Pros: Extensive and a great starting point for creating your own culinary creations. Cons: It's not a traditional cookbook.
If you are a habitue of the FoodTV network, you might have spotted the author, Shirley O. Corriher, on Alton Brown's Good Eats program. For anyone who is interested in what makes food taste good (and also bad), this is a great volume on how to...
You can buy all sorts of books on cooking techniques - like the reference book I reviewed here just a couple of days ago, for instance. So what makes this particular one unique?
There are plenty of technique and information books that include...
Pros: Explains the science behind cooking Cons: Organization may be confusing
Shirley Corriher dedicates this book to anyone who has every asked the question, Why? It is a perfect beginning to a book that will explain some of the mysteries of the kitchen such as why chocolate seizes and the way to make a perfect loaf of...
Pros: Explains the science of cooking without getting overly technical Cons: Some readers may be confused by order
I've been interested in science and technology since long before I discovered my interest in cooking. As such, the geek in me naturally finds the food science half of cooking as fascinating as the eating part of it. Cookwise is a wonderful book...
Pros: excellent basic cooking information, shows how to modify recipes to get the results you want Cons: actual recipes are complex
I adore this book, and I've never made a single recipe from it. I use the book to modify and tweak my favorite recipes where I want them. My dear Grandmother bakes wonderfully, and this book is as good as standing next to her learning about what she's...
Can you tell whether a recipe will work before you cook it? You can if you really know what's cooking.In the long-awaited CookWise, food sleuth Shirle...More at HotBookSale
Epinions.com periodically updates pricing and product information from third-party sources, so some information may be slightly out-of-date. You should confirm all information before relying on it.
- Add to My Yahoo!: 
- Add to Google Homepage: 
© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc.