Listing the Most Popular and Highly Rated Top 10 Cookbooks of the Year 2011, 2010 - Updated Regularly!
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# 1 Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?: Fabulous Recipes & Easy Tips Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?: Fabulous Recipes & Easy Tips
Ina Garten, bestselling cookbook author and beloved star of . Barefoot Contessa. on Food Network, is back with her easiest recipes ever. .  . In . Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?. Ina proves once again that it doesn’t take complicated techniques, special equipment, or stops at more than one grocery store to make wonderful dishes for your family and friends. Her newest must-have cookbook is all about saving time and avoiding stress while having fun in the kitchen.. These are not recipes with three ingredients thrown together in five minutes; instead home cooks will find fantast...Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?: Fabulous Recipes & Easy Tips
# 2 Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.) Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)
A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying out his more than a quarter-century of drugs, sex, and haute cuisine—now with all-new, never-before-published material . Published on: 2007-01-09. Released on: 2007-01-09. Original language: English. Binding: Paperback. 312 pages. Condition: New. Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. ...Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)
# 3 The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl
My name is Ree. . Some folks know me as The Pioneer Woman. . After years of living in Los Angeles, I made a pit stop in my hometown in Oklahoma on the way to a new, exciting life in Chicago. It was during my stay at home that I met Marlboro Man, a mysterious cowboy with steely blue eyes and a muscular, work-honed body. A strict vegetarian, I fell hard and fast, and before I knew it we were married and living on his ranch in the middle of nowhere, taking care of animals, and managing a brood of four young children. I had no idea how I'd wound up there, but I knew it was exactly where I belon...The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl
# 4 Nourishing Traditions:  The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats
A full-spectrum nutritional cookbook with a startling message--animal fats and cholesterol are vital factors in the human diet, necessary for reproduction and normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease and optimum energy levels. Includes information on how to prepare grains, health benefits of bone broths and enzyme-rich lacto-fermented foods. . Brand: Spring Arbor/Ingram. Published on: 1999-10-01. Original language: English. Binding: Paperback. 688 pages. Condition: New. Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive ...Nourishing Traditions:  The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats
# 5 Hungry Girl 1-2-3: The Easiest, Most Delicious, Guilt-Free Recipes on the Planet Hungry Girl 1-2-3: The Easiest, Most Delicious, Guilt-Free Recipes on the Planet
. With more than 200 recipes and two-ingredient “couples” to choose from, you’ll never be hungry again! Get ready to chew on: . . . Crazy Pineapple Salmon Teriyaki (347 calories). . Mom-Style Creamy Chicken ’n Veggies (307 calories). . Queen-of-the-Castle Sliders (254 calories). . Caramel Swirl Cream Puffs (121 calories). . Corndog Millionaire Muffins (160 calories). . Chili Cheese Dog Nachos (218 calories). . Turkey & Veggie Meatloaf Minis (142 calories). . Planet Hungrywood Sweet & Cap’n Crunchy Chicken (234 calories). . Shrimp & Grits . ....Hungry Girl 1-2-3: The Easiest, Most Delicious, Guilt-Free Recipes on the Planet
# 6 Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food
. Are you the innovative type, the cook who marches to a different drummer -- used to expressing your creativity instead of just following recipes? Are you interested in the science behind what happens to food while it's cooking? Do you want to learn what makes a recipe work so you can improvise and create your own unique dish?. . More than just a cookbook, . Cooking for Geeks. applies your curiosity to discovery, inspiration, and invention in the kitchen. Why is medium-rare steak so popular? Why do we bake some things at 350 F/175 C and others at 375 F/190 C? And how quickly does a pizza...Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food
# 7 Top 100 Baby Purees: 100 Quick and Easy Meals for a Healthy and Happy Baby Top 100 Baby Purees: 100 Quick and Easy Meals for a Healthy and Happy Baby
Babies grow more rapidly in their first year than at any other time in their lives, so how you feed your newborn will be one of the most important decisions you make for your new baby.. Making your own baby food is not only more economical than buying commercial brands, it also assures that your child consumes only the freshest, top-quality ingredients. British television personality and children's nutrition expert Annabel Karmel's essential collection of best-ever purees grants new parents their wish: one hundred quick and easy recipes that will make for a healthy and happy baby. From first t...Top 100 Baby Purees: 100 Quick and Easy Meals for a Healthy and Happy Baby
