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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorJulie 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
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 Breath of a Wok
Grace Young, Alan Richardson · 256 pages
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 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
Fannie's Last Supper: Re-creating One Amazing Meal from Fannie Farmer's 1896 Cookbook
Christopher Kimball
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.
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.
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.
The Silver Spoon
Clelia D'Onofrio, Giovanna Mazzocchi · 1,263 pages
Molto Italiano: 327 Simple Italian Recipes to Cook at Home
Mario Batali · 522 pages
Our Irish Grannies' Recipes: Comforting and Delicious Cooking From the Old Country to Your Family's Table
Eoin Purcell · 152 pages
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Camille Kingsolver · 384 pages
Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat."As the U.S. population made an unprecedented mad dash for the Sun Belt, one carload of us paddled against the tide, heading for the Promised Land where water falls from the sky and green stuff grows all around. We were about to begi
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 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
Gordon Ramsay's Uncharted: A Culinary Adventure With 60 Recipes From Around the Globe
Gordon Ramsay · 368 pages
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.
Keys to Good Cooking: A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes
Harold McGee · 564 pages
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.
My Life in France
Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme · 344 pages
Julia Child singlehandedly created a new approach to American cuisine with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in this bestselling memoir, she was not always a master chef. Indeed, when she first arrived in France in 1948 with her husband, Paul, who was to work for the USIS, she spoke no French and knew nothing about the coun
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
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.
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.