Lidia's Family Table: More Than 200 Fabulous Recipes to Enjoy Every Day-With Wonderful Ideas for Variations ...41 reviews
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich

Knopf, 2004

I love this book!!!

+ Tons of great, easy recipes
+ Solved the puzzle
+ Wonderful Basic Italian Cookbook
  
  











  



  
The Omega Diet: The Lifesaving Nutritional Program Based on the Diet of the Island of Crete46 reviews
Artemis P. Simopoulos, Jo Robinson

Collins Living, 1999

Great book for great nutrition

+ Fascinating, practical information
+ Good explaination of Crete diet
+ Really?
  
  











  



  
Eight Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power64 reviews
Andrew Md Weil

Ballantine Books, 1998

Just what you need

+ 8 weeks to Optimum Health
+ Great Start... but Be Careful!
+ An alternative view
+ Great ideas
  
  











  



  
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating125 reviews
M.D. Walter C. Willett

Free Press, 2005

Great customer service!

+ Great!
+ Simple, Common Sense Nutrition Advice and Guidelines
+ Exactly what I was looking for
+ A Comprehensive Aid in Nutrition Decision Making
  
  











  



  
Madhur Jaffrey Indian Cooking67 reviews
Madhur Jaffrey

Barron's Educational Series, 2003

Relatively simple Indian cooking, but not simplistic

+ Authentic Western Indian Cuisine
+ A great book.
+ Easy to make and great to taste
  
  











  



  
The New Book of Middle Eastern Food36 reviews
Claudia Roden

Knopf, 2000

This is all you need for Middle Easter cooking

+ Adventures in great food
+ Best Middle Eastern Book - EVER
+ Sexy Stuff!
+ Very useful
  
  











  



  
Tapas: A Taste of Spain in America19 reviews
Jose Andres, Richard Wolffe

Clarkson Potter, 2005

Viva Tapas!

+ Tapping with Tapas
+ the most interesting cookbook i've ever purchased
+ Simply Wonderful
+ Great cookbook. Love the wine recommendations. Awesome pictures.
  
  











  



  
The Cuisines of Spain: Exploring Regional Home Cooking11 reviews
Teresa Barrenechea

Ten Speed Press, 2005

Best SPANISH cookbook ever!

+ Recipes and history make for great food book
+ I love it
+ Start Your Shopping List!
+ paella lovers...
  
  











  



  
From My Mexican Kitchen: Techniques and Ingredients8 reviews
Diana Kennedy

Clarkson Potter, 2003

The Doyenne of interior Mexican cuisine

+ From my Mexican Kitchen: Techniques and Ingredients
+ Mexican Kitchen
+ Excellent Reference Book
+ The Queen Speaks!
  
  











  



  
Barefoot in Paris: Easy French Food You Can Make at Home78 reviews
Ina Garten

Clarkson Potter, 2004

FRENCH QUICK & EASY-A BEAUTIFUL COOKBOOK

+ Ou est la Tour Eiffel?
+ easy elegant meals
+ I love Ina!
+ great book
  
  











  



  
The Provence Cookbook16 reviews
Patricia Wells

William Morrow Cookbooks, 2004

loved it

+ Makes me smile...
+ Great, easy efficient
+ Pictures Please
  
  











  



  
Classic Indian Cooking61 reviews
Julie Shani

William Morrow Cookbooks, 1980

The best of the best

+ Spineless
+ Short list classic!
+ Master Indian Cooking
+ Amazing, amazing, amazing..
  
  











  



  
Complete Middle East Cookbook17 reviews
Tess Mallos

Grub Street, 2004

Good Food

+ Great book !
+ Incomplete cookbook?
+ Covers Broad Range of Areas, LOTS of Recipes
+ I Love this Book
  
  











  



  
The Oxford Companion to Food23 reviews
Alan Davidson

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

Great Reading, Some odd omissions. No recipes.

+ Great resource
+ Witty and Informative
+ Exceptional
  
  











  



  
The Foods of the Greek Islands: Cooking and Culture at the Crossroads of the Mediterranean10 reviews
Aglaia Kremezi

Houghton Mifflin, 2000

Feels Authentic

+ FDOODS OF THE GREEK ISLANDS
+ Great Food, Confusing Directions
+ The Foods of the Greek Islands: Cooking and Culture at the crossroads of the Mediterranean
  
  











  



  
Recipes and Remembrances from an Eastern Mediterranean Kitchen: A Culinary Journey through Syria, Lebanon, ...22 reviews
Sonia Uvezian

The Siamanto Press, 2004

Deserves a permanent place on your cookbook shelf

+ Very Good Culinary History of Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan
+ The one eastern Mediterranean cookbook I wouldn't be without
+ Fascinating History Book
+ Excellent information, great recipes
  
  











  



  
The Glorious Foods of Greece: Traditional Recipes from the Islands, Cities, and Villages20 reviews
Diane Kochilas

William Morrow Cookbooks, 2001

This is the real thing

+ Wonderful

I am a professional chef of Greek decent and have lived in Greece for more than half of my life. I have traveled throuout the country and have tried several of the dishes that appear in this book but until now was not able to succesfully duplicate them. I was quite excited when I came across this ...
  
  











  



  
The Complete Asian Cookbook39 reviews
Charmaine Solomon

Grub Street, 2002

A definite keeper - great selection of Asian recipes

+ The perfect Asian cookbook
+ Everyone who wants to cook Asian should have this on the shelf
+ First and still the best
+ Good but not for beginners
  
  











  



  
New Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies55 reviews
Najmieh Batmanglij

Mage Publishers, 1992

Stunningly beautiful cookbook

+ Your own Persian restaurant at home
+ authentic
+ New Food of Life ANcient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies
+ New food of life: Ancient Persian & Modern Irananian cooking
  
  











  



  
La Cocina de Mama: The Great Home Cooking of Spain5 reviews
Penelope Casas

Broadway, 2005

Excellent, Inexpensive Intro to Spanish Cooking.

+ A sound investment even if you have a Spanish mother
+ La Cocina de Mama: The Great Home Cooking of Spain
+ I love this book!!