 | Professional Table Service by Sylvia Meyer
Buy new: $63.76 / Used from: $17.95 I consider this the BIBLE of Setting and Serving a Table Properly
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 | Butlers & Household Managers: 21st Century Professionals by Steven Ferry
Buy used from: $135.00 A Fabulous Book for those who would be a Major-Domo
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 | A Butler's Life: Scenes from the Other Side of the Silver Salver by Kimberly Allen
Buy new: $15.25 / Used from: $15.24 A Fun Read on the Life of a Butler
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 | Larousse Gastronomique by Larousse Gastronomique
Buy new: $53.55 / Used from: $42.28 I love this culinary reference. Fabulous for learning all the basic cooking techniques.
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 | Le Cordon Bleu's Complete Cooking Techniques: the indispensable reference demonstrates over 700 illustrated techniques with 2,000 photos and 200 recipes by Le Cordon Bleu
Buy new: $32.40 / Used from: $29.97 The most recent addition to my library. An amazing book - recommended for anyone to learn the craft of cooking
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 | Food Lover's Companion, The (Barron's Cooking Guide) 3rd Edition by Sharon Tyler Herbst
Buy used from: $12.43 Another fabulous reference for the kitchen - or the food writer
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 | Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making by James Peterson
Buy used from: $4.92 The Saucier's Art - lifts food to a whole new dimension. A must have in a well equiped kitchen
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 | Coffee: A Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying, Fifth Edition by Kenneth Davids
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $3.77 Good Coffee is a skill to be learned. Maxwell house in the cup just doesn't do it.
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 | Frozen Desserts: The definitive guide to making ice creams, ices, sorbets, gelati, and other frozen delights by Caroline Liddell
Buy new: $12.71 / Used from: $1.70 Making frozen desserts is fun, relatively easy, and the presentations are endless.
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 | Room For Dessert : 110 Recipes for Cakes, Custards, Souffles, Tarts, Pies, Cobblers, Sorbets, Sherbets, Ice Creams, Cookies, Candies, and Cordials by David Lebovitz
Buy used from: $94.70 Grand Finales, Elegant Endings.
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 | Great Garnishes (Wei-Chuan's Cookbook) by Su-Huei Huang
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $10.84 Learn the Garnishers Craft and step up your food presentation skills.
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 | Martha Stewart's Hors d'Oeuvres Handbook by Martha Stewart
Buy new: $24.75 / Used from: $4.39 The PERFECT foods handbook for your Tea Table !
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 | Tea & Etiquette: Taking Tea for Business and Pleasure (Capital Lifestyles) by Dorothea Johnson
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $9.88 The Best book on Tea Service from the Protocol School of Washington
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 | The Art of the Table: A Complete Guide to Table Setting, Table Manners, and Tableware by Suzanne Von Drachenfels
Buy new: $34.20 / Used from: $12.95 This is a wonderful book for learning the basics of "The Table"
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 | Tabletops: Easy, Practical, Beautiful Ways to Decorate the Table by Barbara Milo Ohrbach
Buy new: $18.15 / Used from: $1.71 A wonderful picture book for table setting ideas
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 | The Perfect Setting by Peri Wolfman
Buy used from: $1.49 Learn the Elements that make a beautiful table
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 | Table Settings: 100 Inspirational Stylings, Themes and Layouts with Over 60 Sensational Step-by-Step Projects by Tessa Evelegh
Buy used from: $11.03 Simple, Elegant and well illustrated
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 | The Rituals of Dinner by Margaret Visser
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $2.54 A wonderful book on the rituals of dinner and the development of table manners!
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 | Dishing with Style: Secrets to Great Tastes and Beautiful Presentations by Rori Trovato
Buy used from: $74.99 A lovely text on food presentation, well illustrated.
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 | Good Things for Easy Entertaining: The Best of Martha Stewart Living by Martha Stewart Living Magazine
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $4.05 The Name says it all! Good things, made easy.
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 | Home Comforts : The Art and Science of Keeping House by Cheryl Mendelson
Buy used from: $0.92 Great Information about housekeeping
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 | In A Mexican Garden: Courtyards, Pools, and Open-Air Living Rooms by Gina Hyams
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $12.62 Living... as well outdoors as you do indoors!
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 | Colors For Your Every Mood: Discover Your True Decorating Colors (Capital Lifestyles) by Leatrice Eiseman
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $2.74 Learn how to choose colors for your home that bring you to life!
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 | Emily Post's Etiquette, 17th Edition (Thumb Indexed) by Peggy Post
Buy new: $27.04 / Used from: $23.00 A large, modern etiquette handbook
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 | Focus : Achieving Your Highest Priorities by Stephen R. Covey
Buy new: $22.76 / Used from: $8.25 This is an excellent audio set with a small book for people who need to learn to set priorities in their life and manage the things that really matter.
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