| 1. |  | Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients
from Clarkson Potter
Price: $21.00
Customer Review:
This is such a complete book-great recipes, method details and entertaining tips. Good for pros and beginners alike. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Rachael Ray's Big Orange Book: Her Biggest Ever Collection of All-New 30-Minute Meals Plus Kosher Meals, Meals for One, Veggie Dinners, Holiday Favorites, and Much More!
from Clarkson Potter
Price: $14.97
Customer Review:
Racheal Ray does it again...
Easy to follow recipes, and a great book. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip . . . with Recipes! (Food Network)
from William Morrow Cookbooks
Price: $11.97
Customer Review:
guido is off the hook,good cook,good host and put a pretty damn good cook book together,thats it! | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. | ![]() | The Omnivore's Dilemma
from Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Customer Review:
I found Michael Pollan's book to be quite informative and interesting. The strength of the book was the detailing of much of the modern food chain and our dependence on but a very few staple items, namely corn and soy, to supply a very high percentage of our caloric needs. The percentage of our... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
from Penguin Audio
Price: $19.77
Customer Review:
Let me say that on its own this is a very good book. Pollan does a great job of talking about how much of the "science" behind the nutrition claims of journalists and doctors is basically bunk and often may do more harm than good. He then goes onto explain what parts of the Western Diet (processed... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition): 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food
from Wiley
Price: $17.50
Customer Review:
I first began my affair with cooking and baking when I was in high school, learning from an original printing of HTCE that lie forgotton in my parents' pantry.
Now, together with the love of my life in our first apartment, this new version is the nightly answer to the question, "What's for... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook
from Clarkson Potter
Price: $29.70
Customer Review:
As usual, Martha does a great job! This one is very detailed with step-by-step instructions and photographs. The recipes make you want to go right back into the kitchen and start cooking. They also range from basic to more advanced.
| 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition - 2006
from Scribner
Price: $17.50
Customer Review:
I wanted an all purpose cookbook for a gift. The book should have all the latest information on food prepartion, calories,etc. I have an old edition that I use for any food preparation question. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make
from Houghton Mifflin Co
Price: $10.85
Customer Review:
This book is great! There are some awesome ideas in here and they really spell out the directions to make it as easy as possible for the everyday baker to pull it off. I acutally just did the spaghetti & meatballs for Thanksgiving! Everybody got a kick out of them! Nobody even realized they were... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
from Harper Perennial
Price: $10.17
Customer Review:
This book will change the way you look at food and shopping. I think it should be read by all that cook and shop since it brings to light the way our food is grown, prepared and shipped. It explores so many angles in the production of food and it is interesting! I now look for locally grown food... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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