# 8 How to Cook Everything, Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food How to Cook Everything, Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food
Today's Favorite Kitchen Companion—Revised and Better Than Ever. . Mark Bittman's award-winning . How to Cook Everything. has helped countless home cooks discover the rewards of simple cooking. Now the ultimate cookbook has been revised and expanded (almost half the material is new), making it absolutely indispensable for anyone who cooks—or wants to. With Bittman's straightforward instructions and advice, you'll make crowd-pleasing food using fresh, natural ingredients; simple techniques; and basic equipment. Even better, you'll discover how to relax and enjoy yourself in the...How to Cook Everything, Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food
# 9 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.) Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family abandoned the industrial-food pipeline to live a rural life—vowing that, for one year, theyÂ’d only buy food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, . Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. is an enthralling narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat. . Published on: 2008-05-01. Released on: 2008-04-29. Binding: Paperback. 400 pages. Condition: New. Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive...Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
# 10 Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition - 2006 Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition - 2006
When the last edition of the Joy of Cooking appeared in 1997, it was a chef-centric, rarified global ingredient kind of moment. And now, 1997 seems very far away. This country is in an economically wobbly, terror-filled time where Americans have kept close to home both literally and figuratively. The 75th Anniversary Edition of the Joy of Cooking -- as it has always done -- speaks to the time it is published into. This Joy has come full circle from 1997 with a huge emphasis on American home cooking. We are not chasing the authentic Oaxacan enchilada here -- we have cheese, chicken, and beef. W...Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition - 2006


Runner Ups

The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs
Winner of the 2009 James Beard Book Award for Best Book: Reference and Scholarship. Published on: 2008-09-16. Original language: English. Binding: Hardcover. 392 pages. Condition: New. Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. ...The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking is a kitchen classic. Hailed by Time magazine as "a minor masterpiece" when it first appeared in 1984, On Food and Cooking is the bible to which food lovers and professional chefs worldwide turn for an understanding of where our foods come from, what exactly they're made of, and how cooking transforms them into something new and delicious. . Now, for its twentieth anniversary, Harold McGee has prepared a new, fully revised and updated edition of On Food and Cooking. He has rewritten the text almost completely, expanded it by two-thirds, and commissioned m...On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients
Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients By Ina Garten"Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics is the essential Ina Garten cookbook, focusing on the techniques behind her elegant food and easy entertaining style, and offering nea. Brand: Random House. Published on: 2008-10-28. Released on: 2008-10-28. Original language: English. Binding: Hardcover. 272 pages. Condition: New. Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. ...Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients
Eating Animals Eating Animals
Like many young Americans, Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his teenage and college years oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian. As he became a husband, and then a father, the moral dimensions of eating became increasingly important to him. Faced with the prospect of being unable to explain why we eat some animals and not others, Foer set out to explore the origins of many eating traditions and the fictions involved with creating them. . Traveling to the darkest corners of our dining habits, Foer raises the unspoken question behind every fish we eat, every chic...Eating Animals
The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual
From Brooklyn's sizzling restaurant scene, the hottest cookbook of the season.... From urban singles to families with kids, local residents to the Hollywood set, everyone flocks to Frankies Spuntino—a tin-ceilinged, brick-walled restaurant in Brooklyn's Carroll Gardens—for food that is "completely satisfying" (wrote Frank Bruni in . The New York Times. ). The two Franks, both veterans of gourmet kitchens, created a menu filled with new classics: Italian American comfort food re-imagined with great ingredients and greenmarket sides. This witty cookbook, with its gilded edges and emb...The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual