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Getting Started
"Top Chefs"
Food-ology
Vegetarian & Vegan
Special Dietary Needs
Global Gourmet
Play With Your Food
Kids & Teens in the Kitchen
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GETTING STARTED
How to boil water, what to make for dinner for tonight, the perfect souffle...and everything in between!
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The Fireside Cook Book: the classic guide to fine cooking for beginner and expert
James Beard |
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The Flexitarian Table: inspired, flexible meals for vegetarians, meat lovers, and everyone in between
Peter Berley, Zoe Singer
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How to Break an Egg: 1,453 kitchen tips, food fixes, emergency subsitutions, and handy techniques
Fine Cooking Magazine |
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How to Peel a Peach: and 1001 other things every good cook needs to know
Perla Meyers
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Joy of Cooking (75th anniversary edition)
Irma S. Rombauer |
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The Good Housekeeping Cookbook: 1,039 recipes from America's favorite test kitchen
Susan Westmoreland
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"TOP CHEFS"
Timeless recipes from culinary masters and adventurous dishes from today's hottest chefs.
You've seen them on TV...now try them in your kitchen!
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Mario Batali |
Mark Bittman
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Julia Child |
Giada de Laurentiis
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Paula Deen
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Bobby Flay
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Ina Garten
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Emeril Lagasse
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Nigella Lawson
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Sandra Lee
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Jamie Oliver
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Jacques Pepin
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Rachael Ray |
Martin Yan
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FOOD-OLOGY
The why, where, how and WHAT?! of food.
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I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking
Alton Brown |
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Twinkie, Deconstructed: my journey to discover how the ingredients found in processed foods are grown, mined (yes, mined), and manipulated into what America eats
Steve Ettlinger
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On Food and Cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
Harold McGee |
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In Defense of Food: an eater's manifesto
Michael Pollan
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Ratio: the simple codes behind the craft of everyday cooking
Michael Ruhlman |
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VEGETARIAN & VEGAN
There's more to meat-less meals than just beans and rice!
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How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: simple meatless recipes for great food
Mark Bittman |
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Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian
Madhur Jaffrey
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Vegan Lunch Box: 150 amazing, animal-free lunches kids and grown-ups will love!
Jennifer McCann |
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Veganomicon: the ultimate vegan cookbook
Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Tony Hope Romero
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Conscious Cook: delicious meatless recipes that will change the way you eat
Tal Ronnen |
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SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS
Great dishes for all diets!
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Allergy Cooking with Ease: the no wheat, milk, eggs, corn, soy, yeast, sugar, grain and gluten cookbook
Nicolette M. Dumke |
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Hip Kosher: 175 easy-to-prepare recipes for today's kosher cooks
Ronnie Fein
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Cooking Free: 200 flavorful recipes for people with food allergies and multiple food sensitivities
Carol Fenster |
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The Everything Lactose-Free Cookbook: the easy-to-prepare, low-dairy alternatives for your favorite meals
Jan McCracken
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BabyCakes: vegan, gluten-free, and (mostly) sugar-free recipes from New York's most talked about bakery
Erin McKenna |
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Cooking Smart for a Healthy Heart: over 150 flavorful eat-right recipes to lose weight and live longer
Reader's Digest
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GLOBAL GOURMET
International culinary experiences from the comfort of your own kitchen. Jet lag not included.
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The New German Cookbook
Jean Anderson, Hedy Wurz |
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Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
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Authentic Mexican: regional cooking from the heart of Mexico
Rick Bayless, Deann Groen Bayless |
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5 Spices, 50 Dishes: simple Indian recipes using five common spices
Ruta Kahate
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Simple Chinese Cooking
Kylie Kwong |
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Arabesque: a taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon
Claudia Roden
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The Soul of a New Cuisine: a discovery of the foods and flavors of Africa
Marcus Samuelsson, Heidi Sacko Walters |
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Japanese Cooking: a simple art
Shizuo Tsuji, Mary Sutherland
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PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD
Looking for something a little...different? Have fun reading and eating with these titles.
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Food Art: garnishing made easy
John Gargone |
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The Book Club Cookbook: recipes and food for thought from your book club's favorite books and authors
Judy Gelman, Vicki Levy Krupp
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Being Dead is No Excuse: the official southern ladies guide to hosting the perfect funeral
Gayden Metcalfe, Charlotte Hays |
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Sinful Smoothies: more than 130 dessert smoothies and other indulgences
Donna Pliner Rodnitsky
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Pure Ketchup: a history of America's national condiment with recipes
Andrew F. Smith |
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Hello, Cupcake!
Karen Tack, Alan Richardson
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KIDS & TEENS IN THE KITCHEN
Books to take you from after school snacks to late night college study sessions.
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Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: recipes inspired by Dr. Seuss!
Georgeanne Brennan |
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Mom and Me Cookbook: have fun in the kitchen
Annabel Karmel
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Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: a cookbook for preschoolers
Mollie Katzen, Ann Henderson |
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Emeril's There's a Chef in My Soup!: recipes for the kid in everyone
Emeril Lagasse
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Wormy Apple Croissants and Other Halloween Recipes
Brekka Hervey Larrew |
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Teens Cook: how to cook what you want to eat
Megan Carle, Jill Carle
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Heathly College Cookbook: quick, cheap, easy
Alexandra Nimetz, Jason Stanley, Emeline Starr |
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