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ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine: A Food Lover's Road Map to Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and ...
John La Puma, Rebecca Powell Marx
Crown, 2008
Eating for health
Great book. Not boring at all like a lot of health books are written. I thought I knew it all on this subject but I learned so much more. I learned new things not discussed in other books or materials I have read. I will purchase more of these books and give them ...
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Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)
Anthony Bourdain
Harper Perennial, 2007
Good Book Now Even Better
For anyone who's ever done any kind of commercial cooking this book, and it's earlier version, is a MUST read. I'm a retired line cook and I can assure all potential readers that Tony knows of what he speaks. For 'civilians', the avid home cook or the addicted ...
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French Pressed: A Coffeehouse Mystery (Coffeehouse Mysteries)
Cleo Coyle
Berkley, 2008
Next cup of a reliable mystery series
I've enjoyed this cozy mystery series since its inception. French Pressed is a very good novel that both tells a standalone mystery and -- more important to those of us who have been following Claire since she took over managing the Greenwich Village coffeehouse -- ...
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The French Laundry Cookbook
Thomas Keller
Artisan, 1999
Great
This is book is amazing. It came just as described and shipping was on time. I'm so glad that it was all wrapped up as promised in the original plastic seal.
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How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food
Mark Bittman
Wiley, 2006
Ok, so not quite everything . . .
Think of a food you want to make, but don't know where to start, like say, hummus. Look in the appendix -- there it is! Then try the recipe. Yay! Don't know what to do with those parsnip things? Look up parsnips in the appendix -- there it is! You get the idea. ...
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Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed
Shirley Corriher
William Morrow Cookbooks, 1997
a classic filled with information
This book is often rated tops in terms of well presented, thorough information on the basics of how cooking and baking work.
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Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on ...
Hervé This
Columbia University Press, 2005
For the scientist-cook
After reading the Italian translation a coupe of years ago, I was so much hoping for an English translation, and here it is; and it's brilliant! It's quite one thing to follow recipes and follow instructions, and quite another to understand at a physico-chemical level ...
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The Petit Appetit Cookbook: Easy, Organic Recipes to Nurture Your Baby and Toddler
Lisa Barnes
HP Trade, 2005
Best baby cookbook ever
This was the first baby cookbook I ever purchased. My little girl is now 2 years old and I still use the cookbook. I make meals and snacks for her and myself using the book. The delicious recipes are just the bonus to this great book. The information about food and ...
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The Professional Chef
The Culinary Institute of America
Wiley, 2006
Fabulous Reference Guide
This is the chef's bible. It has just about everything you could ever want to know about food and cooking! I would highly recommend for new culinary students!
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On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mysteries)
Cleo Coyle
Berkley, 2003
Coffee, Coffee Everywhere
Being a tea drinker I picked this book up with some trepidation because I feared that it would focus so much on coffee that I would never be able to get into the story. In one regard I was correct because there is a heavy focus on coffee and even a bit of an attitude ...
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Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker: 200 Recipes for Healthy and Hearty One-Pot Meals That Are Ready When ...
Robin Robertson
Harvard Common Press, 2004
My favorite cookbook of all time!!!
I've been vegan for 6 years now & vegetarian for well over 10. I LOVE cooking and baking, and am always looking for new cookbooks to add to my collection. However, the problem is that once I have my hands on a new cookbook, I skim over the recipes & then hardly ever ...
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Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader: Recipes from Mitford Cooks, Favorite Tales from Mitford ...
Jan Karon
Viking Adult, 2004
AN AUSTRALIAN REVIEW
My 81 year old mother just adores Jan Karon's novels and was thrilled when I purchased the Mitford Cookbook from Amazon for her for Mother's Day in 2008. It is a beautifully designed book offering so much more than recipes - almost a devotional or coffee table book. ...
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Working the Plate: The Art of Food Presentation
Christopher Styler
Wiley, 2006
to you intend to kill someone?
do you really want to kill your son's mother-in-law?
she will drop dead when you invite her to have dinner and perform any of the suggestions given in this gorgeous book.
buy it and try!
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Carrot Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen Mysteries)
Joanne Fluke
Kensington, 2008
Carrot Cake Coziness
In a cozy little town in Minnesota, three dynamic sisters dwell. Hannah, the oldest, has the cooking talent of a French gourmet chef. Andrea, the middle sister, has striking and dazzling beauty. Michelle, the youngest, also has the beauty that Andrea inherited from ...
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Haley's Hints
Graham Haley, Rosemary Haley
NAL Trade, 2004
Worth the $$
I've had this book for over 2 years now and have used it intermittently (gardening and storage tips, mainly). Unfortunately, I often forget it's in the house and use expensive, store-bought solutions. Today, however, my bathroom sink was clogged and I have a sick ...
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