okay, i don’t know if this is the right place for this exactly, but i am looking for a book recommendation. my roommate and good friend’s birthday is coming up and he’s currently working to become a chef.
i gifted him salt fat acid heat last year and he loves it and cherishes it a lot. now, he has read that one through (probably several times) and worked in the kitchen for a while, so he has the basics down. he also likes reading, occasionally, so i also pondered a book _about_ the culinary and restaurant world in general, not one with just recipes necessarily (we watched the bear recently and if domething like that in book form exists i’m sure he’d gobble that up).
so, in short, i’m a little lost and undecided, but i’m looking for a book somehow connected to cooking or the gastronomy world for someone who already has some experience. could contain recipes, doesn’t have to.
by julieeloove
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Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Cookbooks/ Informational books on the subject of food can be daunting especially when gifting. I have a ridiculous book collection and pulled a few ideas for you for now and even future gifts if you want. I always find myself revisiting these in some way or form.
Hope this helps.
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-The Flavor Bible- Karen Page & Andrew Dornenburg
-On Food and Cooking or Nose Dive by Harold Mcgee
-Fish Butchery or The Whole fish cookbook by Josh Niland
-Larousse Gastronomique Culinary Encyclopedia (The newer editions obviously have more added to it)
Ferments/ Vinegars
-Acid Trip- Michael Harlan Turkell
-The Noma guide to fermentation- Rene Redzepi & David Zilber
-The Art of Fermentation- Sandor Ellix Katz
Restaurant Specific Cookbooks
-Alinea- Grant Achatz
-Manresa- David Kinch
-Core- Claire Smyth
-Noma/ Noma 2.0- Rene Redzepi/ Rene Redzepi, Mette Soberg & Junichi Takahashi
-Coi- David Patterson
-Atelier Crenn- Dominique Crenn
-Eleven Madison Park- Daniel Humm & Will Guidara
Dessert Pastry
-Bachour Chocolate- Antonio Bachour
-The Pastry Chef’s Little Black Book- Michael Zebrowski & Michael Mignano
* *My Life in France* by Julia Child
* *The Making of a Chef* by Michael Ruhlman
Anything by M. F. K. Fisher.