Food Reference


The Food Lover's Companion (Barron's Cooking Guide)
Larousse Gastronomique
Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (Ruhlman's Ratios)
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
The Flavour Thesaurus
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals / Portraits, Interviews, and Recipes
Joy of Cooking
The Pastry Chef's Companion: A Comprehensive Resource Guide for the Baking and Pastry Professional
Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany
The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs
The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
What Einstein Told His Cook
Champagne by Don KladstrupA Bite-Sized History of France by Stephane HenautDirt by Bill BufordWine and War by Don KladstrupBefore the Baguette by Jim Chevallier
Top Books About French Food
54 books — 7 voters

Katherine Reay
The Sun Also Rises takes place mostly in Paris and a little in Spain. Tons of wine, Pernod, villagers' wine... but the food is spare like the writing: a suckling pig, a roasted chicken, shrimp, bread and olive oil. Simple food, uncomplicated tastes." I chewed my lip. "That's it. Let's stay with simple food. Hemingway loved Spain, so let's drift toward those flavors, but no spice. And we can make them mix and match like tapas. Tyler will have flexibility." It felt good to collaborate with Jane. W ...more
Katherine Reay, Lizzy and Jane

Every time I try to process her death, it only makes it worse. Grief's like leftovers that way. Like you made this four-course meal out of your love, but they only got to eat one little bite. So now you're stuck with all this food you can't bear to throw away, and all you can do is shove it in the back of the fridge to rot, or make yourself sick trying to binge it on your own." "Or maybe," Kostya said gently, "you could invite someone else to dinner. Someone hungry. ...more
Daria Lavelle, Aftertaste

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