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Food Reference Books
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The Food Lover's Companion (Barron's Cooking Guide)
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avg rating 4.35 — 2,742 ratings — published 1990
Larousse Gastronomique (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,775 ratings — published 1938
Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (Ruhlman's Ratios)
by (shelved 4 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.09 — 7,108 ratings — published 2009
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.46 — 16,240 ratings — published 1984
The Flavour Thesaurus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,172 ratings — published 2010
My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals / Portraits, Interviews, and Recipes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as food-reference)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,153 ratings — published 2007
Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.13 — 197,761 ratings — published 1931
The Pastry Chef's Companion: A Comprehensive Resource Guide for the Baking and Pastry Professional (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.29 — 100 ratings — published 2008
Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as food-reference)
avg rating 3.96 — 581 ratings — published 2003
The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.07 — 23,675 ratings — published 2008
The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,352 ratings — published 2000
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.19 — 210,128 ratings — published 2006
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.07 — 119,357 ratings — published 2008
What Einstein Told His Cook (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as food-reference)
avg rating 3.85 — 4,267 ratings — published 2002
The Complete Book of Herbs & Spices (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.17 — 42 ratings — published 1979
Essential Herbs Handbook: More than 100 herbs for well-being, healing, and happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.03 — 32 ratings — published 2009
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.31 — 25,415 ratings — published 2015
The Gentle Art of Preserving: Pickling, Smoking, Freezing, Drying, Curing, Fermenting, Bottling, Canning, and Making Jams, Jellies and Cordials (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.31 — 35 ratings — published 2013
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,276 ratings — published 2005
The World Cheese Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.33 — 218 ratings — published 2009
The Professional Pastry Chef: Fundamentals of Baking and Pastry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,343 ratings — published 1989
Roots: The Definitive Compendium with more than 225 Recipes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.07 — 427 ratings — published 2012
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.01 — 32,776 ratings — published 2013
Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.18 — 221 ratings — published 2012
Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,067 ratings — published 2008
The Oxford Companion to Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.42 — 353 ratings — published 1999
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.05 — 22,313 ratings — published 2001
Culinary Artistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,937 ratings — published 1996
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 3.94 — 48,163 ratings — published 2005
Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating: How to Choose the Best Bread, Cheeses, Olive Oil, Pasta, Chocolate, and Much More (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.11 — 338 ratings — published 2003
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 3.99 — 48,707 ratings — published 2008
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.08 — 39,198 ratings — published 1998
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.19 — 14,064 ratings — published 1995
Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 3.67 — 17,470 ratings — published 2010
Harvest for Hope (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,365 ratings — published 2005
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.19 — 374,528 ratings — published 2000
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 3.70 — 10,629 ratings — published 2007
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 4.05 — 113,018 ratings — published 2007
The Man Who Ate Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 3.88 — 9,193 ratings — published 1997
The Fourth Star: Dispatches from Inside Daniel Boulud's Celebrated New York Restaurant (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 3.52 — 160 ratings — published 2002
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 3.75 — 206,498 ratings — published 2001
Salt: A World History (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-reference)
avg rating 3.75 — 76,465 ratings — published 2002
The Deluxe Food Lover's Companion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-reference)
avg rating 4.51 — 151 ratings — published 1990
The Food Babe Way: Break Free from the Hidden Toxins in Your Food and Lose Weight, Look Years Younger, and Get Healthy in Just 21 Days! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-reference)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,462 ratings — published 2015
Welsh Food Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-reference)
avg rating 4.05 — 20 ratings — published
Fermentation (River Cottage Handbook, #18)
by (shelved 1 time as food-reference)
avg rating 4.49 — 43 ratings — published
Back Lane Wineries of Napa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as food-reference)
avg rating 4.15 — 26 ratings — published 2009
Quinoa 365: The Everyday Superfood (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as food-reference)
avg rating 3.98 — 371 ratings — published 2010
The Forks Over Knives Plan: How to Transition to the Life-Saving, Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-reference)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,839 ratings — published 2014
Apartment Gardening: Plants, Projects, and Recipes for Growing Food in Your Urban Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as food-reference)
avg rating 3.47 — 494 ratings — published 2011
“He eased back and murmured, “You taste so damn sweet. Like maple syrup.”
“And you taste like stolen bacon.”
― Hillbilly Rockstar
“And you taste like stolen bacon.”
― Hillbilly Rockstar
“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.”
― Aftertaste
"Or maybe," Kostya said gently, "you could invite someone else to dinner. Someone hungry.”
― Aftertaste
