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Everyone is familiar with the classic, recipe-based cookbook but there are several other options that might suit your writing style better. Here's an overview of the main types of cookbooks you might want to consider.
The most common kind of cookbook, recipe based cookbooks are all about the recipes.
The The Essential New York Times Cookbook
Informational cookbooks have a much larger focus on teaching and explaining concepts instead of just presenting recipes.
Michael Ruhlman's new books are an example of Informational books. His book How to Roast
Most of my books fall in between the Recipe and Informational categories. They usually have 50 to 100 recipes, but my goal is that after using my book you will understand the technique it is teaching and be able to create your own fantastic recipes. My recipes are geared towards highlighting the techniques and explaining them, not just providing recipes to be followed blindly.
Collaborative cookbooks usually fall into the Recipe Based or Informational categories but they include recipes from a wide variety of sources.
These books can be a great way to split out the recipe creation and testing to other people. It is also easier to get publicity for them because often the people contributing recipes will take pride in and write about the book. One caveat, all the recipes in Collaborative books should be given with direct permission from the author you are taking them from.
I was asked to contribute to At Home with Sous Vide
Biographical, historical, and story based cookbooks are a combination of a traditional novel or non-fiction book with a cookbook. They will have many more stories than a traditional cookbook, and the recipes and cooking information might be secondary to the stories themselves and interspersed throughout the book.
Some great examples of these books are: When French Women Cook
