Paco Torreblanca
Paco Torreblanca

Vilbo Ediciones, 2006

Paco Torreblanca's famous pastry book is now available in English from C.H.I.P.S. The outstanding success of this book in Spanish has prompted the publication of this new edition which is simultaneously in English and Spanish, both languages in the same book. This oversized, beautiful hardcover book is illustrated with full color, high quality photos throughout. There are photographs of the ...
  
  











  



  
Susur: A Culinary Life, Books 1-27 reviews
Susur Lee, Jacob Richler, ...

Ten Speed Press, 2005

Susur: Some Thoughts on Perfection in Cuisine

+ great for professionals
+ It is what it is
+ Susur Lee
  
  











  



  
Desserts by Pierre Herme23 reviews
Pierre Herme, Dorie Greenspan, ...

Little Brown & Company, 1998

Not your grandmother's cook book...

+ Lovers of Desserts
+ Delight
+ Exceptional recipes
+ "American Patisseries" fail miserably. This book doesn't!
  
  











  



  
Cocktail Cuisine (English Edition)
Toni Botella

Montagud Editores, 2004

Great book for any fans of 'El Bulli' type cuisine, beautifully illustrated book. Ferran Adria says about this book: "It gives me great pleasure to present my friend Tony Botella's original book. I know that he has been and always will be a true "Bulliniano"; it is surely this connection that allows me to appreciate and understand his work so well. This may not be the first time we see ...
  
  











  



  
Essential Cuisine3 reviews
Michel Bras

Ici La Pr, 2002

Art

+ Very 'haute cuisine', very decorative, useful ideas.
+ the french trotter

This man loves his cuisine and loves nature. The photos are simple and stylish but not contrived. There are also many well executed photos of the countryside in the back. The directions are as simple as if you are standing next to a cook who is explaining things to you as they cook. I can't help ...
  
  











  



  
Michael Mina: The Cookbook6 reviews
Michael Mina, JoAnn Cianciulli

Bulfinch, 2006

Michael Mina's cookbook

+ Beautiful book, and great food, but not too practical
+ Great book for a budding Chef
+ Beautiful cookbook with pictures to match.
  
  











  



  
Tetsuya: Recipes from Australia's Most Acclaimed Chef7 reviews
Tetsuya Wakuda

Ten Speed Press, 2001

Oriental haute cuisine with no gimmicks, by a master

+ Beautiful food
+ Great book for the more expierenced chef
+ Innovative
  
  











  



  
Egg2 reviews
Patrick Mikanowski, Lyndsay Mikanowski

Flammarion, 2007

Fabulous

+ Gorgeous food, gorgeous pictures ... delicious too

A rich and sumptuous book with stunning photography and a single minded focus on strange and beguiling quotes on, and recipes for, eggs.
  
  











  



  
Alinea15 reviews
Grant Achatz

Ten Speed Press, 2008

Absolutely Beautiful!

+ Achatz is Dali: Alinea - Each Bite is a Paragraph of Mindfulness
+ Awesome
+ Astounding and inspirational
+ The world is a better place because of Chef Achatz.
  
  











  



  
Nobu: The Cookbook24 reviews
Nobuyuki Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro

Kodansha International, 2001

Some of Nobu's signature dishes in a top quality book

+ really good
+ Model of the excellent coffee table cookbook.
+ very satisfied with this provider
+ EXCEPTIONAL COOKBOOK
  
  











  



  
The Elements of Taste11 reviews
Gray Kunz, Peter Kaminsky

Little, Brown and Company, 2001

The best ... bucks you will ever spend!

+ 4 Star Recipes That Can be Easily Executed
+ the science of cooking
+ Interesting, but flawed
+ Cooking reduced to tastes - delicious
  
  











  



  
Grand Livre de Cuisine: Alain Ducasse's Desserts and Pastries6 reviews
Alain Ducasse, Frederic Robert

"Stewart, Tabori and Chang", 2006

Wonderful book for pastry and dessert

+ Nice to look at
+ Professional View
+ Beautiful
+ Excellent Pastry and Bread Resource
  
  











  



  
Charlie Trotter's Meat and Game6 reviews
Charlie Trotter, Michael Voltattorni, ...

Ten Speed Press, 2001

Don't try this at home!

+ Amazing
+ Give this to your hunter
+ Meat & Game Extravaganza!
+ all amazing books but this one at top
  
  











  



  
Happy in the Kitchen: The Craft of Cooking, the Art of Eating19 reviews
Michel Richard

Artisan, 2006

I'm having fun!

+ Michele Richard is Brilliant!
+ Best of the cookbooks
+ Such fun!
+ Makes me happy too!!
  
  











  



  
Pierre Gagnaire: Reinventing French Cuisine3 reviews
Peter Lippmann

Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2007

Vadouvan

+ Essence: Recipes from Le Champignon Sauvage

Product was as described and arrived in good time. I bought it for the recipe for the seasoning "Vadouvan". EXCELLENT!
  
  











  



  
Pourcel Brothers Cookbook: Our Recipes from La Compagnie des Comptoirs1 review
Jacques Pourcel, Laurent Pourcel

Hachette Illustrated UK, 2005

Another attractive French Restaurant book. Yawn.

The `Pourcel Brothers Cookbook' by twin brothers Jacques and Laurent Pourcel, the owners of several restaurants in London, Tokyo, Bangkok, and Montpellier and Avignon, France is a reasonably priced ($29.95) oversized volume which has the look of being primarily an advertisement for their ...
  
  











  



  
Essence1 review
David Everitt-Matthias

Absolute Press, 2008

STUNNING

If you are chef this is the book for you.recipes like a sunchoke and the roasted almond soup,chessnut soup,eel tortelloni with watercress cream and bitter leaves,and pumpkin gnocchi with crisp pork belly seared squid and peanut milk.only down side not every recipe has a picture,but the photos yhat ...
  
  











  



  
El Bulli: 1998-200210 reviews
Ferran Adria, Juli Soler, ...

Ecco, 2005

Adria is Real

+ Being different made the differences.
+ Review from a culinary school graduate/food consultant
+ Master Werk
+ lot of catching up to do
  
  











  



  
Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking18 reviews
Masaharu Morimoto

DK Publishing, 2007

An Iron Chef's Cookbook

+ I felt like the foodie version of Being John Malkovich
+ Morimoto an Excellent Book of Japanese Cuisine
+ Wonderful
+ Great Food Japanese Food and His Fans
  
  











  



  
Foie Gras: A Passion14 reviews
Michael A. Ginor, Mitchell Davis, ...

Wiley, 1999

Stop being ridiculous

+ Foie Gras: A Passion

This is not a forum for open discussion about the method of making Foie. This review section is about a book and how well it was written and the information you get from it. This is a great book about the preparation of Foie and some really nice pictures as well. I would recommend this book to ...