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Great Culinary Books

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

FERRAN

by Colman Andrews

A wildly partisan paean to Adrià and a celebration of culinary wonders. Full review >

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HOW TO COOK EVERYTHING

by Mark Bittman developed by Culinate, Inc.

Some won’t easily give up the pleasures of working from a recipe on the printed page. But for gourmets who value efficiency... Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

BLOOD, BONES, AND BUTTER

by Gabrielle Hamilton

After initially disdaining a career in food as one devoid of “meaning and purpose,” she finds both here. Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

THE DIRTY LIFE

by Kristin Kimball

A hearty, chromatic account of a meaningful accomplishment in farming, “that dirty concupiscent art.” Full review >

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NONFICTION

JUST FOOD

by James E. McWilliams

Rich in research, provocative in conception and nettlesome to both the right and the left. Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

JULIE & JULIA

by Julie Powell

Indulge in this memoir of marrow and butter, knowing there is always a bitter green to balance the taste. Full review >

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