Best Gift For A Cook - Books By The World's Top Chefs
Are you looking for the best cook books by the top chefs in America and Europe? Are you searching for a wonderful gift for a chef? Are you interested in cooking yourself and you would like to learn from a master chef?
Are you open-minded enough to explore adventurous new recipes and cooking methods?
I'll make it easy for you. Here is a page filled with hand-picked master pieces of culinary literature by the greatest chefs in the world. Ferran Adria, Thomas Keller, Anthony Bourdain - to name a few of the brightest stars in the food universe of today. Find information on these extraordinary cooks, their books, and their restaurants.
Explore the best cook books by top chefs - for your coffee table, kitchen counter, or night stand. Happy cooking!
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Ferran Adria - The "Salvador Dali Of The Kitchen" (Gourmet Magazine)
The world's most creative chef!
Later he joined the staff at a relatively unknown restaurant named "El Bulli". Under Ferran Adria's leadership, "El Bulli" acquired 3 Michelin stars and was named "Best Restaurant in the World".
Chef Adria is famous for his "experiments" combining science and conventional cooking methods. He created the "culinary foam", using concentrated natural flavors with a gelling agent in a whipping cream machine.
Although his recipe creations are often outrageously surprising, Chef Adria's focus is always on superior taste. Photo by 8designs.
Turnip Cous-Cous photo by Himitsu
Turnip Couscous With Sea Urchin (El Bulli)
Decoding Ferran Adria
With a little help from Anthony Bourdain
Decoding Ferran Adria: Hosted by Anthony Bourdain
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Anthony Bourdain Tastes And Discusses Dishes At "El Bulli"
An amazing culinary adventure full of surprises!
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...or for your own culinary education of a life time!
El Bulli: 1998-2002
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Release Date: 08/16/2005
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Thomas Keller - Best Chef In America (1997)
One of only two chefs to hold 2 Michelin 3-star ratings, simultaneously!
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Famous dish from the menu of The French Laundry: Oysters and Pearls (Caviar)
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The French Laundry Cook Book
A treasure of a cook book with gorgeous pictures and complete instructions
The French Laundry Cookbook
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Release Date: 12/31/1969
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Chef Thomas Keller Talks About His "French Laundry"
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The French Laundry in Napa Valley with Thomas Keller
Watch chef Thomas Keller talk about his world famous Napa Valley restaurant. Get more info on The French Laundry on Savory Cities: http://www.savorycities.com/sanfrancisco/restaurant/the-french-laundry/6640-washington-st
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Chef Keller's Bouchon Restaurants Cook Book...
...in the Napa Valley and in Las Vegas, no less.
Bouchon
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Release Date: 12/31/1969
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The Fat Duck - The World's Best Restaurant In 2005
One of only 3 restaurants in the UK and Ireland with 3 Michelin stars...
Photo by louisianaThe Fat Duck is a restaurant run by chef Heston Blumenthal in Bray, Berkshire, England. The Fat Duck has received the highest honor a restaurant can get - three stars in the famous Michelin Guide - and is one of only three restaurants in the UK and Ireland 2004 guide with three Michelin stars ("exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey"). In 2005, it was named as the best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine, and it came second in 2004, 2006 and 2007. Unlike most of the top ranked restaurants, which are located in exclusive districts of major cities, The Fat Duck is to be found in a modest cottage-style house in a country village. Bray is also home to Michel Roux's Waterside Inn, which was ranked as the sixth best restaurant in the UK and the nineteenth best in the world.
Blumenthal adheres to the principles of molecular gastronomy, according to which the quality of the diner's experience can be enhanced considerably when the physical and chemical processes that take place in cooking are understood. This approach to studying and designing food at The Fat Duck results in the discovery of unconventional and often bizarre-sounding dishes. For example, the restaurant's tasting menu, a tour of Blumenthal's signature creations, features "snail porridge", "sardine on toast sorbet", and "salmon poached with liquorice". These unusual juxtapositions are attributed to logical reasoning about physical and chemical properties of foods. While liquorice and asparagus is not traditionally an appealing combination, their flavors are chemically similar, and so the two ingredients should, theoretically, complement upon the palate.
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Chef Blumenthal Prepares Bacon and Eggs Ice cream
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Egg and Bacon Ice Cream
Heston Blumenthal describes how to make Egg and Bacon Ice Cream on "Kitchen Chemistry"
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Heston Blumenthal - Reinventing ...Well..Everything!
It sems to be too weird - but it makes so much sense...
Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection: Reinventing Kitchen Classics
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More Top Chefs And Bestselling Culinary Authors
Fascinating personalities with incredible stories...
- Julia Child
- Everyone knows this wonderful woman. Her books have mentored many chefs in America.
- Jacques Pepin
- Chef Pepin is a master of classic technique. He has the ability to explain even difficult cooking methods in a way that everyone can understand.
- Martin Yan
- "Yan can cook - and so can you!" We all loved his TV shows on PBS. He makes everything look so easy.
- Anthony Bourdain
- Chef Bourdain is now widely known through his series "No Reservations" on the travel channel. Wait until you read his mystery novels!
- Michael Ruhlman
- A great cook and an even greater writer. His books make you feel like you're right there - at the restaurants he describes, or in the class rooms of the Culinary Institute of America.
- Mario Batali
- "Molto Mario" - a super showman! It's easy to overlook what a solid craftsman he is.
- Bill Buford's "Heat"
- Ahh - learning from the unknown true masters of pasta cooking, in a small village in Italy. Bill Buford's gripping story of his apprenticeship first with Mario Batali, and then with Mario's Italian teachers - you'll learn about food like you haven't thought possible...
- Ruth Reichl
- The former restaurant critic of the New York Times is an absolute authority on most things "food".
Julia Child - A Classic Teacher!
You need to know the basics before you can experiment...
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1
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Release Date: 10/16/2001
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Jacques Pepin - Complete Techniques
With many step-by-step illustrations
Jacques Pépin's Complete Techniques
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Release Date: 12/31/1969
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Yan Thinks You Can Cook!
What do you think?
Martin Yan's Feast: The Best of Yan Can Cook
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Release Date: 12/31/1969
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Anthony Bourdain - The Bistro Cook Book
You laugh a lot - and you learn a lot with Anthony!
Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking
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Beautiful Dishes - Perfect Designs
Thomas Keller's world-famous restaurant, the French Laundry. Yountville, CA in N...
Are You Open To Extreme Experiments With Cooking Methods?
Do you think some chefs go too far?
Where do you draw the line?
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hunnydoodle says:
It is so difficult to go through culinary school and graduate. I sa kudos to all the fine chefs who have achieved this. Many of my favorites are mentioned in this lens and I have their books. Thank you for this lens!
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I prefer my dishes in the traditional way. Old-fashioned and good.
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No, I prefer the tried and true. Fortunately I'm not the 'cook' in the house anymore. My husband comes up with some wild ideas. Most of the time they're good...
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Michael Ruhlman - Excellent Chef And Food Writer
Experience a course at the Culinary Institute, and much more...
The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection
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Mario Batali - A True Craftsman
What you always wanted to know about Italian cuisine...
Mario Batali Simple Italian Food: Recipes from My Two Villages
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Bill Buford
Adventures as Molto Mario's kitchen slave
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (Vintage)
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Ruth Reichl - The Authority
The former New York Times restaurant critics knows great stories...
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
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Organic Flavored Agave Nectar and Diabetic Sweetener - Low Glycemic Agasweet
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This lens is dedicated to the exploration of lavender as a culinary ingredient. You will find many different kinds of recipes using fresh or dried lavender, lavender oil, lavender agave nectar, lavender sugar, and other fine lavender-flavored product...
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They're rich, they're yummy, they're proven to take you to Heaven...on Earth, or otherwise. You live only once per reincarnation. Eat good while you can! What could be better than my best recipes to die from? I'm as serious as too much pan grease in...
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Best Potato Casserole In The Universe!
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Leftover recipes don't have to be boring. I'll show you how to add a gourmet "touch" to this deliciously-rich potato casserole worth saving leftovers for. Step-by-step instructions and pictures of my special potato vegetable casserole shall make this...
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Spicy And Crunchy Halibut Recipe
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This is by far the most popular dish on my Alaska Lodge menu: Fresh Halibut in a nutty and spicy breading, pan-fried and baked, served on a Mango Jalapeno Mayonnaise Sauce, and garnished with a Chipotle Aioli. Perfect side dishes include steamed aspa...
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Cream Puffs And Pastry Swans Recipe
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A fancy dessert of profiteroles (cream puffs) is the highlight of any meal. Impress your guests with this easy recipe for cream puffs or pastry swans, and your success is guaranteed! Cream puffs are made from pate a choux, a classic French pastry rec...
