Books I like

Number 1
The Complete Asian Cookbook
Charmaine Solomon
I have the 1978 4th edition and have cooked so many dishes from it.
Still going strong
http://www.charmainesolomon.com/

Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art
Shizuo Tsuji This is the bible of everything japanese food. For me at least.
Everything from recipes, ingredients, techniques, tools to history. Everything japanese.

On Food and Cooking - The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Harold McGee
Covers everything about food, from theory, history, facts, myths
http://www.curiouscook.com/

Antonio Carluccio
A Passion for Pasta
Complete Italian Food [another encyclopedia]

jamie at home
Jamie Oliver
What a great life that guy has
http://www.jamieoliver.com/

the cook's companion Stephanie Alexander
Another encyclopedic masterwork
http://www.stephaniealexander.com.au/

thai food
David Thompson
Everything you wanted to know about thai cooking, and a lot you didn't know you wanted to know

Electronic book source
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