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Passion for Flavour 4 reviews
Gordon Ramsay
Conran, 2006
His passion became my passion
+ exelent classic
Gordan Ransay's Passion for Flavours quickly became one of my favorite book. Not one of my favorite RECIPE books, but one of my favorite books I've ever read. All those mouthwatering recipes, in those bright, colorful pictures, makes me want to try them every weekend - it's when I have time to ...
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Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess 23 reviews
Gael Greene
Mysterious Press, 2007
Edit Me Please- An Excess of Ego
Will I ever finnish this tedious tome? An excess of ego and pointless information. Ruth Reichel's exsquiste "Comfort Me with Apples" benefitted from a genius of editing, I longed for more. With Insatiable I want less. Ms. Greene sometimes writes about food as if it were ad copy.
I had to ...
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel 289 reviews
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 1998
Patience and Growth Yields Great Reward
+ A certain "something" that is bizarre and intriguing
+ Excellent read
+ Think for yourself
+ Chronicle of the Lost
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Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)574 reviews
Anthony Bourdain
Harper Perennial, 2007
Brings Back Memories
+ Oh the Memories!
+ A great read!
It has been over 20 years since I worked in the restaurant business, but reading Bourdain's book brought back a lot of memories of what the business and the many characters who inhabit it are like. I found Bourdain's book to be very entertaining and reflects much of what I remember about the world ...
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South of the Border, West of the Sun: A Novel118 reviews
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2000
The Mystery of Romance
+ Haunting
+ Cool restraint and passion
+ South of the border
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Thai Food and Cooking 2 reviews
Judy Bastyra
Lorenz Books, 2003
Beautiful produced Thai cookbook
+ simple and great tasting
This lovely book is artfully produced, with 2-3 attractive photographs per recipe, both of the food prep and the finished product.
This isn't just a cookbook. It is a primer on Thai history, cooking techniques, ingredients, equipment, and more, with over 60 non-recipe pages.
The recipes ...
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White Heat5 reviews
Marco Pierre White
Mitchell Beazley, 1999
Recipes for serious/dedicated cooks only
+ A must for everyone with some ambitions about cooking.
+ Art Book or Cookbook?
+ A great array of classical recipes with a touch of moderness
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values528 reviews
Robert M. Pirsig
HarperTorch, 2006
Couldn't put it down.
+ Neat
+ About this book
+ A book about overcoming intellectualism and becoming whole
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The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Revised and Updated for the 21st Century) 25 reviews
Holly George-Warren, Patricia Romanowski, ...
Fireside, 2001
AWESOME BOOK!
+ Great Read, Great Reference Guide
+ Amazing book
+ Great Book!
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Cuisine Unplugged: Reinterpreting European Cuisine with an Asian Touch2 reviews
Emmanuel Stroobant
Times Editions, 2003
Flaunt it even if you don't have it!
+ east meets best
My amateur cooking skills have taken a quantum leap since my purchase of this superb collection of wonderful recipes. The author, apart from looking quite delicious himself (evident from the beautiful pictorials therein), has come through with the promise that his recipes would even make a novice ...
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Gordon Ramsay's Secrets10 reviews
Gordon Ramsay, Roz Denny, ...
Quadrille Publishing Ltd, 2004
Excellent Book with Delicious Results!
+ A great book from a top notch chef!
+ Yummy!
+ Great tastes here!
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The Anatomy of a Dish6 reviews
Diane Forley, Catherine Young
Artisan, 2002
Sophisticated Food Organized around Plant Groups
+ A brilliant effort!
+ A mouth-watering compendium of delicious dishes
+ Gorgeous to look at ... Hard to see
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Super Potato Design: The Complete Works of Takashi Sugimoto: Japan's Leading Interior Designer5 reviews
Mira Locher, Tadao Ando, ...
Tuttle Publishing, 2006
Material Heaven
+ The art of natural materials in interior design
+ Exciting!!!!
+ Phenomenal Book
+ Wow
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New Wave Asian: A Guide to the Southeast Asian Food Revolution1 review
Sri Owen
Whitecap Books, 2002
Showcases 125 classic and contemporary recipes
New Wave Asian: A Guide To The Southeast Asian Food Revolution showcases 125 classic and contemporary recipes drawn from the fabled cuisines of Asia and adapted for American kitchens. From Fresh Shiitake Stuffed with Vegetable Tartar; Vietnamese Hot-and-Sour Soup of Duck and Bamboo Shoots; Fried ...
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Kafka on the Shore180 reviews
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2006
Weird is what you pay for...
+ Great fiction from a master of the surreal
+ yes to Kafka
... and weird is what you get, with Haruki Murakami. But this novel is not merely full-blown weird; it' s about the meaning of Weird, not just in the modern sense of 'bizarre' but in the root sense also. 'Weird' is an Old Norse word meaning something like "the uncanny ability to influence Fate." ...
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Gordon Ramsay: A Chef for All Seasons11 reviews
Gordon Ramsay, Roz Denny
Ten Speed Press, 2000
Excellent Addition to the Gordon Ramsay French/Scottish repitoire
+ Chef for All Seasons
+ Beautiful and practical!
+ Definitly heavenly recipes
+ Great Read, Great For Super Special Occasions
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The Fountainhead967 reviews
Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff
Signet, 1996
Fairy Tale
+ More traditionally novelistic, tells the backstory of Atlas Shrugged
+ Fountainhead
+ Why Was This Book Written?
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A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines121 reviews
Anthony Bourdain
Harper Perennial, 2002
More Focused Than Bourdain's Television Escapades
+ Fun!
+ as if you were with him all along
+ Great Condition
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!2199 reviews
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
Business Plus, 2000
This Book Changed My Life!
+ Greatest Personal Finance book!
+ Good but not a instruction book
This is a MUST read book if you want to obtain financial freedom. Personally, this book totally changed my life!!
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Le Cordon Bleu's Complete Cooking Techniques: the indispensable reference demonstrates over 700 illustrated ...24 reviews
Le Cordon Bleu
William Morrow Cookbooks, 1997
If you like to eat, but have no idea where to start preparing or buying food, this is a great start!
+ Excellent book!
+ Helpful Photos and Techniques
+ Excellent
+ The ultimate cookbook
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