OT: Your Favorite "Food" Books??

Killit_and_Grillit

I told my wife for Christmas this year I wanted to get some books on different types of cooking.  

Not specifically "grilling" books but I'll pick up a few as well. 

Different types of cuisine, styles, techniques, etc. 

Stuff to just broaden my horizons. 

What are your suggestions/favorites?

mkegg

Kenji of Serious Eats just started a daily list of his top cookbooks and books about cooking. Might be worth following... See below for link to first post.

http://www.seriouseats.com/2017/10/food-lab-reading-list-kitchen-confidential.html

He also has a good list of cookbook essentials.

http://www.seriouseats.com/2017/09/essential-cookbooks-for-every-kitchen.html

DoubleEgger

DoubleEgger

DoubleEgger

Old School Grub 

Killit_and_Grillit

DoubleEgger said:

Old School Grub 

Haha. Yeah I inherited all my mom's Better Homes and Bells Best cookbooks when she decided she wanted to only eat chia seeds and infused water for the rest of her life. Some good stuff. 

GATraveller

fishlessman

quick and easy thai,  breath of the wok, charcuterie,  dont remember what bread making book i have

Acn

Smoke and Pickles by Ed Lee is great.  The Collards and Kimchi recipe is a regular staple in our house.

Others I recommend:
Every Grain of Rice - Chinese
Curate - Spanish Tapas
The Japanese Grill
Pok Pok - Thai
Essential Pepin - Classic French
All About Braising
The Food Lab

My wife would add The Cake Bible, it has made most of our deserts for the past couple of years.

bgebrent

Flour Water Salt Yeast, by Ken Forkish

GATraveller

DoubleEgger

This is a cookbook coupled with this history of this Atlanta institution. All of the recipes are the items they serve. This place is the real deal Holyfield 

1voyager

The Classic Italian Cookbook - Julia Della Croce

The Classic French Cookbook - Le Cordon Bleu

Michael Chiarello's Casual Cooking

My Last Supper - Melanie Dunea

Franklin Barbecue - A Meat Smoking Manifesto

Smokin' with Myron Mixon

Focker

Mallmann:  Seven Fires, and On Fire

Paula Marcoux:  Cooking With Fire

Kenji Lopez:  Food Lab

Rick Bayless:  Mexican Everyday, and More Mexican Everyday

Ricardo James:  Daily Tortilla

Alex Stupak:  Tacos

Grace Young:  Breath of a Wok, Stir Frying to the Sky's Edge

Charmaine Solomon:  The Complete Asian Cookbook

APL:  Serious Barbecue, and Charred and Scruffed

Greenstein:  Secrets of a Jewish Baker

Jeff Hertzberg:  Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day

Martha Stewart:  Pies and Tarts

Marc Vetri:  Mastering Pasta

Mario Batali:  Italian Grill

Lodge:  Cast Iron Classics

Pruess:  Cast Iron Cookbook

Melissa Poulwan:  Well Fed, and Well Fed 2 (Paleo)

Grilltastic

six_egg

I like this one. 


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caliking

Acn said:

Smoke and Pickles by Ed Lee is great.  The Collards and Kimchi recipe is a regular staple in our house.

Others I recommend:
Every Grain of Rice - Chinese
Curate - Spanish Tapas
The Japanese Grill
Pok Pok - Thai
Essential Pepin - Classic French
All About Braising
The Food Lab

My wife would add The Cake Bible, it has made most of our deserts for the past couple of years.

+1 for Fuchsia Dunlop's Every Grain of Rice. Her Land of Plenty is also very good. Land of Plenty is focused more on Sichuan recipes, if that's your thing.

Focker

FWIW, several of the books I eventually bought, I checked out first from the local library.

Focker

Another rabbit hole for the Instant Pot. 

mEGG_My_Day

mEGG_My_Day

SciAggie

Salt Fat Acid Heat is a good one.
I just recently bought The Science of Good Cooking. I have picked up some pearls of wisdom. 
Tartine Bread is good (among others) if you are chasing the perfect loaf.

There are others, but I think these were influential in helping me be a better cook.

Eoin

I don't have any BBQ books, just learned off here!

Favourites are these 2:





Allround reference:



Basic info:



Christmas:



I've got dozens but most of them sit on the shelf.

tarheelmatt

EggObsessed

Positively, The Food Lab by Kenji Lopez-Alt.  I have a bizillion cookbooks, and this is hands down my favorite as far as techniques and the reasoning behind them.

billt01

ScarletFire

epcotisbest

Cookbook from our favorite restaurant. Lots of good southern cooking in here.

Botch

 
Freshly-roasted green chiles are available more and more, have reached the Mississippi at least, don't deny yourself.
 

 
Someone here recommended this one; outstanding!
 

 
Not a whole lot of recipes, but a hilarious read.  

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

Great thread!

bgebrent

Great references. All really depends on cooking vs baking. Going astray from the cooking stuff is where greatness occurs. Following the baking stuff is results oriented.