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ART Culinaire

As it turns out, I have 40 double issues of Art culinaire.
They need to be disposed of, all brand new.
Any interest.
E-mail me for the numbers.
$10 each.

Issues:

11, 31,34,37,39,40.41,
47 thru 53
55, 56
58 thru 78

Another great read.

Good techniques and some solid delicious looking food for us non-molecular gastronomists.
A great buy.

Library Additions.

I always buy books faster than I can read them, they dont actually count as additions to the library till I read them. Currently pouring through the Catalan trio.

Continuing Education

The quest for learning requires continuous reading. Here are a few books I have poured through in the last 6 weeks.
The Oxford Symposium books are fantastic and is a convention of some of the best minds in the worrld of food. Not the world of cooking, the world of food.

Old School Butter.

Old bookstores are always a great resource, you just never know what is lurking on the shelves. I found this 1924 edition of "butter making". Interesting pictures and great information on what real butter tastes like. Not on the cutting edge but sometimes the cutting edge does not improve on old pathways. Certainly worth more than the $7 it cost. I suppose they just did not pay attention to the phrase "published 1924". An additional gem for the collection.

The importance of diversification.

Cooks get too wrapped up in cookbooks. Every now and then, it is important to engage one's mind in other literary pursuits. There is a bigger picture out there beyond the Molteni stove.

Buy this book.

The importance of reference books cannot be overemphasised, as much as we all want to glean wisdom from celebrity chef books, it is always nice to find a book whose singular purpose is education. Well perhaps it makes money for someone but DK books has one of the best track record of producing books with goobs of information at bargain prices. This book on herbs provides so much info not only on use, but also propagation. One badass chef in particular I have much respect for who picked herbs on the hillsides of Mugaritz might want to buy this. They are even doing a Morimoto book.

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Recent additions, editions, addictions.

I buy books much faster than I can read them but it never stops me. There is always something to catch up on when there is time. Books are important obviously to see what is going on out there. One certainly cant work in every restaurant or afford to eat everywhere. We should thank chefs for putting thier thoughts and processes on paper. Oh I forgot......we do with our wallets. Books arent cheap but they are worth it. The picture book from Ideasinfood is fabulous, no recipes, just a workout for the brain. Buy it from thier site.

CLICK :   Ideasinfood.

Weekend Projects

Hope everyone has a great weekend, I will be taking of some time to read and wander around williamsburg looking for decent food. Obviously I love cookbooks and this is one that I am excited about. It should provide lots of information and inspiration. I also pickled some cherries and blueberries per the same method as the grapes below in the "Faux-lives" post. More to come next week. By the way while you are scoping out the perfect place for your barbecues and discussing the finer points of your burgers and hot dogs, try think about what this holiday is about, present armed forces overseas and veterans.
The book is from Here.

Cheers