173 books
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32 voters
Culinary Books
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 183 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.19 — 380,349 ratings — published 2000
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.39 — 94,357 ratings — published 2017
The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.07 — 23,843 ratings — published 2008
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.46 — 16,285 ratings — published 1984
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.19 — 210,595 ratings — published 2006
Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.13 — 199,000 ratings — published 1931
Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.25 — 77,901 ratings — published 1961
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.32 — 25,776 ratings — published 2015
My Life in France (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.16 — 93,353 ratings — published 2006
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.95 — 48,373 ratings — published 2005
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.77 — 37,581 ratings — published 2001
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.07 — 119,599 ratings — published 2008
A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.11 — 31,332 ratings — published 2001
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 41 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.86 — 48,580 ratings — published 2010
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.90 — 25,288 ratings — published 2006
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.71 — 160,816 ratings — published 2005
The Professional Chef (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,902 ratings — published 1974
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.08 — 25,984 ratings — published 2013
The French Laundry Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,953 ratings — published 1999
The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.10 — 8,167 ratings — published 1997
Larousse Gastronomique (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,776 ratings — published 1938
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.00 — 102,215 ratings — published 1998
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.08 — 39,304 ratings — published 1998
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 35 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.05 — 113,269 ratings — published 2007
Taste: My Life Through Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.19 — 96,861 ratings — published 2021
Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (Ruhlman's Ratios)
by (shelved 32 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.09 — 7,131 ratings — published 2009
Catering to Nobody (A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.83 — 22,585 ratings — published 1990
Delicious! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.82 — 36,781 ratings — published 2014
Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.42 — 11,867 ratings — published 2012
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.05 — 22,346 ratings — published 2001
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.68 — 72,218 ratings — published 2000
Yes, Chef (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.86 — 18,711 ratings — published 2012
The Art of Eating (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.32 — 6,163 ratings — published 1954
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.70 — 10,641 ratings — published 2007
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.10 — 34,040 ratings — published 2019
The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.89 — 14,636 ratings — published 2005
The Man Who Ate Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.88 — 9,196 ratings — published 1997
Salt: A World History (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.75 — 77,004 ratings — published 2002
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.07 — 25,962 ratings — published 1976
Dying for Chocolate (A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.81 — 12,991 ratings — published 1992
The Silver Spoon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,282 ratings — published 1950
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.15 — 139,931 ratings — published 1953
Momofuku (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.94 — 14,260 ratings — published 2009
The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,364 ratings — published 2000
The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.84 — 15,708 ratings — published 2009
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.86 — 10,356 ratings — published 2012
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.19 — 10,812 ratings — published 2003
The Last Suppers (A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, #4)
by (shelved 23 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.87 — 10,298 ratings — published 1994
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South (ebook)
by (shelved 22 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.87 — 8,151 ratings — published 2017
Culinary Artistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,945 ratings — published 1996
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