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The Splendid Table

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French Provincial Cooking

Elizabeth David · 526 pages

[No. 1] Mediterranean food -- [no. 2] French country cooking -- [no. 3] Italian food -- [no. 4] French provincial cooking -- [no. 5] Summer cooking.

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The Taste of Country Cooking

Edna Lewis · 304 pages

Recipes for specific dishes and entire meals from the cooking tradition of the author's Virginia Piedmont farming village, originally settled by freed slaves, are interspersed with reminiscences of her childhood.

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The Silver Spoon

Clelia D'Onofrio, Giovanna Mazzocchi · 1,263 pages

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Jerusalem

Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi · 320 pages

A collection of 120 recipes exploring the flavors of Jerusalem from the New York Times bestselling author of Plenty.

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Summer Kitchens

Olia Hercules · 352 pages

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Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Julia Child · 684 pages

Illustrates the ways in which classic French dishes may be created with American foodstuffs and appliances.

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The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors: Recipes You Should Have Gotten from Your Grandmother

Jeff Smith · 539 pages

Featuring the cuisine of thirty-five different ethnic groups, this collection of more than four hundred recipes encompasses easy-to-prepare dishes ranging from appetizers to desserts.

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The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

Marcella Hazan · 716 pages

Here--in one volume--the authentic, delicious recipes and foolproof techniques that made Marcella Hazan's masterpieces, The Classic Italian Cookbook and More Classic Italian Cooking, the most acclaimed, consulted and enjoyed cookbooks in their field. Revised throughout--updated and expanded with a revision of all recipes to reduce the fat content, new entries, and 50 new recipes.

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The Breath of a Wok

Grace Young, Alan Richardson · 256 pages

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The Art of Fermentation: An in-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World

Sandor Ellix Katz · 513 pages

"'The Art of Fermentation' is the most comprehensive guide to do-it-yourself home fermentation ever published. Sandor Katz presents the concepts and processes behind fermentation in ways that are simple enough to guide a reader through their first experience making sauerkraut or yogurt, and in-depth enough to provide greater understanding and insight for experienced practitioners. While Katz exper

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The New Midwestern Table: 200 Heartland Recipes

Amy Thielen · 399 pages

"Thielen applies her professionally honed cooking skills to the classic Midwestern dishes she grew up with in northern Minnesota while also unearthing local gems across the region. In a warm, impassioned voice, she reveals how the Midwest is responsible for much of what we consider our American food heritage. The cuisine is generous, thrifty, intuitive, seasonal, and intimate: "Each cook here is a

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The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New York

Claudia Roden · 616 pages

In more than 800 glorious recipes interwoven with stories, reminiscences, and history, Claudia Roden traces the fascinating development of Jewish cooking over the centuries. The recipes - many of them never before documented - are the treasures garnered by the author during almost fifteen years of traveling around the world, tasting, watching, collecting recipes, talking to cooks and food sellers,

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Joy of Cooking

Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker · 849 pages

John and Megan developed more than six hundred new recipes for this edition, tested and tweaked thousands of classic recipes, and updated every section of every chapter to reflect the latest ingredients and techniques available to today’s home cooks. Their strategy for revising this edition was the same one Irma and Marion employed: Vet, research, and improve Joy’s coverage of legacy recipes while

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A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook

Sariann Lehrer · 240 pages

Provides recipes inspired by the "A Song of Ice and Fire" fantasy series--as well as the HBO show it spawned, "Game of Thrones"--Including mutton in onion-ale broth, stewed rabbit, iced milk with honey, and wintercakes.

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Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s

B Dylan Hollis · 256 pages

A decade-by-decade cookbook that highlights the best (and a few of the worst) baking recipes from the 20th century Friends of baking, are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further than this baking blast from the past, as B. Dylan Hollis highlights the most unique tasty treats of yesteryear. Travel back in time on a delicious decade-by-decade jaunt as

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How to Cook a Wolf

M.F.K. Fisher · 261 pages

From Amazon: Written to inspire courage in those daunted by wartimes shortages, How to Cook a Wolf continues to rally cooks during times of plenty, reminding them that providing sustenance requires more than putting food on the table. M. F. K. Fisher knew that the last thing hungry people needed were hints on cutting back and making do. Instead, she gives her readers license to dream, to experimen

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The Fannie Farmer Cookbook

Marion Cunningham, Fannie Merritt Farmer, Archibald Candy Corporation · 874 pages

Presents 1,990 recipes for a variety of dishes, a guide to wine buying and serving, a glossary of cooking terms and techniques, a list of equipment, sample menus, and microwave information.

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Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar

David Wondrich · 326 pages

From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a salute in stories and drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, pioneer of the American bar. Featuring the original formulae for 100 classic American drinks and a selection of new drinks contributed in his honor by the leading mixologists of our time.

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Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails: From the Alamagoozlum to the Zombie (100 Rediscovered Recipes and the Stories Behind Them)

Ted Haigh · 351 pages

"Vintage spirits and forgotten cocktails enthusiastically invokes the exotic tastes and styles of bygone eras. It is an homage to the grand beverages and great bartenders of the past, honoring and remembering them with persuasive sips of the lost cocktails they created!" -- P. [4] of cover.

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How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking

Nigella Lawson · 374 pages

Recipes, baking, domesticity (in a good way).

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