1998 film, and _What I Know for Sure_, a collection of her columns for _O, The Oprah Magazine_. Though Oprah hasn’t delved into the cookbook field before, her choices about food can be influential: Her [investment](http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-so-much-for-the-oprah-effect-20160131-column.html "undefined") in Weight Watchers and subsequent announcements of how the program is working for her have caused sharp spikes in the company’s stock price (though it has since fallen to half the level of its peak post-Oprah bump). If her January Weight Watchers promo is any indication, readers of _Food, Health and Happiness_ can expect plenty of recipes for [bread](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSOtcyK3hF8 "undefined"). \[[_AP_](http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/oprah-winfrey-cookbook-scheduled-early-2017-39869474 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4369686/oprah-winfrey-cookbook/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4369686/oprah-winfrey-cookbook/"},"headline":"You'll Have to Wait a Little Longer for Oprah's Memoir","datePublished":"2016-06-15T12:12:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:37:05.548Z","description":"But her new cookbook can help you live your best life in the meantime","url":"https://time.com/4369686/oprah-winfrey-cookbook/","keywords":["Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a5815d435de7413/698897f1cd1bba52c97011da/oprah.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a5815d435de7413/698897f1cd1bba52c97011da/oprah.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"70th Annual Tony Awards - Press Room","caption":"70th Annual Tony Awards - Press Room","creditText":"Walter McBride—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4369686/oprah-winfrey-cookbook/","name":"You'll Have to Wait a Little Longer for Oprah's Memoir"}}]}] ```