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Przemyslaw_93807

In yours opinion, what books you can call "must have in every cook bookshelf"? Lets say yours Top 5-10.

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Tim_Sutherland_52834

Modernist Cuisine

Jacques Pepins Complete Techniques

The Flavor Bible

These are my big 3 and then I would branch into areas that interest you - baking, pastry, dessert, country specific, seafood, game, offal, etc.

douglas_bd

On Food and Cooking

tshewman

On food and cooking, heston at home or Thomas keller ' ad hoc (for great basic home meals), modernist cuisine at home (and modernist cuisine), Mugaritz, alinea, the French laundry, pok pok, momofuku, Relae (for great uses getting the most of veggies, plus nuts).

Cheryl_71360

All that are mentioned so far plus: The Saucier's Apprentice by Raymond Solkolov; Great Sausage Recipes and Meat Curing by Rytek Kutas; The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart and The Professional Pastry Chef by Bo Friberg. I'm a cookbook junky. Nothing is more fun than sitting out on the back porch swing and spending a couple hours with a glass of wine and a good cookbook.

Jack_Walker_124480

White Heat MPW

Flavour Thesaurus N.Seget

Delia Smith (my grannies bible)

The French Laundry Keller

Momofuku Chang

Le Manoir au Quat Saison R.Blanc

Michel Bras

Jamie Oliver (most are great for quick tasty dinner)

The Mark Hix Collection is pretty great too

HammeredChef_DEFINITELY_does_NOT_work_at_22134

it takes you a couple hours to drink a glass of wine?

Tim_Sutherland_52834

I just assumed @Cheryl was using a glass of this size.

This is my benchmark for when the doctor asks how many glasses of wine I have per week.

HammeredChef_DEFINITELY_does_NOT_work_at_22134

Thank god somebody drinks like I do. Was at he doctor last week (gotta have a new hip, (to much twerking) he asked the same question. When I answered honestly he suggested that I "kill two birds with on stone". Find a rehab clinic that offered physical therapy for my hip after surgery.......I told him that i am not a quitter.

Przemyslaw_93807

Though im weird with this wine drinking during reading cookbooks

i need to fix such a glass, it would make my life with wife way easier. "Did you drink whole bottle alone?" "just 1 glass honey ~.~"

Brandon_Byrd_40557

You listed pretty much everything I was going to, though I'd disagree a bit about Mugaritz and Alinea being must haves for every cook. I'd also add Jaques Peppin's Technique books, especially for novice cooks.

bkeene12

This book... I can open it to any page and find inspiration.

tshewman

I included those for a couple of reasons. To given them inspiration by using food porn (I would also include EMP), but to also inspire to push boundaries. Presumably we always want to do certain hings a bit better or different each time and these types of books help push those boundaries. And if they don't want to push boundaries and understand, I would respectfully submit Harold McGee's wouldn't be needed either. So, although I don't disagree with Brandon, I simply have a slightly different mental picture.

msymond

I'm a little late to this thread, but Ideas in Food and Maximum Flavour by Aki and Alex are both brilliant. Heritage by Sean Brock is definitely up there, the Zuni Cafe, and Thai Food by David Thompson.