How to Cook Without a Book: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart87 reviews Pam Anderson Broadway, 2000 If you don't know how to truely cook + Recipes - 5 stars, format - 4 stars + A Must-have Cookbook + Pam makes it look easy--and it is!             Kitchen Mysteries: Revealing the Science of Cooking (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on ...6 reviews Hervé This Columbia University Press, 2007 A witty guide to cooking through chemistry + good book, lacks depth, poor English + How to cook great food The first things French chemist and gastronomist This clarifies are the terms gourmand and gourmet. A gourmand is not a glutton. A gourmand is a gourmet. A gourmet is actually a connoisseur of wine. Got that? Good. Cause it doesn't get any easier. This' eye-opening book is all about molecules ...             Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking73 reviews Anthony Bourdain Bloomsbury USA, 2004 Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook + A must have... + If You Must Have Only One Cook Book Then This Must Be It + Bourdain is brilliant             Beyond Nose to Tail: More Omnivorous Recipes for the Adventurous Cook3 reviews Fergus Henderson, Justin Piers Gellatly Bloomsbury USA, 2007 Even better than The Whole Beast / Nose to Tail Eating + Beyond Nose to Tail + Beyond Nose to Awesome! Although much more dessert and baking oriented than I would have liked, this book still deserves all your attention as it is the perfect complement to the first book. Most recipes are written in a delightfully humorous prose dusted here and there with a few opiniated, informative or funny comments. ...             The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution65 reviews Alice Waters Clarkson Potter, 2007 Best Cookbook I Own + Primer for those starting out + Wonderful book- excellent education on cooking for a family This is the cookbook I return to again and again. The recipes are clear and simple and perfect for weeknight cooking, but the results are always fantastic. Often I have high hopes for a recipe and then it doesn't turn out so great, but everything I've made from this book has been DELICIOUS. ...             The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating28 reviews Fergus Henderson Ecco, 2004 Intriguing, Simple, Elegant + WAY COOL! + Humble Genius + Fun reading + Everything but the oink             Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, ...10 reviews David Wondrich Perigee Trade, 2007 "A cat can gaze upon a king..." + Imbibe + More than just a recipe book + A new standard is set + Historical, beautifully detailed and ultimately readable             The Spice Merchant's Daughter: Recipes and Simple Spice Blends for the American Kitchen10 reviews Christina Arokiasamy Clarkson Potter, 2008 A party in your mouth! + I do not know the author nor have taken her cooking class. + The spice merchants daughter- an amazing cookbook + Love it! + The interesting stories added intensity to the recipes             Culinary Artistry69 reviews Andrew Dornenburg, Karen Page Wiley, 1996 My Favorite Culinary Book + wow + A must have book for those who want to learn more about food. + A Terrific Book - allows for new thinking on food.             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...             The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen22 reviews Michael Ruhlman Scribner, 2007 Five stars, just for the salt! + Another must have from Ruhlman. + Elements If this guy is right about salting beef, I've been wrong all my life. This is the first book I have come across to make a case AGAINST iodized salt, just because (1) it tastes bad (2) iodine deficiency is no longer a problem in America. So use kosher salt, or sea salt, and here is the amazing ...             The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating28 reviews Fergus Henderson Ecco, 2004 Intriguing, Simple, Elegant + WAY COOL! + Humble Genius + Fun reading + Everything but the oink             Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking73 reviews Anthony Bourdain Bloomsbury USA, 2004 Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook + A must have... + If You Must Have Only One Cook Book Then This Must Be It + Bourdain is brilliant             How to Cook Without a Book: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart87 reviews Pam Anderson Broadway, 2000 If you don't know how to truely cook + Recipes - 5 stars, format - 4 stars + A Must-have Cookbook + Pam makes it look easy--and it is!             Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, ...10 reviews David Wondrich Perigee Trade, 2007 "A cat can gaze upon a king..." + Imbibe + More than just a recipe book + A new standard is set + Historical, beautifully detailed and ultimately readable             Beyond Nose to Tail: More Omnivorous Recipes for the Adventurous Cook3 reviews Fergus Henderson, Justin Piers Gellatly Bloomsbury USA, 2007 Even better than The Whole Beast / Nose to Tail Eating + Beyond Nose to Tail + Beyond Nose to Awesome! Although much more dessert and baking oriented than I would have liked, this book still deserves all your attention as it is the perfect complement to the first book. Most recipes are written in a delightfully humorous prose dusted here and there with a few opiniated, informative or funny comments. ...             The Spice Merchant's Daughter: Recipes and Simple Spice Blends for the American Kitchen10 reviews Christina Arokiasamy Clarkson Potter, 2008 A party in your mouth! + I do not know the author nor have taken her cooking class. + The spice merchants daughter- an amazing cookbook + Love it! + The interesting stories added intensity to the recipes             Culinary Artistry69 reviews Andrew Dornenburg, Karen Page Wiley, 1996 My Favorite Culinary Book + wow + A must have book for those who want to learn more about food. + A Terrific Book - allows for new thinking on food.             The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution65 reviews Alice Waters Clarkson Potter, 2007 Best Cookbook I Own + Primer for those starting out + Wonderful book- excellent education on cooking for a family This is the cookbook I return to again and again. The recipes are clear and simple and perfect for weeknight cooking, but the results are always fantastic. Often I have high hopes for a recipe and then it doesn't turn out so great, but everything I've made from this book has been DELICIOUS. ...             The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen22 reviews Michael Ruhlman Scribner, 2007 Five stars, just for the salt! + Another must have from Ruhlman. + Elements If this guy is right about salting beef, I've been wrong all my life. This is the first book I have come across to make a case AGAINST iodized salt, just because (1) it tastes bad (2) iodine deficiency is no longer a problem in America. So use kosher salt, or sea salt, and here is the amazing ...