COOKING / Reference

The art of cookery made plain and easy: the revolutionary 1805 classic

Hannah Glasse

Tender: A cook and his vegetable patch

Nigel Slater; Photographs by Jonathan Lovekin

Harold Dieterle's kitchen notebook: hundreds of recipes, tips, and techniques for cooking like a chef at home

Harold Dieterle and Andrew Friedman ; photography by Daniel Krieger ; illustrations by Eve Hammer

Make the bread, buy the butter

Jennifer Reese

The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook: 33 Ways to Cook Grasshoppers, Ants, Water Bugs, Spiders, Centipedes, and their Kin

David George Gordon.

Taste & technique: recipes to elevate your home cooking

Naomi Pomeroy with Jamie Feldmar ; photography by Chris Court

The world cookbook for students

Jeanne Jacob, Michael Ashkenazi.

Wineocology: Uncork the Power of Your Palate with Sensory Secrets from Hollywood's Sommelier

Viktor Budnik, Caitlin Stansbury, Heidi Shink

Rustic Italian food

Marc Vetri with David Joachim ; beverage notes by Jeff Benjamin ; photography by Kelly Campbell ; [foreword by Mario Batali]

The big book of sides: more than 450 recipes for the best vegetables, grains, salads, breads, sauces, and more

Rick Rodgers