books about: cooking     books:       Mastering the Art of French Cooking (2 Volume Set)8 reviews Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, ... Knopf, 2009 WOW-The Very Best Cookbook of any cuisine I became interested in cooking when I moved out of the dorm in 1970. The quest for good food led to a life-long passion for honest good food. The French approach eating with a sincereity Americans lack. Julia has been able to present classic French Cuisine to generations of Americans. This set of two volumes contains the essence of French cooking that will serve as a foundation to wherever ...             Cooking Light Annual Recipes 2010 Editors of Cooking Light Magazine Oxmoor House, 2009             Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol. 2 (Paperback)20 reviews Julia Child, Simone Beck Knopf, 1983 Awful The book is very instructive, with nice commentaires and drawings. It is really a must have in all kitchens!             On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen207 reviews Harold McGee Scribner, 2004 One of the best science books every written This could have been another Larousse Gastronomique -- fun to have around, but not something you'd ever consider reading from beginning to end. The amount of research that went into this book is encyclopedic in scope, but it's not an encyclopedia. It's more like a collection of short stories. There's enough science scattered amongst the tales of cooking and eating to qualify this as a science ...             Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition - 2006218 reviews Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, ... Scribner, 2006 I'm on my 3rd copy This excellent, comprehensive American cookbook is recommended for novices and experienced cooks alike. I bought this copy for my college aged daughter.             Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies (For Dummies (Cooking))22 reviews Alan L. Rubin MD, Chef Denise Sharf For Dummies, 2005 Very Helpful!! This book is a good source of information for a person newly diagnosed with Diabetes. I recommend it!!             Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Volume One (1) (Vol 1)190 reviews Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, ... Alfred A. Knopf, 2001 AWFUL The book is very instructive, with nice commentaires and drawings. It is really a must have in all kitchens!             Cooking Light Cook's Essential Recipe Collection: Slow Cooker: 57 essential recipes to eat smart, be fit, ...30 reviews Editors of Cooking Light Magazine Oxmoor House, 2006 Great satisfaction with product and service This book contains many recipes that will be helpful for busy homemakers, mothers, and those working outside the home. Most of the ingredients called for are those already in the pantry. I was very pleased with the prompt delivery and the pristine condition of the book. I highly recommend the book and the vendor to others.             Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking56 reviews Michael Ruhlman Scribner, 2009 Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking This book is a great book for cooks that like to create recipes, such as I. I have wanted to create recipes for a while now and now that door is open for me. I'm excited. This book teaches you what goes into a muffin or bread or whatnot. As he says, you're not tied down to a recipe. But a recipe also gives you good balance. With this book, you are back to square one if you want to create your ...             The Pleasures of Cooking for One11 reviews Judith Jones Knopf, 2009 Inspiring This book is absolutely perfect for anyone who finds themselves cooking for one or two people. Not only are the recipes absolutely wonderful, the recipes for using left-overs are also great. Jones shows you how to shop, stock your pantry and freezer, and make wonderful meals for yourself that don't take forever yet taste like they did. I have over 50 cookbooks, and this is the one I find myself ...             Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human22 reviews Richard Wrangham Basic Books, 2009 amazing!! there aren't that many new ideas kicking around, but this book is an exception. how exciting to have 'catching fire' so wonderfully lay out the simple and clear theory that cooking is at the bottom of everything. but this is no dry science read. from homo hablis to the mongols, 'catching fire' is an adventurous read that is sure to capture the imagination. true stories are often the best. 5 ...             Cooking for Two: 2009,The Year's Best Recipes Cut Down to Size18 reviews America's Test Kitchen Boston Common Press, 2009 Thank God! It's been a while since I've reviewed a Cook's Illustrated cookbook. I'm a huge fan, but I grew tired of the recipe repeats. I'd resigned myself to hold out for the annuals. However, I must admit I've had my eye on this book for a while. I absolutely love CI - but when you're single, you think twice about making a new recipe with four servings (especially in these economic times.) Simply ...             