389 books
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238 voters
Cooking Books
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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1844 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.39 — 97,640 ratings — published 2017
Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1261 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.13 — 201,058 ratings — published 1931
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 904 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.31 — 26,375 ratings — published 2015
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 903 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.19 — 390,830 ratings — published 2000
Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 896 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.25 — 78,922 ratings — published 1961
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 792 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.46 — 16,380 ratings — published 1984
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 778 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.00 — 102,846 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 — 24,247 ratings — published 2008
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 544 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.07 — 26,368 ratings — published 1976
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 506 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.15 — 140,660 ratings — published 1953
Plenty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 477 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.12 — 26,659 ratings — published 2010
Jerusalem: A Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 465 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.19 — 37,054 ratings — published 2012
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Recipes and Wisdom from an Obsessive Home Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 374 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.99 — 45,755 ratings — published 2012
The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 367 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.93 — 26,974 ratings — published 2007
The Moosewood Cookbook: Recipes from Moosewood Restaurant, Ithaca, New York (Paperback)
by (shelved 360 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.94 — 54,287 ratings — published 1977
Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza (Hardcover)
by (shelved 356 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.40 — 12,332 ratings — published 2012
I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 353 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.12 — 24,167 ratings — published 2002
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 347 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.71 — 161,148 ratings — published 2005
Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give a F*ck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 344 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.00 — 45,508 ratings — published 2014
My Life in France (Hardcover)
by (shelved 337 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.16 — 93,983 ratings — published 2006
Ottolenghi Simple (Hardcover)
by (shelved 334 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.31 — 13,675 ratings — published 2018
Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (Ruhlman's Ratios)
by (shelved 332 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.09 — 7,177 ratings — published 2009
Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 328 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.83 — 33,212 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 — 14,623 ratings — published 2007
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 313 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.93 — 27,630 ratings — published 2007
How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking (Paperback)
by (shelved 312 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.92 — 40,719 ratings — published 1998
Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 308 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.91 — 51,937 ratings — published 2005
Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Cooks, and Good Food (Paperback)
by (shelved 298 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,750 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 — 3,176 ratings — published 2012
The Oh She Glows Cookbook: Over 100 Vegan Recipes to Glow from the Inside Out (Paperback)
by (shelved 278 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.01 — 18,204 ratings — published 2013
Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables (Hardcover)
by (shelved 274 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,295 ratings — published 2017
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 264 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.06 — 48,332 ratings — published 2008
The Silver Spoon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 261 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,328 ratings — published 1950
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 260 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.19 — 211,526 ratings — published 2006
Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again (Hardcover)
by (shelved 259 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.11 — 56,073 ratings — published 2006
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 250 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.08 — 26,191 ratings — published 2013
Momofuku (Hardcover)
by (shelved 249 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.93 — 14,474 ratings — published 2009
Plenty More: Vibrant Vegetable Cooking from London's Ottolenghi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 248 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.92 — 12,214 ratings — published 2014
Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 240 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.99 — 35,156 ratings — published 2016
The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 238 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.09 — 38,942 ratings — published 1999
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 3.86 — 49,388 ratings — published 2010
The Professional Chef (Hardcover)
by (shelved 232 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,905 ratings — published 1974
The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread (Hardcover)
by (shelved 226 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.30 — 10,611 ratings — published 2001
The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 222 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.17 — 19,701 ratings — published 2005
Taste: My Life Through Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 221 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.19 — 99,083 ratings — published 2021
Nigella Express: Good Food, Fast (Hardcover)
by (shelved 216 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.96 — 28,291 ratings — published 2007
The Flavour Thesaurus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 213 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,228 ratings — published 2010
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats (Paperback)
by (shelved 212 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.19 — 14,137 ratings — published 1995
The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making (Paperback)
by (shelved 210 times as cooking)
avg rating 3.74 — 17,713 ratings — published 2012
The French Laundry Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 204 times as cooking)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,986 ratings — published 1999
“Calvin: Why are you crying mom?
Mom: I'm cutting up an onion.
Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.”
― The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Mom: I'm cutting up an onion.
Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.”
― The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”
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