| 1. |  | The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs
from Little, Brown and Company
Price: $23.10
Customer Review:
I know I would have enjoyed this book(s) if I had ever gotten them. 1 look books never sent me anything: not my books, not an answer to my e-mails(plural), but of course they billed my credit card the day I sent the order. That was 24 Nov. and it is now Dec.27, 2008. My review: I truely liked the... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
from Bloomsbury USA
Price: $17.15
Customer Review:
By all accounts, this should be a lousy book. The life story of a middle-aged, former substance-abusing, self-described SOB and good-but-not-great chef. In the hands of most people, this would be a rambling, uninteresting memoir that would never see the light of day. The fact that Bourdain pulls it... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide
from Artisan
Price: $47.25
Customer Review:
This is a good book by Thomas Keller. As a professional chef, you can see he tries to make every effort to make his career to the top. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | On the Line
from Artisan
Price: $23.10
Customer Review:
Is it a cookbook? No, but it has recipes. Is it a biography? Yes, but of a restaurant rather than a person. More than anything it is a day-to-day look at the workings of a wonderful restaurant. Detail is not spared. How much fish...how many napkins...details about the workers and their lives. And it... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Fast Food Nation
from Harper Perennial
Price: $10.17
Customer Review:
I was at a school-related conference (I work for a school district) and one part of it was led by a dietician. Her part lasted less than 30 minutes but during her discussion, she told the group to read this book if we wanted the real picture of how bad fast food is for children and the general... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | The Professional Chef
from Wiley
Price: $44.10
Customer Review:
I received my book before the projected due date, which was great. However, I was disappointed that the spine of the book was damaged, but the rest of the book was perfect. I attempted to contact Amazon regarding the matter, even to point of returning it, but I could not get through to the page to... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
from Knopf
Price: $17.13
Customer Review:
I really don't cook but this is one of the top "passion for food vs. inside the food business" books out there, e.g Kitchen Confidential style. This, like the others, is fantastically interesting and fun to read. Mario Batalli features prominently in this book - and it's biographical in that regard... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Zagat 2009 New York City Restaurants (Zagatsurvey: New York City Restaurants)
from Zagat Survey
Price: $10.85
Customer Review:
Great product and price. We use this all the time when choosing restaurants in NYC | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Fix, Freeze, Feast: More than 125 recipes to prepare in bulk and by the serving
from Storey Publishing, LLC
Price: $10.17
Customer Review:
We have a store called Let's Dish where you can go and prepare meals to freeze. I loved the concept, but spending $200 each trip was a little much for our family. This book is great in that I can make a broader scope of meals to freeze, but can do one or two at a time, which is much more cost... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | SAUCES Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making
from Van Nostrand Reinhold
Customer Review:
James Peterson is a brilant read in the culinary field. his experiences are read through almost all his books. My favorite is "sauces". Top knotch. He lived and did these sauces up and to the five mother sauces. It is good reads until you have kids, but still usable as a mom! | 4.5 / 5.0
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