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Understanding the impact on the earth of the way we eat is only part of the battle; changing habits is the more difficult task. These books add a spoonful of sugar to the medicine.

Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen
Offers practical solutions on how to go organic...
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Homegrown Pure and Simple: Great Healthy Food from Garden to Table
Reinforces the...
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Pollan's book took the food world by storm...
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Stalking the Wild Asparagus
The classic foraging resource. If you are thinking of...
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Vegan with a Vengeance: Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock
Moskowitz won...
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Here are four food publications that will inspire as much as they entertain. The only problem is that you might be torn between racing to the kitchen and turning the page.

Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture
A quarterly publication so beautiful...
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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
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A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine
A collection of essays discussing...
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The Perfectionist: Life and Death in Haute Cuisine
When three-star chef Bernard Loiseau...
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A good cook should know the classics—having a strong foundation gives you the freedom to riff and explore. These three books teach the basics on swill, sweets, and sautéing.

Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook
Having this book on hand is is second-best...
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The Oxford Companion to Wine, 3rd Edition
Robinson is among the wine world's most...
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The Professional Chef, 8th Edition
No home library is complete without...
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Any true cookbook lover will admit that you don't always buy cookbooks for the recipes. There are gorgeous ones that serve mainly as inspiration—almost too beautiful for kitchen use.

The Complete Thomas Keller: The French Laundry Cookbook & Bouchon
For the first time, Keller's...
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Dessert Cuisine
Pastry chef Oriol Balaguer's La Cocina de los Postres is now available in English...
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El Bulli 2003-2004
Chef Ferran Adria's stimulating, photo-heavy books that...
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Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
Not really a cookbook, Hungry Planet presents how...
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These are our go-to references, great additions to anyone's cookbook library—though it's highly unlikely that they will sit on the shelf for long.

The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks
The late Edna Lewis and her friend, chef...
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Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian: More Than 650 Meatless Recipes from Around the Globe
Jaffrey's recipes taste authentic...
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Mangoes & Curry Leaves: Culinary Travels Through the Great Subcontinent
Covers the entire Indian subcontinent...
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Mexican Everyday
Turns out grated potato makes a darn good taco filling, and you can throw together...
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The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking: Techniques and Recipes
The American home cook's ultimate guide...
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Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
Madison has achieved cultlike status for her fantastic recipes...
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The Zuni Cafe Cookbook: A Compendium of Recipes and Cooking Lessons from San Francisco's Beloved Restaurant
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