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The Way to Cook

Julia Child · 528 pages

A one-of-a-kind, brilliant cookbook which has sold half a million copies. Julia blends classic techniques with free-style American cooking, emphasizing lightness, freshness and simpler preparations. More than 800 recipes and 600 color photographs.

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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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The Breath of a Wok

Grace Young, Alan Richardson · 256 pages

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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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Barefoot in Paris

Ina Garten · 240 pages

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Baking: From My Home to Yours

Dorie Greenspan · 528 pages

Greenspan, coauthor of books with culinary icons such as Julia Child (Baking with Julia), Daniel Boulud and Pierre Hermé, shares her favorite recipes in this tantalizing collection, which covers all the baking bases, from muffins, cookies and brownies to spoon desserts, pies and cobblers. Instructions are clear and easy to follow, and Greenspan uses everyday ingredients readily available to the ho

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The Silver Spoon

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

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Summer Kitchens

Olia Hercules · 352 pages

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The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime: Comfort Classics, Freezer Food, 16-Minute Meals, and Other Delicious Ways to Solve Supper!

Ree Drummond · 400 pages

The blogger and Food Network personality answers that age-old question "What's for Dinner?", bringing together more than 125 simple, step-by-step recipes for delicious dinners the whole family will love.

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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 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 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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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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The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook

Deb Perelman · 336 pages

"The long-awaited cookbook from the food blogging phenom, Deb Perelman -- home cook, mom, photographer, and celebrated author of SmittenKitchen.com." --

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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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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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Cook with Jamie

Jamie Oliver · 450 pages

I can't tell you how long I've dreamt about writing this book. It's the biggest book I've ever done, and I've really tried to make it a timeless, modern-day classic. Whether you're a student, a young couple, an established cook or a novice, I'll take you through a whole load of simple and accessible recipes that will blow the socks off your family and any guests you might have round for dinner. Th

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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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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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An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace

Tamar Adler, Alice Waters · 261 pages

Tamar weaves philosophy and instruction into approachable lessons on instinctive cooking. By wresting cooking from doctrine and doldrums, Tamar encourages readers to begin from wherever they are, with whatever they have.

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