| 1. |  | Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
from Bloomsbury USA
Price: $17.15
Customer Review:
Kitchen Confidential is a must read for anyone who has ever set foot in the backrooms of a restaurant. Bourdain captures the environment with all its stresses, off-colored language and cooking pride. Kitchen Confidential reads similar to a feature on VH1's Behind the Music as Bourdain battles with... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | The New Best Recipe: All-New Edition
from America's Test Kitchen
Price: $23.10
Customer Review:
I love this cookbook. I have had it for several years and reach for it again and again. The Butterscotch Cream Pie recipe is worth the $ all by itself. It is one of my favorite books to give as a gift. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook, Heavy-Duty Revised Edition
from America's Test Kitchen
Price: $23.07
Customer Review:
I actually purchased the original edition in 2005, but would love to have this newer version with the heavier paper- several of my pages have ripped out of the binder. Either way, I have not had a SINGLE bad meal using this cookbook. They really and truly test the heck out of each recipe and it... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | New Cook Book
from Better Homes and Gardens
Price: $13.57
Customer Review:
Even though I have shelves of cookbooks, this has been my "go to" cookbook since I received it as a wedding gift 52 years ago. I gave one to my own daughter 25 years ago, who loves it as much as I did. I just purchased this one for my 20-year-old granddaughter who has moved out of the dorm and is in... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food
from Wiley
Price: $14.93
Customer Review:
We're on our third copy of this book. After the first two hardcover copies fell apart, we bought the paperback. Now that shows 1) that this book has become indispensable in our kitchen, but also 2) that the hardcover version is shoddily made. We sent a note to the publisher but got no response. The... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | How to Grill: The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques
from Workman Publishing Company
Price: $16.42
Customer Review:
Exactly what I was looking for--techniques, recipes, examples,all with great color photos. I will enjoy this grilling book greatly! | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker: 200 Recipes for Healthy and Hearty One-Pot Meals That Are Ready When You Are
from Harvard Common Press
Price: $10.17
Customer Review:
Fantastic Book. My daughter is a vegetarian and I know she's going to enjoy being able to use this book that she'll be getting from her Dad and me as one of her gifts for Christmas. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting with Your Slow Cooker
from Good Books
Price: $11.16
Customer Review:
This is the handiest book! I've loaned it to a neighbor for a recipe she tasted and by the time I got it back she had ordered her own copy. Home recipes are great. | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader: Recipes from Mitford Cooks, Favorite Tales from Mitford Books (Mitford)
from Viking Adult
Price: $19.77
Customer Review:
If you've read the Mitford Series, you will want this book. Even if you don't try any of the recipes, it's a fun book to read. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed
from William Morrow Cookbooks
Price: $19.80
Customer Review:
"Cookwise" is the science of cooking- the how and why ingredients react, and the different results of making minor adjustments with cooking methods or ingredients. I have used many of the recipes in this book, and I have been able to tweak some of my own recipes, making them so much better. I am SO... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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