17 books
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Culinary Books
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 184 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.19 — 388,696 ratings — published 2000
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.39 — 97,049 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 — 24,183 ratings — published 2008
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.46 — 16,367 ratings — published 1984
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.19 — 211,363 ratings — published 2006
Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.13 — 200,678 ratings — published 1931
Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.25 — 78,745 ratings — published 1961
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.31 — 26,270 ratings — published 2015
My Life in France (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.16 — 93,885 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 — 48,754 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 — 37,825 ratings — published 2001
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.07 — 120,070 ratings — published 2008
A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.11 — 32,002 ratings — published 2001
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 42 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.86 — 49,217 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 — 25,358 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 — 161,059 ratings — published 2005
The Professional Chef (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,906 ratings — published 1974
The French Laundry Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,985 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 — 8,185 ratings — published 1997
Larousse Gastronomique (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,775 ratings — published 1938
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.08 — 26,137 ratings — published 2013
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.00 — 102,755 ratings — published 1998
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.08 — 39,483 ratings — published 1998
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 34 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.05 — 113,723 ratings — published 2007
Taste: My Life Through Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.19 — 98,663 ratings — published 2021
Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (Ruhlman's Ratios)
by (shelved 33 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.09 — 7,170 ratings — published 2009
Catering to Nobody (A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.83 — 22,686 ratings — published 1990
Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.40 — 12,249 ratings — published 2012
Delicious! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.82 — 37,057 ratings — published 2014
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.05 — 22,413 ratings — published 2001
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.68 — 73,186 ratings — published 2000
Yes, Chef (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.86 — 18,802 ratings — published 2012
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.07 — 26,307 ratings — published 1976
The Art of Eating (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.32 — 6,181 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 3.69 — 10,664 ratings — published 2007
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.10 — 34,331 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 — 14,762 ratings — published 2005
The Man Who Ate Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.88 — 9,211 ratings — published 1997
Momofuku (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.93 — 14,438 ratings — published 2009
Salt: A World History (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.75 — 78,029 ratings — published 2002
Dying for Chocolate (A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.81 — 13,064 ratings — published 1992
The Silver Spoon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,323 ratings — published 1950
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.86 — 10,501 ratings — published 2012
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.15 — 140,549 ratings — published 1953
The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,390 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 — 15,765 ratings — published 2009
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as culinary)
avg rating 4.19 — 10,876 ratings — published 2003
The Last Suppers (A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, #4)
by (shelved 23 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.87 — 10,368 ratings — published 1994
Eat a Peach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.87 — 28,463 ratings — published 2020
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South (ebook)
by (shelved 22 times as culinary)
avg rating 3.86 — 8,203 ratings — published 2017
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