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Books

Cooking

American Food Writing Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook Gourmet Cookbook Gourmet Today Larousse Gastronomique Professional Chef Beard, James. Beard on Bread Beard, James. Beard on Food Bertoli, Paul. Chez Panisse Cooking Bittman, Mark. How to Cook Everything Brillat-Savarin, Jean-Anthelme. The Physiology of Taste Child, Julia and Beck, Simone. Mastering the Art of French Cooking, v1 Child, Julia and Beck, Simone. Mastering the Art of French Cooking, v2 Clairborne, Craig. Southern Cooking Corriher, Shirley. Cookwise Cunningham, Marion. Fannie Farmer Cookbook David, Elizabeth. Book of Mediterranean Food David, Elizabeth. French Provincial Cooking Escoffier, Auguste. Escoffier Glenn, Camille. Heritage of Southern Cooking Herbst, Sharon Tyler. New Food Lover's Companion Hodgman, Ann. Beat That! Keller, Thomas. French Laundry Cookbook Lewis, Edna. Taste of Country Cooking McGee, Harold. On Food and Cooking Parsons, Russ. How to Read a French Fry Pepin, Jacques. Fast Food My Way Ripert, Eric. Le Bernardin Cookbook Rombauer, Irma and Rombauer Becker, Marion. Joy of Cooking Rosso, Julee and Lukins, Sheila. New Basics Cookbook Slater, Nigel. The Kitchen Diaries Thorne, John. Simple Cooking Waters, Alice. Art of Simple Food White, Marco Pierre. White Heat Willard, Pat. America Eats!

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Memoir/Essay

Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant Choice Cuts Eat, Memory Remembrance of Things Paris Secret Ingredients Abu-Jaber, Diana. The Language of Baklava Allende, Isabel. Aphrodite Almond, Steve. Candyfreak Bemelmans, Ludwig. Hotel Bemelmans Bourdain, Anthony. A Cook's Tour Bourdain, Anthony. Kitchen Confidential Brecher, John and Gaiter, Dorothy J.. Love by the Glass Buford, Bill. Heat Child, Julia and Prud'homme, Alex. My Life in France Colwin, Laurie. Home Cooking Damrosch, Phoebe. Service Included Epstein, Jacob. Eating Fisher, M.F.K.. An Alphabet for Gourmets Fisher, M.F.K.. The Art of Eating Fisher, M.F.K.. The Gastronomical Me Foer, Jonathan Saffron. Eating Animals Hamilton, Gabrielle. Blood, Bones and Butter Haney, John. Fair Shares For All Hesser, Amanda. Cooking for Mr. Latte Jaffrey, Madhur. Climbing the Mango Trees Jones, Judith. The Tenth Muse Kingsolver, Barbara. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Liebling, A. J.. Between Meals Mayes, Frances. Under the Tuscan Sun Mayle, Peter. A Year in Provence Narayan, Shoba. Monsoon Diary Pepin, Jacques. The Apprentice Powell, Julie. Julie and Julia Rayner, Jay. The Man Who Ate the World Reichl, Ruth. Garlic and Sapphires Reichl, Ruth. Tender at the Bone Richman, Alan. Fork It Over Spitz, Bob. Saucier's Apprentice Steingarten, Jeffrey. The Man Who Ate Everytyhing Trillin, Calvin. The Tummy Trilogy Walsh, Robb. Sex, Death and Oysters Wizenberg, Molly. A Homemade Life

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Noteworthy Nonfiction

Best Food Writing Apple, R.W.. Far Flung and Well Fed Berry, Wendell. Bringing It To the Table Bittman, Mark. Food Matters Corson, Trevor. The Zen of Fish Edge, John T.. Fried Chicken Gibbons, Euell. Stalking the Wild Asparagus Kamp, David. The United States of Arugula Kurlansky, Mark. Cod Kurlansky, Mark. Salt Le Draoulec, Pascale. American Pie Lee, Jennifer 8. Fortune Cookie Chronicles McPhee, John. Oranges Nestle, Marian. What to Eat Pendergrast, Mark. Uncommon Grounds Perman, Stacy. In-N-Out Burger Pollan, Michael. In Defense of Food Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma Ruhlman, Michael. Making of a Chef Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation Schott, Ben. Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany Spang, Rebecca. Invention of the Restaurant Standage, Tom. History of the World in 6 Glasses

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Periodicals

Blogs

Simple Cooking Smitten Kitchen

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Magazine/Website - General Interest

New York New Yorker Real Simple Salon Slate Texas Monthly Time Out Y Yahoo Magazine List

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Magazine/Website - Food

Art Culinaire Art of Eating Bon Appetit Chow Cook's Illustrated Cooking Light Cuisine Culinate Diner Journal Eater Eating Well Edible Manhattan Fine Cooking Food & Wine Food Network Magazine Gastronomica Good Housekeeping Gourmet La Cucina Italiano Lucky Peach Martha Stewart Meatpaper Saveur Serious Eats Southern Living Vegetarian Times Wine Enthusiast Wine Spectator X Yahoo Food Magazine List

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Magazine/Website - Literary

Alimentum Fourth Genre Granta Literary Bohemian Narrative

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Magazine/Website - Travel

Afar Budget Travel Conde Nast Traveler Forbes Traveler Go World Travel Islands Matador Network National Geographic Traveler Outpost Town & Country Travel Travel + Leisure World Hum X Yahoo Travel Magazine List

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Newspaper

Daily Telegraph Los Angeles Times New York Times The Guardian The Independent The Times Washington Post Y Yahoo Newspaper List

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Reference

Craft

Lonely Planet Guide to Travel Writing So, Is It Done? Submit Telling True Stories Writing Creative Nonfiction Blundell, William. The Art and Craft of Feature Writing Flaherty, Francis. Elements of Story Gutkind, Lee. The Art of Creative Nonfiction Jacob, Dianne. Will Write For Food Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird Ostman, Barbara Gibbs and Baker, Jane. Recipe Writers Handbook Stewart, James B.. Follow the Story Zinsser, William. Inventing the Truth Zinsser, William. On Writing Well

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Organizations

American Institute of Wine & Food American Press Institute American Society of Journalists and Authors Association of Authors' Representatives Association of Food Journalists Council of Literary Magazines and Presses International Association of Culinary Professionals International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association National Press Foundation

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Other

All Recipes Chowhound Cook's Thesaurus Culinary Institute of America eGullet Epicurious Epitourean Food Channel Food Reference French Culinary Institute Local Harvest Simply Recipes Snooth Zagat

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General Resources

Link List

Gotham Reading/Resources Lists New York Times Navigator Ref Desk University of Texas Reference Yahoo Reference

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Reference

Bartleby Encyclopedia Britannica First Chapters Google Google Earth Google Maps Lexis/Nexis Library of Congress National Geographic Atlas Poets & Writers Tools for Writers Shaw Guides US Copyright Office Wikipedia

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Words/Usage

American Heritage Dictionary Associated Press Stylebook Chicago Manual of Style Elements of Style Merriam-Webster Dictionary/Thesaurus (online) Oxford English Dictionary (2 volume) Oxford English Dictionary (20 volume) Oxford English Dictionary (online) Roget's II Thesaurus (alphabetized) Roget's International Thesaurus (categorized) University of Calgary Grammar Guide

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