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.Confessions of a French Baker: Breadmaking Secrets, Tips and Recipes
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by: Peter Mayle

March 02, 2006
I am a home baker with a few bread baking books "under my belt". I also love books that tell us about simple pleasures of life. Among them, other books by Peter Mayle.

When buying Confessions... I expected a few stories about the bakery, along the lines of Maggie Glezer's Artisan Baking, or Joe Ortiz's The Village Baker. I thought I would find a few trade tricks, or "secrets" that will help me bring out flavour more successfully. And, maybe as a bonus, one or two interesting recipies, not to mention the atmosphere that was in some earlier works by that author.

If you just began your bread baking adventure, you will not learn from this book enough to succeed. Try Joe Ortiz's The Village Baker, or Daniel Leader's Bread ... Read More:
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.Terrors of the Table: The Curious History of Nutrition (Core Texts)
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by: Walter Gratzer

November 23, 2006
I bought "Terrors of the Table" because I wanted to understand the history of nutrition. The book does not disappoint in this regard, as it contains a very useful, and often amusing history of the development of nutrition.

However, Gratzer commits the same error of unbalanced groupthink that prevails in nutrition. In the "Fads and Quacks" section he includes Bircher-Brenner, but fails to spot that pandemics of malnutrition like scurvy and beriberi would not of occurred on Bircher-Brenners diet. According to Gratzer, vegan diets are dangerous, especially for infants. But, after reading the book, it seems that most diets are dangerous - a comparison of the merits of the various diets investigated would of been useful.

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.Curry: The Story of the Nation's Favourite Dish
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by: Shrabani Basu

November 30, 2003
This tantalising book is extremely interesting, full of fascinating facts about everyone's favourite dish!! Eat it with a takeaway!
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.The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Cuisine
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by: Judith Choate

March 30, 2007
This tantalising book is extremely interesting, full of fascinating facts about everyone's favourite dish!! Eat it with a takeaway!
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.Chef's Compendium of Professional Recipes
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by: Edward Renold, David Foskett, John Fuller

October 07, 1992
for chefs like me who look forward for a bright career in the culinary field, this book is very helpful. we can learn a lot about innovative cooking from this.
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.The Bulawayo Cookery Book: Zimbabwe's Original 1909 Cookery Book
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from: Jeppestown Press

September 23, 2006
for chefs like me who look forward for a bright career in the culinary field, this book is very helpful. we can learn a lot about innovative cooking from this.
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.Around the World in 80 Bars: Discover 80 of the World's Best Cocktails and the Bars That Made Them Famous (Hamlyn Food & Drink)
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by: Allan Gage

September 15, 2004
for chefs like me who look forward for a bright career in the culinary field, this book is very helpful. we can learn a lot about innovative cooking from this.
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.The Professional Chef
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by: The Culinary Institute of America1

September 15, 2006
for chefs like me who look forward for a bright career in the culinary field, this book is very helpful. we can learn a lot about innovative cooking from this.
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.La Dolce Vita: Sweet Dreams and Chocolate Memories
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by: Isabel Coe

October 02, 2006
This book is more than just a cookbook full of exciting and mouth-watering recipes, it is also a woman looking back on her unique childhood. This woman not only loves the taste of food, she also associates it with her past. As a novel alone this book is worth reading, with the added bonus of delicious recipes! Most recomended!
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.Pleyn Delit: Medieval Cookery for Modern Cooks
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by: Constance Hieatt, Sharon Butler

1996-06
Pleyn Delit offers a great variety of simple to medium hard recipes that can be adapted to your current menu or replace it if the ambition is there. The recipes are tasty and well-explained. Some ingredients are hard to find but for the most part replacement items are named. With this book, I've concocted complete medieval meals as well as odds and ends for special occasions while increasing the depth of my family's usual menus.
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