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Best Tres Leches Coconut Macaroons
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Macaroons are good. Coconut Macaroons are better. Tres Leches Coconut Macaroons are the best! I will demonstrate how to make one of the most delicious pastries in the world:Chef Keem's Chocolate-dipped Tres Leches Coconut Macaroons. Can you believe...
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The Best Ribeye Steak Recipe!
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Pepper steak, Steak au poivre, Rib-eye with black pepper - Chef Andre Rochat shows you how to prepare a perfect steak dinner with bourbon cream sauce and potatoes au gratin. Step-by-step cooking instructions with a wealth of detailed recipe pictures...
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- KarateKatGraphics KarateKatGraphics Nov 5, 2009 @ 4:41 pm
- I've always been impressed by Mario Batali on Iron Chef America. He's so affable but a tough competitor! Nice compilation here--5* and rolling to My Top 10 "Top Chef" Guest Judges :)
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Mar 22, 2009 @ 5:44 pm
- Some interesting cook books! Would you believe that I only have a few cook books. ;)
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- dc64 dc64 Nov 8, 2008 @ 10:18 pm
- I have no talent for combining ingredients into something delicious. I always have to have a recipe until I commit it to memory. I love to bake, but I still need the recipes, so I admire people who can whip up something, and have it taste better than ketchup on cardboard (which is what my free-style cooking tastes like).
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Nov 8, 2008 @ 10:21 am
- And thank you for the blessing on my Bonnie and Clyde lens. You're sweeter than your Agave Nectar.
Have a beautiful day.
Lizzy
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Nov 8, 2008 @ 10:19 am
- My husband always gets a new cookbook for Christmas. Its become a tradition. I need to think about what type of foods I want to eat over the next year first.
Great lens and some great ideas.
Lizzy
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- GramaBarb GramaBarb Oct 9, 2008 @ 6:17 pm
- Do you have your own cookbook yet, Chef? I would like to feature it on one of my lenses.
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- OhMe OhMe Sep 25, 2008 @ 9:09 pm
- Ooops. I got so excited about reading your lens that I forgot what I stopped by for. Thank you so much for visiting my Pendleton Old Photo lens and for the Angel Blessing. I am very honored and appreciative.
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- OhMe OhMe Sep 25, 2008 @ 9:07 pm
- Wow. This is a wonderful list of Chefs and their Cook Books. My daughter collects Cook Books and I am sure she doesn't have everyone of these. Egg and Bacon Ice Cream - that may be where I draw the line! Great lens. 5* fav
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- AnnRadley AnnRadley Jul 13, 2008 @ 9:57 am
- I'm getting awfully hungry . . . I treasure the Julia Child books on my shelf, but this lens really widens my horizons!
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- The_Homeopath The_Homeopath Jul 10, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
- I'm a huge Martin Yan fan!!
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- Ferran Adria - The "Salvador Dali Of The Kitchen" (Gourmet Magazine)
- Turnip Couscous With Sea Urchin (El Bulli)
- Decoding Ferran Adria
- Anthony Bourdain Tastes And Discusses Dishes At "El Bulli"
- For A Chef's Unforgettable Christmas...
- Thomas Keller - Best Chef In America (1997)
- The French Laundry Cook Book
- Chef Thomas Keller Talks About His "French Laundry"
- Chef Keller's Bouchon Restaurants Cook Book...
- The Fat Duck - The World's Best Restaurant In 2005
- Chef Blumenthal Prepares Bacon and Eggs Ice cream
- Heston Blumenthal - Reinventing ...Well..Everything!
- More Top Chefs And Bestselling Culinary Authors
- Julia Child - A Classic Teacher!
- Jacques Pepin - Complete Techniques
- Yan Thinks You Can Cook!
- Tons Of Cook Books On EBay
- Anthony Bourdain - The Bistro Cook Book
- Beautiful Dishes - Perfect Designs
- Are You Open To Extreme Experiments With Cooking Methods?
- Michael Ruhlman - Excellent Chef And Food Writer
- Mario Batali - A True Craftsman
- Bill Buford
- Ruth Reichl - The Authority
- Some Of My Fine Food Lenses
- More "Hot" Recommendations...
- Great Cook Books On EBay
- Bon Appetite! I Hope You Found Something You Like...
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