The Professional Pastry Chef: Fundamentals of Baking and Pastry, 4th Edition41 reviews Bo Friberg Wiley, 2002 Make fine European Pastries + Bible on baking + The Professional Pastry Chef: Fundamentals of baking and pastry, 4th Edition + a must-have + Good Resource for Baking             Everything You Pretend to Know about Food and Are Afraid Someone Will Ask (Everything You Pretend to Know ...4 reviews Nancy Rommelmann Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 Full of Savory Facts + mahimahi = dolphin? + Very fun to read! This little book is the sort you want to keep by your bedside, or by the toilet. Its for reading in small doses, occasionally. Not a reference book, it's more along the lines of Ripley's Believe It or Not crossed with Larousse Gastronomique. In addition to classic definitions, many current food ...             The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World105 reviews John Robbins Conari Press, 2001 TRULY REVOLUTIONARY + Exceptionally good book + Covers every issues related to meat - Great Book + Great!!!!! + Important book for its time with a real message.             The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children33 reviews Carol N. Simontacchi Tarcher, 2001 Interesting...but Ultimately Depressing + Great eye opener + Taken with a grain of salt, it's a must read! You know, this book isn't at all what I was expecting...I rather got the idea in my head that this was another book like Fast Food Nation, and to some extent it was. This book was really about feeding yourself (as a potential parent) and your children the best foods and discussing the damage done ...             How Baking Works: Exploring the Fundamentals of Baking Science8 reviews Paula I. Figoni Wiley, 2007 Great! Just Great!!! + Great Book - How Baking Works + Good, but basic + For those who want to know + Baking             Great Cakes: Over 250 Recipes to Bake, Share, and Enjoy4 reviews Carole Walter Gramercy, 2005 Tons of great recipes + A must have for every baker - a gem of a book! + Easy to read and follow instructions + Good cake book for a low price             Buddha's Table: Thai Feasting Vegetarian Style7 reviews Chat Mingkwan Book Publishing Company (TN), 2005 Vege Thai to Love + Love This Book + Tastes like the food from my favorite Thai restaurant! + Beats the Restaurant dishes at first try!             The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink2 reviews Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 for anyone who has cooked, dined out, or eaten anything... + A fascinating and useful resource Don't let "Oxford" scare you. Although amazingly researched and documented, the book is written for everyone who has eaten a twinkie to a buche du noel. Amazing history lessons on everything you like or dislike to eat. As a native marylander, i was happy to learn the derivation of ...             Spice: The History of a Temptation20 reviews Jack Turner Vintage, 2005 READABLE POPULAR HISTORY - A DELIGHT! + Wonderful research, interesting stories + Frankincense and Myrrh Spice, The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner is a very well written history of the spice trade, written in the popular history mode. A tremendous amount of research must have gone into this work as it is absolutely filled with little gems of detail and wonderful small side stories. There are ...             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 New Best Recipe: All-New Edition208 reviews Cook's Illustrated Magazine America’s Test Kitchen, 2004 The first one I reach for + Excellent cookbook + One of my very favorite cookbooks + The New Best Recipe + Good information             Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fats66 reviews Mary Enig, Sally Fallon Plume, 2006 Fantastic!!! + Enid & Fallon - They did it again! + Exciting and Hopeful + How to recover your health + Eat Fat Look Thin             What's In Your Food?: The Truth about Additives from Aspartame to Xanthan Gum4 reviews Bill Statham Running Press, 2007 Betty Boop Meant to Give this Book 4 Stars + Handy Guide + Awesome I bought 3 copies of this book. I keep one in my kitchen, car and purse. It's compact size makes it easy to keep close at hand and I refer to it constantly. Ever since I connected the dots between what I eat and how I feel, I care ALOT about what I put into my mouth. I want to know why these ...             Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook85 reviews Martha Stewart Clarkson Potter, 2005 Amazing book + Excellent + Techniques simply explained..... + Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook + come on...it's Martha...             The Taste of Home Baking Book21 reviews Taste of Home Editors Readers Digest, 2007 No-Fail Baking Book + Wonderful Baking Book + Baking Book + Great book! Would recommend to anyone who loves to bake! + YUMMY!!!             Cooking Light Annual Recipes 2004 (Cooking Light Annual Recipes)2 reviews Oxmoor House, 2003 good recipes and plenty of them + Don't take this book lightly This is the first Cooking Light recipe book I bought and it is excellent. Every recipe I've tried from here has turned out really well and was even approved by picky eaters.             The Sweet Spot: Asian-Inspired Desserts5 reviews Pichet Ong, Genevieve Ko William Morrow Cookbooks, 2007 Longtime Needed Asian Dessert Cookbook + interesting posh asian desserts + unique, fun and tasty + sugar and spice and Very, Very, Nice             True Thai: The Modern Art of Thai Cooking19 reviews Victor Sodsook William Morrow Cookbooks, 1995 Reads almost as good as the food tastes + Good recipes, if you're dedicated. Not for dabblers. + A welcome addition to a cook's library... + Garlic-crazy... + Fabulous book that results in amazing food!             A Taste of Thailand: The Definitive Guide to Regional Cooking (Pavilion Classic Cookery)5 reviews Vatcharin Bhumichitr Pavilion, 2005 Best Thai cookbook I have + Amazing + Perfection for the foreigners among us! + Easy and authentic recipes             The True History of Chocolate13 reviews Sophie D. Coe, Michael D. Coe Thames & Hudson, 2000 A delicious read about a delicious treat + Delicious Chocolate + A Delectable Treat. Okay I must first confess I only read the first edition of this book, not the fancy schmancy second edition, but since I feel the two editions are mostly alike I shall proceed to review anyway, or I will just add the proviso that this review is intended for the first edition of this book. Anyway, ...