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Keys to Good Cooking: A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes
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Include books by the same authorCooked: A Natural History of Transformation
Michael Pollan · 480 pages
"Fire, water, air, earth--our most trusted food expert recounts the story of his culinary education In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements--fire, water, air, and earth--to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink. Apprenticing himself to a succession o
Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food
Jeff Potter · 458 pages
Are you an innovative cook, accustomed to expressing your creativity instead of just following recipes? Are you interested in the science behind what happens to food while it’s cooking? Do you want to learn what makes a recipe work so you can improvise and create your own dish? More than just a cookbook, [Cooking for Geeks][1] inspires you to be inventive in the kitchen and piques your curiosit
I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking
Alton Brown · 287 pages
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Food Lover's Companion
Sharon Tyler Herbst · 792 pages
The Breath of a Wok
Grace Young, Alan Richardson · 256 pages
Our Irish Grannies' Recipes: Comforting and Delicious Cooking From the Old Country to Your Family's Table
Eoin Purcell · 152 pages
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.
How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking
Nigella Lawson · 374 pages
Recipes, baking, domesticity (in a good way).
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living
Julie Powell · 309 pages
Julie Powell is 30 years old, living in a rundown apartment in Queens and working at a secretarial job that's going nowhere. She needs something to break the monotony of her life, and she invents a deranged assignment. She will cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child's 1961 classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking. In the span of one year. At first she thinks it will be easy, but as she moves from
The Splendid Table
Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Louis B. Wallach Inc. · 529 pages
Introducing Emilia-Romagna -- The antipasto course -- Ragùs -- Essential sauces and stocks -- Pastas -- The sweet pastas of the Renaissance -- Risotto, soup, and vegetable first courses -- Second courses (seafood, poultry, and meats) -- Vegetable side dishes -- Breads -- Desserts (cakes, tarts and pastries, spoon sweets, and the "keeping cakes" of winter).
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,
The Silver Spoon
Clelia D'Onofrio, Giovanna Mazzocchi · 1,263 pages