Cooking Essentials for the New Professional Chef4 reviews The Food and Beverage Institute, Mary Deirdre Donovan Wiley, 1996 Awesome book for culinary students + A must have for the new chef + If you want to know the hows and whys, this is a good book This book gives great information on preparing and handling food properly and of course the most important is how to store food before and after cooking. This book was a requirement for class but another book I purchase was not a requirement but I thought was extremely helpful was The Study Guide ...             The French Laundry Cookbook106 reviews Thomas Keller, Deborah Jones Artisan, 1999 essential for the serious French food lover + Awsome + Great + Precision Cooking Solely For Serious Home Cooks...             Dance Dance Dance71 reviews Haruki Murakami Vintage, 1995 Not Your Normal Senior Prom + Three cheers for the Sheep Man + Japan's Magic Man + if only we all understood japanese             Williams-Sonoma Rome: Authentic Recipes Celebrating the Foods Of the World5 reviews Maureen B. Fant Oxmoor House, 2005 Excellent effort to define Roman Cooking + A FANTastic feast for the eye as well as the tummy + Authentic Recipes, Exquisite Photographs. Great Gift!! + Williams-Sonoma Rome Cookbook + Great Book, Great Food             Asian Tapas: Small Bites, Big Flavors3 reviews Christophe Megel, Anton Kilayko, ... Periplus Editions, 2004 A beautiful recipe book that blurs cultural lines + One of my favorite cookbooks Co-written by an executive chef, Asian Tapas: Small Bites, Big Flavors is a beautiful recipe book that blurs cultural lines in its presentation of exciting flavors from Bali, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, China, and more. From Flaky Cashew Nut Puff Pastry Squares, to Summer Green Tea Noodles ...             New Wave Asian: A Guide to the Southeast Asian Food Revolution1 review Sri Owen Whitecap Books, 2002 Showcases 125 classic and contemporary recipes New Wave Asian: A Guide To The Southeast Asian Food Revolution showcases 125 classic and contemporary recipes drawn from the fabled cuisines of Asia and adapted for American kitchens. From Fresh Shiitake Stuffed with Vegetable Tartar; Vietnamese Hot-and-Sour Soup of Duck and Bamboo Shoots; Fried ...             Rockpool Neil Perry New Holland Publishers, 2002             South of the Border, West of the Sun: A Novel118 reviews Haruki Murakami Vintage, 2000 The Mystery of Romance + Haunting + Cool restraint and passion + South of the border             The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Revised and Updated for the 21st Century)25 reviews Holly George-Warren, Patricia Romanowski, ... Fireside, 2001 AWESOME BOOK! + Great Read, Great Reference Guide + Amazing book + Great Book!             Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised128 reviews Napoleon Hill Aventine Press, 2004 My life has changed The lessons I have learned in Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich have changed my life forever. Once I learned how to change my thoughts and dreams into burning desires, it seemed there wasn't anything I couldn't achieve. Truly the best! Tommy Hilcken Life Success Workshops Ogdensburg, NJ             Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!2199 reviews Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter Business Plus, 2000 This Book Changed My Life! + Greatest Personal Finance book! + Good but not a instruction book This is a MUST read book if you want to obtain financial freedom. Personally, this book totally changed my life!!             The Fountainhead967 reviews Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff Signet, 1996 More traditionally novelistic, tells the backstory of Atlas Shrugged + Fountainhead + Why Was This Book Written? + Fairy Tale             Gordon Ramsay: A Chef for All Seasons11 reviews Gordon Ramsay, Roz Denny Ten Speed Press, 2000 Excellent Addition to the Gordon Ramsay French/Scottish repitoire + Chef for All Seasons + Beautiful and practical! + Definitly heavenly recipes + Great Read, Great For Super Special Occasions             Complete Short Stories Franz Kafka VINTAGE (RAND), 1992             On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen173 reviews Harold McGee Scribner, 2004 excellent + food science my friends + Foody Gift + On Food and Cooking + Great Book!             The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel289 reviews Haruki Murakami Vintage, 1998 Patience and Growth Yields Great Reward + A certain "something" that is bizarre and intriguing + Excellent read + Think for yourself + Chronicle of the Lost             Gordon Ramsay's Secrets10 reviews Gordon Ramsay, Roz Denny, ... Quadrille Publishing Ltd, 2004 Excellent Book with Delicious Results! + A great book from a top notch chef! + Yummy! + Great tastes here!             Thai Food and Cooking2 reviews Judy Bastyra Lorenz Books, 2003 Beautiful produced Thai cookbook + simple and great tasting This lovely book is artfully produced, with 2-3 attractive photographs per recipe, both of the food prep and the finished product. This isn't just a cookbook. It is a primer on Thai history, cooking techniques, ingredients, equipment, and more, with over 60 non-recipe pages. The recipes ...             A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines121 reviews Anthony Bourdain Harper Perennial, 2002 More Focused Than Bourdain's Television Escapades + Fun! + as if you were with him all along + Great Condition             Atlas Shrugged: 35th Anniversary Edition17 reviews Ayn Rand Signet, 1992 Those who preach selflessness do it for selfish reasons + A Fabulous Book on Individualism + A review for young people in their late teens + Who is John Galt?