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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World 28 reviews
Dan Koeppel
Hudson Street Press, 2007
Mangu de Platano
+ Banana Review
+ Bananarama! The Forbidden and Forgotten Fruit of the Loom.
+ who knew?
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The Art of Eating 26 reviews
M. F. K. Fisher, Joan Reardon
Wiley, 2004
Style and Substance: Like a Good Meal
+ The Art of WRITING ABOUT EATING
+ Defines the word "classic"
+ Delicious, with a Wee Aftertaste
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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting ... 160 reviews
Bill Buford
Vintage, 2007
Apprentice of apprentices
+ A amazing journey through food and cooking
+ You Need to Love the Kitchen
+ Outsider Looking In
+ banjo
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How to Pick a Peach: The Search for Flavor from Farm to Table10 reviews
Russ Parsons
Mariner Books, 2008
With Juice Running Down Your Arms and Mouth Watering Taste
+ Good Read
+ An excellent reference for finding high quality fruits and vegetables
+ Great resource for taking advantage of fresh produce
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Fast Food Nation1410 reviews
Eric Schlosser
Harper Perennial, 2005
The true world of Fast Food opens before your eyes!
+ By the Author of Outstanding You
+ highest approval
This book is truly interesting in that it explains a process that many consumers thought that they were already familiar with.
This book will explain why:
1) it always seems the person at the register is being "trained".
2) kids flock to most fast food joints.
3) the fast food industry ...
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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen172 reviews
Harold McGee
Scribner, 2004
food science my friends
+ Foody Gift
+ On Food and Cooking
+ Great Book!
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El Bulli 2003-20048 reviews
Ferran Adria, Juli Soler, ...
Ecco, 2006
Amazing journey
+ Inspirational...
+ Ferran Adria and El Bulli 2003 ,2004
+ the best book i 've ever seen
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Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously 63 reviews
Julie Powell
Back Bay Books, 2006
Just keep trying. Eventually you'll figure out how to master mayonnaise.
+ Good Book for Foodies
+ Love Julie!
I rounded up. I'dve gone with a 4.5., mainly because I think that some points were belabored, but it was a hysterical memoir filled with mistakes and blunders, cursing and all-in-all a wonderful narrator. I think one of the paragraphs towards the end summed it up for me: "Sometimes, if you want to ...
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto190 reviews
Michael Pollan
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008
Just Eat Food. Real Food.
+ enlightening
+ Blew Through This GREAT Book
+ Powerful Message
+ very very pleased
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The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute100 reviews
Michael Ruhlman
Holt Paperbacks, 1999
Well written, dragged a bit at times, but learned so very much
+ One of the most engaging food memors you'll find
+ So That's How You Do It!
+ Wonderful Inside Look
+ Insightful and Entertaining
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Garde Manger, The Art and Craft of the Cold Kitchen16 reviews
The Culinary Institute of America
Wiley, 2004
Garde Manger
+ Great Book!!!
+ The hows and whys on soups, salad and sandwiches
+ Excellent base book
+ Had to Have It
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Julie and Julia : 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen 194 reviews
Julie Powell, 2005
Too Funny to Pass Up!
+ Fun AND taught me about cooking. Well, a little about cooking...
+ A breath of fresh air!
+ A fun and entertaining read
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The Reach of a Chef: Beyond the Kitchen20 reviews
Michael Ruhlman
Viking Adult, 2006
Ruhlman Does It Again
+ Great insight into the world of professional cooking
+ "I'm not a chef anymore and it breaks my heart."
+ Engaging, thoughtful and tasty prose
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The French Laundry Cookbook106 reviews
Thomas Keller, Deborah Jones
Artisan, 1999
essential for the serious French food lover
+ Awsome
+ Great
+ Precision Cooking Solely For Serious Home Cooks...
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Salt: A World History106 reviews
Mark Kurlansky
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
Indiana Jones, this IS history
+ Ok...It was just Ok
+ A great read
Remembering 2nd semester of Western Civ with a dynamic prof who loved to use the "spectrum of history" to link events...food, religion, war, hobbies, work. That is how this book is read and you must eat the whole salty pretzel to get the flavor. You must try not to quibble with a few sweeping ...
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The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket33 reviews
Trevor Corson
HarperCollins, 2007
Like Sushi....Not a book reader...you will like this book
+ Put Your Maki Where Your Mouth Is
+ Great book
This is a must read for any sushi lover. The book is very easy to read and is not dry. Warning! Reading this book will make you crave sushi :)
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Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table83 reviews
Ruth Reichl
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002
I was truly Comforted by this book!
+ A feast for heart, body and soul
+ Delectable Memoir -- I loved it!!!!
+ Deliciously Satisfying Sequel
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Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed117 reviews
Shirley Corriher
William Morrow Cookbooks, 1997
Excellent resource for the serious cook
+ A Cook's Secret Weapon!
+ a classic filled with information
+ Great book!
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses49 reviews
Tom Standage
Walker Publishing Company, 2006
World History Through a Few Beverages
+ It's actually quite interesting
+ A fun telling of the history of humankind - through beveridges..
+ A Drinker and Thinker's Delight
+ A history of he world in 6 glasses
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Food in History18 reviews
Reay Tannahill
Three Rivers Press, 1995
Wonderful, enlighten read, with one caveat.
+ 8 stars out of 5
+ My favorit book of all times
+ Very Interesting!!
+ What we eat and where it came from
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