Cooking Light Fresh Food Fast: Over 280 Incredibly Flavorful 5-Ingredient 15-Minute Recipes39 reviews Editors of Cooking Light Magazine Oxmoor House, 2009 One of the Best Cookbooks I've Ever Used....Really I'm a collector of cookbooks, and let me tell you............I've got some good ones too. Not just a collector of cookbooks, but I use the bejabbers out of them. I've been told I'm a great cook. I can pretty much so recreate anything I've ever eaten and I know the anatomy of most dishes, most of the time I tweak the recipes that come out of my books, but in this book, I NEVER DO. Frankly that ...             The Moosewood Restaurant Cooking for Health: More Than 200 New Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes for Delicious and ...12 reviews Moosewood Collective Simon & Schuster, 2009 Excellent all-purpose cookbook - Don't be scared by it being "healthy"!! This is an excellent cookbook both in terms of the general information it provides on ingredients and food preparation and also (most importantly) quality of the receipes. It dicusses nutrition topics, moves on to cooking methods, and hten includes chaptes on breakfasts, soups, grains, etc -- really quite a range of recipes. I own quite a few cookbooks and this has quickly become one of my ...             Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone216 reviews Deborah Madison Broadway, 2007 Exceptional Most cookbooks I've seen amount to little more than collections of recipes with some unifying theme. Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone goes far deeper, exploring basic kitchen processes, selection and handling of ingredients, selecting arrangements of dishes for meals, pairing dishes with wines, and so on. It conveys not just information, but Madison's philosophy of food. When I first bought ...             Cooking Light Way to Cook: The Complete Visual Guide to Everyday Cooking1 review Editors of Cooking Light Magazine Oxmoor House, 2009 Great, visual aid for beginning-intermediate cooks UPDATE 12/2/09: Someone commented that his copy of Way to Cook had glossy paper --- I visited a local bookstore this evening, and it seems my copy must be from an earlier batch or a different printer, because the pages were indeed glossy. Just wanted to clear that up with everyone and also mention that I didn't order my copy from Amazon. I bought it at Borders about a week after it was released, ...             Cooking for Baby: Wholesome, Homemade, Delicious Foods for 6 to 18 Months14 reviews Lisa recipes by Barnes Fireside, 2009 Great buy!!! Wonderful colors. I can almost taste the purees by looking at this book. The pics are so vibrant and what's better is that the puree actually taste great. My son really loves this stuff. Approved by both mom and baby. Highly Recommended!!!!             Make It Fast, Cook It Slow: The Big Book of Everyday Slow Cooking25 reviews Stephanie O'Dea Hyperion, 2009 Take one genuine, funny woman... add a slow cooker... simmer for one year and voila! The story of the 'genesis' of this book is as brilliant as the book itself - a New Year resolution made in December 2007 to use the slow cooker every day of 2008 turned into a phenomenally successful blog and ultimately into this book. This story is remarkable, not only because it's tangible evidence of the only New Year resolution I've ever known to have lasted beyond January but because it's a ...             Joy of Cooking153 reviews Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1985 Joy of Cooking is great I love this Cookbook. It has everything I need. What I like the most it cals for more of fresh ingredients etc. Not alot of cans of Mushroom soup etc.             Cooking Light Complete Cookbook: A Fresh New Way to Cook (Book & CD-ROM)20 reviews Editors of Cooking Light Magazine Oxmoor House, 2008 I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! I've always had more than a few extra pounds on my frame. So when then new year came around I decided, like a lot of people to make a resolution to lose weight. Well, I ordered this book and began following the recipies within and I have lost over 40 pounds within the last few months! Just remember no seconds ;) One thing that always kept me from eating "light" foods before was lack of taste, ...              search for books 15-minute, 5-ingredient, anniversary, catching, collection, complete, cookbook, cooking, delicious, diabetes, edition, essential, everyday, everyone, flavorful, homemade, incredibly, ingredient, kitchen, mastering, moosewood, nutrient, nutrient-rich, paperback, pleasures, recipes, restaurant, science, vegetarian, wholesome books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Joel Sternfeld: Treading On Kings we recommend The Shoes Of The Fisherman home  impressum - about us