Resources

Here you’ll find my favorite books and sources of inspiration. Don’t forget about checking out your local library and used book stores for finding the books! I’ll update this list periodically, since I’m usually hoarding books by the stack-full.

Reference & Food Science

  • Bakewise – Shirley Corriher
  • CookWise – Shirley Corriher
  • Fennema’s Food Chemistry
  • Food Analysis – Suzanne Nielson
  • The Art of Fermentation – Sandor Ellix Katz

Pastry & Baking

  • The Art of French Pastry – Jacquy Pfeiffer & Martha Rose Shulman
  • Dessert Circus – Jacque Torres
  • Mastering the Art of French Cooking – Vols. I & II – Julia Child, et al.
  • Bittersweet – Alice Medrich
  • Pure Dessert – Alice Medrich
  • Flavor Flours – Alice Medrich
  • Bouchon Bakery – Thomas Keller & Sebastian Rouxel
  • Cooking with Italian Grandmothers – Elizabeth Theroux
  • Lee Bailey’s Country Desserts
  • Death by Chocolate – Marcel Desaulniers
  • Dessert Person – Claire Saffitz
  • Bravetart – Stella Parks
  • Wild Sweetness – Thalia Ho

Cooking & Savory

  • Around My French Table – Dorie Greenspan
  • Foo52’s Genius Recipes
  • Mastering the Art of French Cooking – Julia Child
  • Cooking with Italian Grandmothers – Elizabeth Thoureux
  • Our Immigrant Ancestors – The Frugal Gourmet
  • Dining In & Nothing Fancy – Alison Roman

Bread

  • Flour, Water, Yeast, Salt – Ken Forkish
  • Tartine Bread – Chad Robertson
  • Bouchon Bakery

Blogs