 | I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking by Alton Brown
Buy new: $21.45 / Used from: $4.95 great place to start to learn the science and technique of cooking
|
 | I'm Just Here for More Food: Food x Mixing + Heat = Baking by Alton Brown
Buy new: $21.45 / Used from: $12.98 better than his first book. this one is about baking
|
 | Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen by Alton Brown
Buy new: $18.15 / Used from: $3.37 know what you need for your kitchen, then everything else you want is covered too..
|
 | Betty Crocker's Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today, Ninth Edition by Betty Crocker Editors
Buy used from: $11.81 betty was around before julia. i trust betty for the basics
|
 | On Cooking: Techniques From Expert Chefs, Trade Version (3rd Edition) by Sarah R. Labensky
Buy used from: $21.00 if your starting to get serious, look here. covers almost everything
|
 | Michael Chiarello's Casual Cooking by Michael Chiarello
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $7.12 casual italian style cooking. great for weeknight cooking.
|
 | Bobby Flay's Bold American Food by Bobby Flay
Buy new: $25.05 / Used from: $5.99 gorgeous book. and awesome food
|
 | Mexico One Plate At A Time by Rick Bayless
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $7.94 mexican cooking is my passion and Bayless is the master
|
 | Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen: Capturing the Vibrant flavors of a World-Class Cuisine by Rick Bayless
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $2.71 even better than mexico one plate at a time
|
 | Simply Ming: Easy Techniques for East-Meets-West Meals by Ming Tsai
Buy new: $21.45 / Used from: $6.65 simply original! this book has plenty of recipe's but you'll be making your own recipe's after looking at this one.
|
 | Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking by Anthony Bourdain
Buy new: $24.75 / Used from: $14.47 Bourdain's just a fun guy. you can tell by reading his books. the classic french food is covered here.
|
 | Emeril's TV Dinners: Kickin' It Up a Notch with Recipes from Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril by Emeril Lagasse
Buy new: $18.48 / Used from: $0.01 the only Emeril book i still look too.
|
 | Lodge Original Finish 12-Inch Cast Iron Skillet
who needs a $200 skillet? this is the best thing in the world.
|
 | Lodge Original Finish 7-Quart Dutch Oven with Iron Cover
ditto
|
 | Cast Iron Cooking for Dummies by Tracy Barr
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $8.27 so you can take care of your cast iron
|
 | J.A. Henckels Four Star 7-Piece Block Set
Buy new: $222.86 a good cook needs good knives. not cheap knives.
|
 | All-Clad Stainless 12-Quart Multi Cooker with Steamer Basket
Buy new: $119.95 / Used from: $99.48 multi tasking. if you read the first three books you'll see why youll want one of these. where else you gonna cook pasta while steaming asparagus at the same time?
|
 | Factory-Reconditioned KitchenAid RRK150GP Artisan Series 5-Quart Stand Mixer, Grape
more than just a tool, this is art. the reconditioned ones are so much cheaper and work just as good.
|
 | Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
Buy used from: $0.27 when you start to think you want to be a chef. read this and you might change your mind.
|
 | A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.27 another fun book by Bourdain
|
 | The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute by Michael Ruhlman
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $4.82 still got visions of chefdom in your head? see what cooking school is like.
|
 | Becoming a Chef by Andrew Dornenburg
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $12.88 guess your serious. tales from those who made it and how they did it.
|
 | The New American Chef: Cooking with the Best of Flavors and Techniques from Around the World by Andrew Dornenburg
Buy new: $29.35 / Used from: $14.95 jack of all trades is a master of none. this one is about focusing on one cuisine at a time. it's a really good book to get you focused on a goal..
|
Listmania!
