Cooking / Cooking by country

Colors and Flavors

by Parbuono Diego

A new project of cultural promotion, the first collection of e-books with video recipes of professional chefs. The first volume begins with the chefs of Città della Pieve near Perugia. 12 recipes divided into...

Italian Recipes

by Associazione Lo Sportello del Cittadino

Good food for good life? The best Umbria’s recipes, the heart of Italian-style, pasta, dishes, soup, pork, traditional food with an easy descriptions. If you are looking for the best recipes of the Italian...

Big Bowl Noodles and Rice: Fresh Asian Cooking from the Renowned Restaurant

by Bruce Cost

When the first Big Bowl restaurant opened in 1997, its founding partners had one mission: to make good, authentic Asian food accessible to American diners. Tired of greasy takeout and soggy egg rolls, they created...

The Encyclopedia of Home Winemaking

by André Vanasse & Pierre Drapeau

Clear and well-ordered explanations in The Encyclopedia of Home Winemaking make it easy reading for the home winemaker and an essential reference guide that will be used for years.

The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from around the World

by Sandor Ellix Katz & Michael Pollan

Winner of the 2013 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference and Scholarship, and a New York Times bestseller, The Art of Fermentation is the most comprehensive guide to do-it-yourself home fermentation...

Maximum Flavor: Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook

by Aki Kamozawa & H. Alexander Talbot

Whether you’re interested in molecular gastronomy or just want a perfect chicken recipe for dinner tonight, the authors of Ideas in Food deliver reliable techniques and dishes—no hard-to-find ingredients...

Italian Baking Secrets

by Giuseppe Orsini

Italian Baking Secrets is Father Orsini's sixth cookbook, and once again the reader gets not only wonderful recipes from the great tasting cuisine of Italy, but the "retired" priest's entertaining comments....

Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo: Revised Edition

by Zlata Filipovic

When Zlata’s Diary was first published at the height of the Bosnian conflict, it became an international bestseller and was compared to The Diary of Anne Frank, both for the freshness of its voice and the...

Cooking the Roman Way

by David Downie

Rome is the most beloved city in Italy, if not the world. Rich in culture, art, and charm, the Eternal City is also home to some of the most delicious and accessible cooking in all of Italy. Influenced by both...

In the Hands of A Chef: Cooking with Jody Adams of Rialto Restaurant

by Jody Adams & Ken Rivard

How do great chefs make their food taste better? Is it the ingredients they use? Their cooking techniques and equipment? That's part of the answer. But the real secret is that truly great chefs follow their...

American Cookery

by Amelia Simmons & Melissa Clark

Published in Hartford in 1796, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection is a facsimile edition of one of the most important documents in American culinary history. This is the first cookbook...

The Asian Kitchen

by Ming Tsai, Cheong Liew & Kong Foong Foong Ling

Prepare a wide range of dishes from all over Asia with this easy-to-follow Asian cookbook.

Savor the authentic flavors of dishes from every part of Asia with The Asian Kitchen—from the spicy satays of Bali...

Culinary Reactions: The Everyday Chemistry of Cooking

by Simon Quellen Quellen Field

Exploring the scientific principles behind everyday recipes, this informative blend of lab book and cookbook reveals that cooks are actually chemists. Following or modifying recipes is shown to be an experiment...

Lemongrass & Limes: Thai Flavors with Naam Pruitt

by Naam Pruitt

Discover the secrets of exotic Thai cooking with this collection of authentic, easy-to-follow recipes. With its exquisite photographs, extensive glossary, garnishing guide, and fun facts about Thailand, Lemongrass...

Authentic Recipes from Indonesia

by Heinz Von Holzen & Lother Arsana

Cook delicious and surprisingly easy dishes with this beautifully illustrated Indonesian cookbook.

Authentic Recipes from Indonesia includes over 60 easy-to-follow recipes with detailed descriptions of ingredients...

The Filipino-American Kitchen: Traditional Recipes, Contemporary Flavors

by Jennifer Aranas & Brian Briggs

Selected as a semifinalist in the 2007 IACP Cookbook Awards

In The Filipino-American Kitchen, Chicago-based chef and teacher Jennifer Aranas introduces the exotic flavors of her ancestral Filipino homeland, taking...

Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen

by Paul Prudhomme

Here for the first time the famous food of Louisiana is presented in a cookbook written by a great creative chef who is himself world-famous. The extraordinary Cajun and Creole cooking of South Louisiana has...

Mediterranean

by Editors of Adams Media

Everything® cookbooks are a popular choice for home cooks looking for fresh, original recipes that only taste like you've spent all day in the kitchen. We've collected fifty of the tastiest recipes from across...

Kibo ("Brimming with Hope"): Recipes and Stories from Japan's Tohoku

by Elizabeth Andoh

  This cookbook is a heartfelt and fascinating tribute to the food, traditions, and courage of the people of Japan’s Tohoku region before and after the devastation of the earthquake and tsunami of March 11,...

Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety

by Marion Nestle

Food safety is a matter of intense public concern, and for good reason. Millions of annual cases of food "poisonings" raise alarm not only about the food served in restaurants and fast-food outlets but also...