Reference Books


Super Baby FoodSuper Baby Food
Best Price: $12.29
Not a bad book for getting your head around food for your baby. This is a good book to start...
The New Best Recipe: All-New Edition with 1,000 RecipesThe New Best Recipe: All-New Edition with 1,000 Recipes
Best Price: $15.90
the cookbook is absolutely amazing. it literally is my reference for all things in the kitchen....
Everyday Food: Great Food FastEveryday Food: Great Food Fast
Best Price: $15.19
I've probably cooked about half of the recipes in this book as well as being a subscriber to the...
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course: 2008 Edition (Windows on the World Complete Wine Course)Windows on the World Complete Wine Course: 2008 Edition (Windows on the World Complete Wine Course)
Best Price: $15.55
I bought this book in search of basic information about the wines of the world, the various...
The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe BookThe Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book
Best Price: $15.77
The Encyclopedia of Country Living is indispensible for the homestead or real country living! Or...


Vegan with a Vengeance : Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That RockVegan with a Vengeance : Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock
Best Price: $10.00
Good cookbook for impressing non-vegans, eating for enjoyment, picking up some great techniques....
The New Food Lover's CompanionThe New Food Lover's Companion
Best Price: $8.49
This is the most comprehensive food dictionary I have come across!!! I love this book!!!!
The Silver SpoonThe Silver Spoon
Best Price: $25.33
There are so many cookbooks out there!! It seems that every day a few new cookbooks are...
The Wine BibleThe Wine Bible
Best Price: $8.96
Has a wealth of information, stories and facts about just about every type of wine. This book...
Quick Fix Meals: 200 Simple, Delicious Recipes to Make Mealtime EasyQuick Fix Meals: 200 Simple, Delicious Recipes to Make Mealtime Easy
Best Price: $3.89
I love this book!!! I love how she uses one big meal and then uses the leftovers to create new...


The Oxford Companion to Wine, 3rd EditionThe Oxford Companion to Wine, 3rd Edition
Best Price: $36.52
I have been working in the wine industry for many years and I have never come across a more...
The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef's Craft for Every KitchenThe Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen
Best Price: $11.95
This is a good primer about the fundamentals (elements) of cooking. It is French biased,...
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great FoodHow to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food
Best Price: $19.26
Bought this as a gift for my sister based on the reviews i have read of it online from sources i...
Martha Stewart's Baking HandbookMartha Stewart's Baking Handbook
Best Price: $13.45
I loved this book. It is going to be a staple in my kitchen for years to come just like my...
Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook (Betty Crocker)Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook (Betty Crocker)
Best Price: $17.01
My favorite cookbook! My grandmother gave me the pick of all her cookbooks when I had...

Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking RevealedCookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed
Best Price: $13.99
I really wanted to like this cookbook. I tried to read it cover to cover, and was at first...
Taste of Home Winning Recipes: 645 Recipes from National Cooking ContestsTaste of Home Winning Recipes: 645 Recipes from National Cooking Contests
Best Price: $17.99
The title really says it all. Wonderfully put together, and filled with good home style cooking...
The Cake BibleThe Cake Bible
Best Price: $18.77
This is a great cake recipe book. Rose knows how to turn out great recipes. You can make better...
Working the Plate: The Art of Food PresentationWorking the Plate: The Art of Food Presentation
Best Price: $22.09
do you really want to kill your son's mother-in-law? she will drop dead when you invite her to...
Saving Dinner: The Menus, Recipes, and Shopping Lists to Bring Your Family Back to the TableSaving Dinner: The Menus, Recipes, and Shopping Lists to Bring Your Family Back to the Table
Best Price: $8.00
We use this nearly every day. It's beauty is it's simplicy. My husband liked it so much that he...

Larousse GastronomiqueLarousse Gastronomique
Best Price: $51.95
I have not yey received the book! I live in Russia and receive my mail through the APO system so...
Things Cooks Love: Implements, Ingredients, RecipesThings Cooks Love: Implements, Ingredients, Recipes
Best Price: $21.94
I really enjoyed this book. It was so much more than pretty pictures like most of the cookbooks...
New Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and CeremoniesNew Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies
Best Price: $29.00
I grew up eating Persian food -- as a Persian-American I have pretty high standards for Persian...
The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Resource for Healthy EatingThe New Whole Foods Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Resource for Healthy Eating
Best Price: $6.50
I got this book 2 years ago when I was interested in finding out more about whole foods, even...
Baking Illustrated: A Best Recipe Classic (The Best Recipe Series)Baking Illustrated: A Best Recipe Classic (The Best Recipe Series)
Best Price: $21.89
This product is wonderful, just like everything else from America's Test Kitchen! Detailed...

Herbs & Spices: The Cook's ReferenceHerbs & Spices: The Cook's Reference
Best Price: $18.10
This book is well illustrated and covers many not so come herbs and variations of common herbs. ...
Organic Baby & Toddler Cookbook (Organic)Organic Baby & Toddler Cookbook (Organic)
Best Price: $8.25
This is a fairly good cookbook. It groups the recipes by age of the baby/toddler/pre-schooler,...
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking SchoolThe Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School
Best Price: $8.20
I bought this book based on the glowing reviews it received on this site. After all, it...
The Best of America's Test Kitchen 2008: The Year's Best Recipes, Equipment Reviews, and Tastings (Best of America's Test Kitchen) (The Best of America's Test Kitchen)The Best of America's Test Kitchen 2008: The Year's Best Recipes, Equipment Reviews, and Tastings (Best of America's Test Kitchen) (The Best of America's Test Kitchen)
Best Price: $21.74
This is a great cookbook because it walks you through all the steps to make the dishes and gives...
Jacques Pepin's Complete TechniquesJacques Pepin's Complete Techniques
Best Price: $14.05
Jacques been an incredible chef for the last 3 decades, and this book include almost all the...

What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science ExplainedWhat Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
Best Price: $13.95
Full of trivia as well as little morsels of fact everyone wonders about. Completely worth the...
Alton Brown's Gear for Your KitchenAlton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen
Best Price: $15.46
I am really enjoying reading this book. I first checked it out of the library, but it's a...
Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia: Fourth Edition, Revised (Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia)Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia: Fourth Edition, Revised (Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia)
Best Price: $31.44
I am a gigantic nerd, so this book is great, but for normal people that just want the...
The Way to CookThe Way to Cook
Best Price: $23.87
"The Way to Cook" by Julia Child is one of the two best cookbooks ever written for...
Knife Skills Illustrated: A User's ManualKnife Skills Illustrated: A User's Manual
Best Price: $16.46
`Knife Skills Illustrated' by cooking instructor, Peter Hertzmann, is eminently subtitled, `A...

I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = CookingI'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking
Best Price: $14.95
I love this book. This is not a typical cookbook. This book teaches you the principles of...
Baking with Julia Savor the Joys of Baking with America's Best BakersBaking with Julia Savor the Joys of Baking with America's Best Bakers
Best Price: $18.92
I received this book last summer. Clear directions and recipes that work that my family can...
Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of CookingJulia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking
Best Price: $8.50
Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking While...
Kitchen Mysteries: Revealing the Science of Cooking (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)Kitchen Mysteries: Revealing the Science of Cooking (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)
Best Price: $14.69
In culinary science, dominated by Harold McGee's lucid and entertaining "On Food and...
Putting Food By (Plume)Putting Food By (Plume)
Best Price: $6.97
I was just ordering a replacement book for the one that I have been using for years that is...

Mary Bell's Complete Dehydrator CookbookMary Bell's Complete Dehydrator Cookbook
Best Price: $10.00
This book contains all the needed details for how to dry fruits and vegetable and for how to use...
The Splendid Table: Recipes from Emilia-Romagna, the Heartland of Northern Italian FoodThe Splendid Table: Recipes from Emilia-Romagna, the Heartland of Northern Italian Food
Best Price: $14.98
This book is the real deal! Truly authentic. Just like my Nonis cooking. Try the tortellini...
The Gourmet Cookbook: More than 1000 recipesThe Gourmet Cookbook: More than 1000 recipes
Best Price: $22.41
I was concerned when I read the complaints about the yellow type in the book. Oh no - I've...
Joy of CookingJoy of Cooking
Best Price: $8.95
This is simply the best and most essential cook book ever. With over 1000 pages of recipes,...
The Sprouting Book: How to Grow and Use Sprouts to Maximize Your Health and Vitality (Avery Health Guides)The Sprouting Book: How to Grow and Use Sprouts to Maximize Your Health and Vitality (Avery Health Guides)
Best Price: $5.20
Seriously, she was really a pioneer...and did many great things for others, unselfishly, to...

Real Food Daily Cookbook: Really Fresh, Really Good, Really VegetarianReal Food Daily Cookbook: Really Fresh, Really Good, Really Vegetarian
Best Price: $15.45
Book was delivered in excellent time and in the condition specified. Packaging was neat and...
Home Sausage Making : How-To Techniques for Making and Enjoying 100 Sausages at HomeHome Sausage Making : How-To Techniques for Making and Enjoying 100 Sausages at Home
Best Price: $7.44
This book has old information that is no longer recommended by food experts. SaltPeter is no...
The Food Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Gastronomical KnowledgeThe Food Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Gastronomical Knowledge
Best Price: $7.32
The foodie mystique unmasked. This book has all the trivia that a real foodie needs to know,...
Tools & TechniquesTools & Techniques
Best Price: $17.99
Williams-Sonoma Tools & Techniques is your road map to cooking success. A comprehensive...
Cheese: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's BestCheese: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Best
Best Price: $21.32
This is a very informative book but if you have any eye trouble the gray print makes it hard to...

The Escoffier Cookbook and Guide to the Fine Art of CookeryThe Escoffier Cookbook and Guide to the Fine Art of Cookery
Best Price: $14.20
The English language version of the Escoffier Cookbook appears to be a literal translation from...
Semi-Homemade CookingSemi-Homemade Cooking
Best Price: $6.68
I have several of Sandra Lee's cookbooks now, and this first one (of the semi-homemade series)...
In the Hands of a Chef: The Professional Chef's Guide to Essential Kitchen Tools (Culinary Institute of America)In the Hands of a Chef: The Professional Chef's Guide to Essential Kitchen Tools (Culinary Institute of America)
Best Price: $13.20
I bought the book for my son who is a student of the CIA, he loved the book!
Tapas (Revised): The Little Dishes of SpainTapas (Revised): The Little Dishes of Spain
Best Price: $18.82
This book is great, it has all the recipes I was looking for, except one, Baked Goat Cheese in...
Simply Scones: Quick and Easy Recipes for More than 70 Delicious Scones and SpreadsSimply Scones: Quick and Easy Recipes for More than 70 Delicious Scones and Spreads
Best Price: $4.62
Somewhere in the past year or two I have developed a real yen for scones. We used to have a tea...
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