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The New Best Recipe (Best Recipe)
by Cooks Illustrated

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With The New Best Recipe, we invite you into America?s Test Kitchen where you will stand by our side as we try to develop the best macaroni and cheese, the best meatloaf, the best roast chicken, the best brownie, and nearly 1,000 more best recipes for... (read more)
 
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Sustainable Cooking

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
by Barbara Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver

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After 25 years in the Arizona desert, in 2004, Kentucky-bred Barbara Kingsolver moved back to the Appalachians, to a Virginia farm just hours from her childhood home. Family called. "Returning," she explains in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, "would allow my... (read more)
 
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Dairy and Eggs

Cheese Hors D'Oeuvres: 50 Recipes for Crispy Canapes, Delectable Dips, Marinated Morsels, and Other Tasty Tidbits Cheese Hors D'Oeuvres: 50 Recipes for Crispy Canapes, Delectable Dips, Marinated Morsels, and Other Tasty Tidbits
by Hallie Harron

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Cheese, in its many glorious flavors and forms, is the inspiration for the simple, elegant recipes in this beautifully photographed book. Hallie Harron uses her expertise to create 50 hot and cold cocktail snacks, finger foods, hors d'oeuvres, and other... (read more)
 
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Gastronomic Literature

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia
by Elizabeth Gilbert

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Not long after her thirtieth birthday, on the heels of an ugly divorce, Elizabeth Gilbert traveled for a year, to Italy, India, and finally Indonesia. In Italy she wanted to explore the art of pleasure (pasta, wine, handsome men speaking a beautiful... (read more)
 
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Historical Food and Cooking

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan

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I talked about this book every morning at the water cooler and every evening at dinner. Pollan takes a possibly dry subject — agriculture — and makes it epic. Recommended by Beth, Powells.com (See all of our Staff Top 5s of 2006)... (read more)
 
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Bartending and Liquor

Portland Happy Hour Guidebook (2008 Edition)
by Cindy Anderson

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Bigger and better! Eat, drink, and be happy; and save money too! Find more than 170 rated reviews on Portland's best Happy Hours. Enjoy high-end restaurant quality food and ambiance for less. Pick all the right places to meet up with friends! You can use... (read more)
 
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Diet and Nutrition

Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous
by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin

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Not your typical boring diet book, this is a tart-tongued, no-holds-barred wakeup call to all women who want to be thin. With such blunt advice as, "Soda is liquid Satan" and "You are a total moron if you think the Atkins Diet will make you thin," it's a... (read more)
 
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Wine General

Judgment of Paris: California Vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine
by George M. Taber and Robert G. Mondavi

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The Paris Tasting of 1976 will forever be remembered as the landmark event that transformed the wine industry. At this legendary contest — a blind tasting — a panel of top French wine experts shocked the industry by choosing unknown California... (read more)
 
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Cooking for Kids

Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food
by Eric Schlosser

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'In the New York Times bestseller Chew on This, Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson unwrap the fast-food industry to bring you a behind-the-scenes look at a business that both feeds and feeds off the young. Find out what really goes on at your favorite... (read more)
 
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  1. The New Best Recipe (Best Recipe) by Cook's Illustrated Magazine
  2. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
  3. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
  4. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
  5. Portland Happy Hour Guidebook (2008 Edition) by Cindy Anderson
  6. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
  7. Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin
  8. Judgment of Paris by George M. Taber and Robert G. Mondavi
  9. Chew on This by Eric Schlosser
  10. I'm Just Here for the Food by Alton Brown

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The 150 Best American Recipes: Indispensable Dishes from Legendary Chefs and Undiscovered Cooks (Best American Recipes: The Year's Top Picks from Books, Magazines, Newspapers, & the Internet) The 150 Best American Recipes: Indispensable Dishes from Legendary Chefs and Undiscovered Cooks (Best American Recipes: The Year's Top Picks from Books, Magazines, Newspapers, & the Internet)
by Frances Mccullough

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'The Best of the Best from the Last Decade Acclaimed by the critics, The Best American Recipes series has long been the universal choice of home cooks and professional chefs as the one infallible source of the year\'s most dazzling recipes. Now in The... (read more)
 
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser

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"What we eat has changed more in the last forty years than in the last forty thousand," Schlosser observes, yet most Americans know very little about how that food is made, where, by whom, and at what cost. Fast Food Nation traces the industry's... (read more)
 
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Nutrition

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long
by T Colin Campbell

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The science is clear. The results are unmistakable. Change your diet and dramatically reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes and obesity. By any measure, America's health is failing. We spend far more, per capita, on health care than any... (read more)
 
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Quick and Easy

The Healthy College Cookbook: Quick, Cheap, and Easy
by Alexandra Nimetz

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In less time and for less money than it takes to order pizza, you can make it yourself!<P> Three harried but heatlh-conscious college students compiled and tested this collection of more than 200 tasty, hearty, inexpensive recipes anyone can cook --... (read more)
 
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Wines of the World

The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
by Benjamin Wallace

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The Billionaire's Vinegar is a 2008 best buy. Wallace strikes an ideal balance between wine education and history lesson, leaving the reader with a pleasant and lingering aftertaste. I was fascinated by the journey of a 220-year-old bottle of wine, but... (read more)
 
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Professional and Quantity

Professional Cooking 6TH Edition
by Wayne Gisslen

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This best selling book provides comprehensive coverage of culinary skills, from proper knife techniques to plate presentation. Written in an accessible format, this book contains recipes, techniques, and narrative appropriate for students, professionals,... (read more)
 
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Thai

Quick & Easy Thai Cooking: 70 Everyday Recipes
by Nancie Mcdermott

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Seventy-five great recipes for easy Thai cooking at home.... (read more)
 
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Sauces Salsa and Condiments

The Spice Merchant's Daughter: Recipes and Simple Spice Blends for the American Kitchen
by Christina Arokiasamy

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Written in a clear, simple style, and peppered with personal anecdotes, The Spice Merchant's Daughter offers readers a friendly invitation to cook Southeast Asian food with confidence and pleasure. With her inspired and authentic recipes, Arokiasamy... (read more)
 
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