Holidays: Gift Guide: Books for Cooks


Gift Guide: Books for Cooks

by AOL Food


Most food fans love kitchen lit almost as much as they enjoy whipping up scrumptious stuff at the stove. Feed their need with these new and classic cookery books -- and maybe you'll even get an extra-special meal out of the deal.

Cooking, Entertaining & Food Writing:

FOR CARNIVORES:
Pork & Sons - Stephane Reynaud
(Buy)
Beyond Nose to Tail: More Omnivorous Recipes for the Adventurous Cook - Fergus Henderson
(Buy)
The River Cottage Meat Book - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
(Buy)

FOR VEGETARIANS:
Vegan with a Vengeance - Isa Chandra Moskowitz
(Buy)
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian - Mark Bittman
(Buy)

FOR ENTERTAINING:
Talk With Your Mouth Full - The Hearty Boys
White Trash Gatherings - Kendra Bailey Morris
I Like You - Amy Sedaris
(Buy)
Park Avenue Potluck: Recipes from New York's Savviest Hostesses - The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering
(Buy)

FOR THE MIXOLOGIST:
Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar - David Wondrich
(Buy)

FOR THE ALL-AMERICAN:
America's Best Lost Recipes - Cook's Illustrated
The Gift of Southern Cooking - Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock
Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook - Matt Lee and Ted Lee
ESPN's GameDay Gourmet - Pableaux Johnson
(Buy)
Charleston Receipts - The Junior League of Charleston, SC
(Buy)

FOR INTERNATIONAL FLAIR:
1080 Recipes - Simone and Ines Ortega
Molto Italiano - Mario Batali
FOR EVERYDAY COOKING:
Bernard Clayton's New Complete Book of Breads - Bernard Clayton
(Buy)
Bernard Clayton's Complete Book of Soups And Stews - Bernard Clayton
(Buy)
How to Cook Everything - Mark Bittman
The Young Man and the Sea - David Pasternack and Ed Levine
FOR A GLIMPSE INTO THE KITCHEN:
Staff Meals from Chanterelle - David Waltuck
(Buy)
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School - Kathleen Flinn
(Buy)
The Kitchen Diaries - Nigel Slater
Chocolate & Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen - Clotilde Dusoulier
(Buy)
The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen - Michael Ruhlman
(Buy)

FOR LOVERS OF GREAT FOOD WRITING:
Southern Belly - John T. Edge
(Buy)
The Art of Eating - M.F.K. Fisher
Best Food Writing 2007 - Holly Hughes
Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger - Nigel Slater
Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris - A.J. Liebling
Garlic & Sapphires - Ruth Reichl
The Food Snob's Dictionary - David Kamp and Marion Rosenfeld
The Tummy Trilogy - Calvin Trillin
The Soul of a Chef - Michael Ruhlman
The Bialys Eaters - Mimi Sheraton
Heat - Bill Buford


Did we miss any of your faves? Shout it out in the comments section.

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