Foody Books

These are some Foody Books I Recommend:

Any local cookbook that have recipes that work. The local food history comes out in these books. They will give you a regionized point of view which you will not find in the mass food culture.

Becoming a Chef
Revised Edition
By: Andrew Dornenburg & Karen Page

The Starbucks Experience
5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary
By: Joseph A. Michelli

What to Drink with What you Eat
Andrew Dornenburg & Karen Page

Culinary Artistry
Andrew Dornenburg & Karen Page

How Baking Works
Paula Figoni

Baking & Pastry Formulas
Johnson & Wales University

Baking & Pastry
Mastering the art and craft
The Culinary Institue of America

Letters to a young chef
Daniel Boulud

The Apprentice
My life in the kitchen
Jacques Pepin

Kitchen Confidential
Anthony Bourdain

The Essence of Chocolate
Recipes for Baking & Cooking with fine chocolate
John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg

The Blue Willow Inn
Bible of Southern Cooking
Louis and Billie Van Dyke

The Bread Baker's Apprentice
Mastering the art of extraordinary bread
Peter Reinhart

Brother Juniper's Bread Book
Peter Reinhart

Crust and Crumb
Master formulas for serious bread bakers
Peter Reinhart

American Pie
My search for the perfect pizza
Peter Reinhart

The King Authur Flour
Bakers Companion

The King Authur Flour
Cookie Companion

Professional Baking 3rd Edition
Wayne Gisslen

Professional Cooking 5th Edition
Wayne Gisslen

I'm just here for the food
Alton Brown

Creating Chefs
a journey through culinary school with recipes and lessons
Carol W. Maybach with Glenn Humphrey

The Nasty Bits
Anthony Bourdain

Food Network Favorites
Recipes from our All-Star Chefs






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