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1	Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking more books like this by Julia Child, David Nussbaum add to wishlist What are the right portions for vinaigrette? What's the best way to prepare green beans? Julia Child gathers her culinary wisdom from the past 40 years and distills it into one small volume. Delicious, priceless, and comforting, this book is arranged according to subject matter, with ample cross-referencing. 8 photos, 4 in full color. see all copies from £6.61! new only from £6.61! \| first editions
2	On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen more books like this by Harold J McGee add to wishlist Harold McGee's perennially helpful and fascinating tome (nearly 1000 pages long) delves deeply into its subject from a variety of angles. He explains how to tell if a fish is fresh, what the difference is between eating raw and cooked garlic, the story of French sauces vs. English ones, why stock is called "stock," and what exactly is wasabi (and ... see all copies from £7.30! new only from £16.83! \| first editions
3	Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal more books like this by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. add to wishlist Inspirational and moving, KITCHEN TABLE WISDOM is a thought-provoking collection of stories and personal anecdotes. Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen wants her readers to appreciate the healing life force they all possess and to look at life as the gift it is. Dr. Remen conveys her wonder of life's mysteries in a profound way that never lowers itself to ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.45! \| first editions
4	What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained more books like this by Robert L Wolke add to wishlist Does the alcohol really boil off when we cook with wine? Are smoked foods raw or cooked? Are green potatoes poisonous? This work provides plain explanations of kitchen mysteries, with a liberal seasoning of wit. Organized into basic categories for easy reference, this book contains more than 130 lucid explanations of kitchen phenomena involving ... see all copies from £7.31! new only from £7.31! \| first editions
5	The Man Who Ate Everything more books like this by Jeffrey Steingarten add to wishlist Urbane, informative, and highly entertaining essays by Vogue food columnist Steingarten, about bread, choucroute, barbecue, fat farms, the wonders of red wine, and French fries cooked in horse fat--among other things. A winner of a 1998 award from the Association of Culinary Professionals. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from £1.26! new only from £9.00! \| first editions
6	The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones more books like this by Anthony Bourdain, Lord add to wishlist Bestselling chef and host of "No Reservations" has never been one to pull punches. In his latest work, he serves up a well-seasoned "hellbroth" of candid, often outrageous stories from his worldwide misadventures. see all copies from £5.02! new only from £6.24! \| first editions
7	On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals more books like this by Sarah R Labensky add to wishlist For Introductory Cooking, Cooking Skills or "Food Prep" courses in Culinary Arts, Food and Nutrition and Hospitality Management departments. THE definitive culinary skills textbook in the market. Organized via food "types", On Cooking 4/e teaches the "hows" and the "whys" of culinary fundamentals; supported by tested, contemporary recipes and ... see all copies from £10.24! new only from £37.38!
8	Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table more books like this by Ruth Reichl add to wishlist The iconoclastic restaurant critic for The New York Times writes a memoir of growing up eating and cooking. Born in Manhattan, raised in Connecticut, Reichl had an upper-class upbringing that included trips to Paris, then became a commune-dweller after graduating from college. This chronicle, which includes recipes, ends in the 1970s. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	More Home Cooking: A Writer Returns to the Kitchen more books like this by Laurie Colwin add to wishlist The late bestselling novelist Laurie Colwin writes of her culinary memories with love and skill. Recipes and tips are included with the memories. see all copies from £5.30! new only from £5.30! \| first editions
10	The Gastronomical Me more books like this by M. F. K. Fisher add to wishlist Fisher identifies a variety of human cravings and the means to find nourishment in what is the most intimate of the five volumes in North Point's jacketed paperback series, now complete. see all copies from £5.81! new only from £6.40! \| first editions
11 view cover	It Must've Been Something I Ate: The Return of the Man Who Ate Everything more books like this by Jeffrey Steingarten add to wishlist From the author of the entertaining essay collection, "The Man Who Ate Everything, " come 40 outrageous, deliciously provocative new pieces. Each section of Steingarten's new book is a savory course of a splendid feast. Lucky for his audience that Jeffrey Steingarten is insatiable! Includes recipes. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.39! \| first editions
12 view cover	Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink more books like this by David Remnick (Editor) add to wishlist In this indispensable collection, "The New Yorker" dishes up a feast of delicious food writing--food and drink memoirs, short stories, and poems, seasoned with a generous dash of cartoons. see all copies from £6.77! new only from £7.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude more books like this by Ann Vanderhoof add to wishlist Ann and Steve Vanderhoof left Toronto to take a long-planned two-year cruise to the Caribbean, visiting 16 countries and immersing themselves in the local culture. This account of the trip includes recipes for the food they encountered and a keen appreciation for the people and the landscape. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £9.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Best Food Writing more books like this by Holly Hughes (Editor) add to wishlist This anthology includes food writers like Ruth Reichl and Jeffrey Steingarten as well as "lay" writers who just happen to love food, which include Jeffrey Eugenides, Mort Rosenblum, and Malcolm Gladwell. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.83! \| first editions
