 | I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking by Alton Brown
Buy new: $21.45 / Used from: $12.43 This man taught me to cook with my head and my tongue. Cannot recommend enough.
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 | On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee
Buy used from: $11.11 If you want to know "why," look here first.
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 | The Curious Cook: More Kitchen Science and Lore by Harold McGee
Buy used from: $28.76 more of McGee flexing his nerdy mental muscle.
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 | The Professional Chef by Culinary Institute of America
Buy used from: $24.99 there is just so much information in this book. I'll never use half of it, but I'm still fascinated.
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 | The New York times heritage cook book by Jean Hewitt
Buy used from: $0.01 If you can find it, this is a compendium of regional American recipes. It's wonderful
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| The New York Times International Cook Book by Craig Claiborne
Buy used from: $3.20 A good companion to the above volume. I got mine for cheap used.
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 | Food Lover's Companion, The (Barron's Cooking Guide) 3rd Edition by Sharon Tyler Herbst
Buy used from: $5.21 vexed by an ingredient? Need a conversion chart? Everything you ever wanted to know...
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 | The New Food Lover's Tiptionary: More Than 6,000 Food and Drink Tips, Secrets, Shortcuts, and Other Things Cookbooks Never Tell You by Sharon Tyler Herbst
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $2.55 and more!
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 | Chinese Cooking for Dummies by Martin Yan
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $2.07 i knew zip about chinese cooking. This has helped a LOT.
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 | True Thai: The Modern Art of Thai Cooking by Victor Sodsook
Buy new: $26.56 / Used from: $3.70 Ditto.
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 | Italian Classics (Best Recipe) by Cook's Illustrated Magazine Editors
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $8.04 EVERYTHING comes out delicious. I love America's Test Kitchen!!
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 | The Best Recipe by Editors of Cook's Illustrated Magazine
Buy used from: $14.91 the consumer reports of cookbooks. They test a hundred variations and tell you which is best.
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 | Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $13.73 a bible of italian cooking. so wonderful.
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 | Justin Wilson's Homegrown Louisiana Cookin' by Justin Wilson
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $0.99 good cajun cooking. Some recipes aren't incredibly clear, but Justin Wilson knows his stuff. Listen to him.
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 | The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum
Buy new: $25.20 / Used from: $14.99 a cool book. I don't bake much, but this is the only book I need.
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 | The Pie and Pastry Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum
Buy new: $31.50 / Used from: $17.95 Ditto.
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 | The Cheese Lover's Cookbook and Guide: Over 150 Recipes with Instructions on How to Buy, Store, and Serve All Your Favorite Cheeses by Paula Lambert
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $3.85 Everything in this book is delicious. I love cheese...
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 | The New Wine Lover's Companion by Ron Herbst
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $2.23 and wine.
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