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Cooking Books
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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1858 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.39 — 99,091 ratings — published 2017
Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1262 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.12 — 201,984 ratings — published 1931
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 911 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.31 — 26,615 ratings — published 2015
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 909 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.19 — 396,194 ratings — published 2000
Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 893 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.25 — 79,368 ratings — published 1961
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 796 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.46 — 16,408 ratings — published 1984
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 778 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.00 — 103,127 ratings — published 1998
The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 681 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.07 — 24,390 ratings — published 2008
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 548 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.07 — 26,517 ratings — published 1976
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 507 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.15 — 140,971 ratings — published 1953
Plenty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 475 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.12 — 26,820 ratings — published 2010
Jerusalem: A Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 466 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.19 — 37,375 ratings — published 2012
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Recipes and Wisdom from an Obsessive Home Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 373 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.99 — 45,905 ratings — published 2012
The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 370 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.93 — 27,082 ratings — published 2007
The Moosewood Cookbook: Recipes from Moosewood Restaurant, Ithaca, New York (Paperback)
by (shelved 361 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.94 — 54,457 ratings — published 1977
Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza (Hardcover)
by (shelved 357 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.39 — 12,480 ratings — published 2012
I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 355 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.12 — 24,208 ratings — published 2002
Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give a F*ck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 347 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.00 — 45,688 ratings — published 2014
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 346 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.71 — 161,248 ratings — published 2005
Ottolenghi Simple (Hardcover)
by (shelved 339 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.30 — 13,856 ratings — published 2018
My Life in France (Hardcover)
by (shelved 336 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.16 — 94,288 ratings — published 2006
Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (Ruhlman's Ratios)
by (shelved 332 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.09 — 7,191 ratings — published 2009
Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 329 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.83 — 33,276 ratings — published 2007
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 326 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.08 — 14,626 ratings — published 2007
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 315 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.93 — 27,694 ratings — published 2007
How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking (Paperback)
by (shelved 313 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.92 — 40,801 ratings — published 1998
Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 310 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.91 — 52,051 ratings — published 2005
Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Cooks, and Good Food (Paperback)
by (shelved 300 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,752 ratings — published 2007
The Science of Good Cooking: Master 50 Simple Concepts to Enjoy a Lifetime of Success in the Kitchen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 297 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.44 — 3,180 ratings — published 2012
Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables (Hardcover)
by (shelved 278 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.27 — 5,417 ratings — published 2017
The Oh She Glows Cookbook: Over 100 Vegan Recipes to Glow from the Inside Out (Paperback)
by (shelved 275 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.01 — 18,322 ratings — published 2013
The Silver Spoon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 264 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,350 ratings — published 1950
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 264 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.06 — 48,449 ratings — published 2008
Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again (Hardcover)
by (shelved 262 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.11 — 56,243 ratings — published 2006
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 260 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.19 — 211,898 ratings — published 2006
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 251 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.08 — 26,258 ratings — published 2013
Momofuku (Hardcover)
by (shelved 250 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.93 — 14,559 ratings — published 2009
Plenty More: Vibrant Vegetable Cooking from London's Ottolenghi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 249 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.91 — 12,289 ratings — published 2014
The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 242 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.09 — 39,072 ratings — published 1999
Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 240 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.99 — 35,264 ratings — published 2016
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 236 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.87 — 49,782 ratings — published 2010
The Professional Chef (Hardcover)
by (shelved 233 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,909 ratings — published 1974
The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread (Hardcover)
by (shelved 227 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.30 — 10,634 ratings — published 2001
The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 225 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.17 — 19,738 ratings — published 2005
Taste: My Life Through Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 223 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.18 — 99,951 ratings — published 2021
The Flavour Thesaurus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 219 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,241 ratings — published 2010
Nigella Express: Good Food, Fast (Hardcover)
by (shelved 216 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.96 — 28,329 ratings — published 2007
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats (Paperback)
by (shelved 212 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.19 — 14,154 ratings — published 1995
The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making (Paperback)
by (shelved 209 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.74 — 17,721 ratings — published 2012
The French Laundry Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 205 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.30 — 10,014 ratings — published 1999
“Maybe the cat has fallen into the stew, or the lettuce has frozen, or the cake has collapsed. Eh bien, tant pis. Usually one's cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is truly vile, then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile, and learn from her mistakes.”
― My Life in France
― My Life in France
“It can be exhausting eating a meal cooked by a man. With a woman, it's, Ho hum, pass the beans. A guy, you have to act like he just built the Taj Mahal.”
― The Queen of Everything
― The Queen of Everything
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