The Perfectionist: Life and Death in Haute Cuisine17 reviews Rudolph Chelminski Gotham, 2006 Perfection is realizing your own imperfections - Anon. + A lot to like, but a major gripe + fascinating + The rise and fall of a celebrity chef. + Fascinating look at at the personal cost of Guide Michellan 'star' system in the life of one French 'Star' chef of Haute Cusine             Take Big Bites: Adventures Around the World and Across the Table22 reviews Linda Ellerbee Berkley Trade, 2006 Travel, Food, Fun, Friends, Lovers, and Misadventures + Travel and Food... what's not to love? + Honest and Entertaining + Rituals of Reassurance + The Best Dessert You Ever Had             The Reach of a Chef: Beyond the Kitchen20 reviews Michael Ruhlman Viking Adult, 2006 Ruhlman Does It Again + Great insight into the world of professional cooking + "I'm not a chef anymore and it breaks my heart." + Engaging, thoughtful and tasty prose             Mediterranean Summer: A Season on France's Cote d'Azur and Italy's Costa Bella21 reviews David Shalleck, Erol Munuz Broadway, 2007 Absolutely Delightful + Great Travel Memoir + Don't read on an empty stomach! + I love this book + I absolutely LOVED this book!!!             The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook, Heavy-Duty Revised Edition119 reviews America's Test Kitchen America's Test Kitchen, 2006 Best. Cookbook. Ever. + Great "go to " resource + really good cookbook + ALMOST PERFECT + Great gift for bachelors             Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes45 reviews Maya Angelou Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007 Maya Does It Again + Cookbook + Maya Delivers + Hallelujah! The Welcome Table + Magical Maya             The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket33 reviews Trevor Corson HarperCollins, 2007 Like Sushi....Not a book reader...you will like this book + Put Your Maki Where Your Mouth Is + Great book This is a must read for any sushi lover. The book is very easy to read and is not dry. Warning! Reading this book will make you crave sushi :)             Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life11 reviews Mimi Sheraton Harper Perennial, 2006 * * * * * + witty and wise + Interesting and spicy + Interesting read. + A very enjoyable work for foodies and memoir readers             Passed Down Through 4 Generations: Victoria Taylor Murray's Favorite Family Recipes: How it all Began18 reviews Victoria Taylor Murray, Joseph E. Taylor PublishAmerica, 2006 This book shines! Wonderful for any cook! + Great history, great recipes + Even The Drink Recipes Are Great! + No matter how hungry you are, + "Farout"             Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook: Recipes from Hunan Province10 reviews Fuchsia Dunlop W. W. Norton, 2007 This Is The Credited Response + The most authentic Hunan style recipes I've find - and okay, the only ones too + Yummy + A 'must' for any serious collection offering Chinese cookbooks beyond one or two basics. + Worthy successor to "Land of Plenty"             Fix-it And Forget-it Cookbook198 reviews Dawn J Ranck Good Books, 2001 Great shape + I've been using crock pots for 16 years and LOVE this book + easy cooking + gift fix it and forget it cookbook + My favorite crock pot cookbook!             Masters of American Cookery: M. F. K. Fisher, James Beard, Craig Claiborne, Julia Child (At Table) Bison Books, 2006 Ever since American soldiers returned home after World War II with a passion for pâté and escargots instead of pork and beans, our preferences have moved from cooked to raw, from canned to fresh, from bland to savory, from water to wine. And guiding us through our culinary revolution have been four of the world's finest food experts: Julia Child, Craig Claiborne, James Beard, and M. F. K. Fisher. ...             The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty60 reviews Julia Flynn Siler Gotham, 2007 The House of Mondavi + Entertaining history... + tess's review of House of Mondavi + Family dynamics for all to see + The Real "Falcon Crest"             Profiles from the Kitchen: What Great Cooks Have Taught Us about Ourselves and Our Food Charles A. Baker-Clark University Press of Kentucky, 2006 In "Profiles from the Kitchen", Charles A. Baker-Clark offers a collection of portraits of well-known culinary figures who have worked in different ways to shape our relationship with food. Despite their diverse personalities, backgrounds, and interests, Baker-Clark's subjects are a testament to the fact that both cooking and eating are endeavors well worth learning and sustaining. "Profiles from ...             Vegetable Harvest: Vegetables at the Center of the Plate22 reviews Patricia Wells William Morrow Cookbooks, 2007 What a Great Find! + vegetable harvest; vegetables at the centre of the plate + Giving veggies their place I tend to ignore my cookbooks and just use [...], but on the advice of a friend I bought this book, since I'm going mostly vegetarian. One of the things I particularly appreciate is that Wells tells you up front what equipment you need - very helpful to those of us with tiny apartments who would ...             The Reach of a Chef: Beyond the Kitchen20 reviews Michael Ruhlman Viking Adult, 2006 Ruhlman Does It Again + Great insight into the world of professional cooking + "I'm not a chef anymore and it breaks my heart." + Engaging, thoughtful and tasty prose             Passed Down Through 4 Generations: Victoria Taylor Murray's Favorite Family Recipes: How it all Began18 reviews Victoria Taylor Murray, Joseph E. Taylor PublishAmerica, 2006 This book shines! Wonderful for any cook! + Great history, great recipes + Even The Drink Recipes Are Great! + No matter how hungry you are, + "Farout"             Vegetable Harvest: Vegetables at the Center of the Plate22 reviews Patricia Wells William Morrow Cookbooks, 2007 What a Great Find! + vegetable harvest; vegetables at the centre of the plate + Giving veggies their place I tend to ignore my cookbooks and just use [...], but on the advice of a friend I bought this book, since I'm going mostly vegetarian. One of the things I particularly appreciate is that Wells tells you up front what equipment you need - very helpful to those of us with tiny apartments who would ...             Fix-it And Forget-it Cookbook198 reviews Dawn J Ranck Good Books, 2001 Great shape + I've been using crock pots for 16 years and LOVE this book + easy cooking + gift fix it and forget it cookbook + My favorite crock pot cookbook!             Take Big Bites: Adventures Around the World and Across the Table22 reviews Linda Ellerbee Berkley Trade, 2006 Travel, Food, Fun, Friends, Lovers, and Misadventures + Travel and Food... what's not to love? + Honest and Entertaining + Rituals of Reassurance + The Best Dessert You Ever Had