The Cookbook Library

A cookbook can easily become lost in the overcrowded shelves of a secondhand bookstore for lack of love and attention. Here is a collection of books that needs to be cherished and savoured; these books will save your life when you panic at the prospect of not knowing what to cook to impress your date, his or her parents, or your children. Bon Appetit!

Chefs/Restaurauteurs

• Sunday Suppers at Lucques : Seasonal Recipes from Market to Table by Suzanne Goin, Teri Gelber
• Bouchon by Thomas Keller
• Nancy Silverton’s Pastries from the La Brea Bakery
• The Rose Pistola Cookbook
• Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook
• Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison
• Chez Panisse Fruit by Alice Waters
• The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook
• La Maison du Chocolat by Robert Linxe

Celebrity/Master Chefs

• Feast: Food to Celebrate Life by Nigella Lawson
• Jacques Pepin’s Kitchen
• Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home
• Barefoot in Paris by Ina Garten
• Everyday Mexican by Rick Bayless

Basics/Cooking (but not The Joy of Cooking)

• Larousse Gastronomique
• The Silver Spoon
• The Gourmet Cookbook

Pieces of a Meal

• The Farmstead Egg Cookbook by Terry Golson
• Fresh from the Farmers Market by Chronicle Books LLC Staff, Janet Fletcher, Victoria Pearson, Alice Waters
• Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison’s Kitchen
• Eggs by Michel Roux
• Molecular Gastronomy by Herve This
• The Chocolate Connoisseur by Chloe Doutre-Roussel

Trends/Movements

• Slow Food by Carlo Petrini, William McCuaig (Translator), Alice Waters (Foreword)
• SuperFoods HealthStyle by Steven G. Pratt

Cuisines by Country

• Mangia Little Italy