15 view cover	How to Cook a Wolf more books like this by M. F. K. Fisher add to wishlist First published in 1942 when wartime shortages were at their worst, the ever-popular How to Cook a Wolf, continues to surmount the unavoidable problem of cooking within a budget. Here is a wealth of practical and delicious ways to keep the wolf from the door. see all copies from £6.10! new only from £6.10! \| first editions
16 view cover	American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza more books like this by Peter Reinhart add to wishlist Fully illustrated, American Pie is a fascinating look into the great pizzas and pizzerias of Italy and America. Included are in-depth pizza-making techniques, more than 40 classic pizza recipes, and an engaging narrative of Reinhart's pizza hunts with such food luminaries as Rick Bayless, Jeffrey Steingarten, and Joanne Weir. Reinhart's insatiable ... see all copies from £14.72! new only from £14.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Curious Cook: More Kitchen Science and Lore more books like this by Harold J McGee add to wishlist When Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking was published in 1984, it proved to be one of the sleepers of the year, eventually going through eight hardcover printings. It was hailed as a minor masterpiece" and reviewers around the world prasied McGee for writing the first book for the home cook that translated into plain English what scientist had ... see all copies from £8.78! first editions
18 view cover	Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen more books like this by Laurie Colwin add to wishlist A unique feast for body and soul, "Home Cooking" shares the delightful pleasures of discovering cooking and eating good, simple food. Colwin combines her insightful, good-humored writing style with her lifelong passion for wonderful food in such essays as "Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant", "Repulsive Dinners: A Memoir" and "Stuffed Breast of ... see all copies from £6.17! new only from £8.10!
19 view cover	History of Food more books like this by Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat, Anthea Bell (Translator) add to wishlist The story of cuisine and the social history of eating. The author looks at the transition from a vegetable to an increasingly meat-based diet; the relationship between people and what they eat; between particular foods and social behavior; and between dietary habits and methods of cooking. see all copies from £6.73! new only from £16.60! \| first editions
20 view cover	An omelette and a glass of wine more books like this by Elizabeth David add to wishlist Elizabeth David was a gifted essayist, and 30 years worth of her thoughts on food, published in such magazines as Vogue, Gourmet, and the Sunday Times of London, have been collected here. David is celebrated for the heady immediacy of her prose, and in this very personal book she takes the reader on a journey to Italy, France, Greece, and Egypt, ... see all copies from £1.89! new only from £7.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection more books like this by Robert Farrar Capon add to wishlist From a passionate and talented chef who also happens to be an Episcopalian priest comes this surprising and thought-provoking treatise on everything from prayer to poetry to puff pastry. In "The Supper of the Lamb, " Capon talks about festal and ferial cooking, emerging as an inspirational voice extolling the benefits and wonders of old-fashioned ... see all copies from £4.45! new only from £6.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	The Food Lover's Companion more books like this by Sharon Tyler Herbst, Sharon Tyler Herbst add to wishlist The new edition of one of America's best-selling culinary reference books is bigger and better than ever, with almost 6,000 listings on subjects related to food and drink. Hailed by Bon Appetit magazine as "one of the best reference books we've seen, a must for every cook's library," it's the ultimate kitchen tool. Here are answers to questions ... see all copies from £4.02!
23 view cover	Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History more books like this by Mark Kurlansky (Editor) add to wishlist Award-winning food writer Mark Kurlansky serves up a true smorgasbord of "choice cuts" by the world's most discerning gourmets and gourmands through the ages. From Plato on the art of cooking to Louis Prima at the pizzeria to Pablo Neruda on French fries and M.F.K. Fisher on gingerbread, "Choice Cuts" offers more than 200 selections--all enhanced ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater more books like this by Matthew Amster-Burton add to wishlist A reflection on the wild joys of food and parenting and the marvelous melange of the two--"Hungry Monkey" takes food enthusiasts on a new adventure in eating (with dozens of delicious recipes). see all copies from £10.92! new only from £10.92! \| first editions
25 view cover	The physiology of taste : or Meditations on transcendental gastronomy more books like this by Brillat-Savarin add to wishlist This classic volume, which has attained the status of a bible among food connoisseurs, contains Brillat-Savarin's incomparable thoughts on food and cookery, as well as other matters of the human spirit. see all copies from £6.30! new only from £6.53! \| signed copies \| first editions

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	Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain, Lord see all from £1.24! new only from £5.61!
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	My grandfather's blessings : stories of strength, refuge and belonging by Rachel Naomi Remen see all from £1.24! new only from £5.99!
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