by Madeline Puckette & Justin Hammack (2018)
The James Beard Award-winning guide to wine. Features visual flavor profiles, detailed regional maps, food pairing fundamentals, and sommelier tasting methods for over one hundred grape varietals.
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Recognized globally as the essential wine reference. Master of Wine Jancis Robinson and Hugh Johnson present comprehensive topographic maps, climate data, and tasting assessments of the world's greatest wine regions.
Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck
This is the classic cookbook that introduced French cuisine to America. Featuring 524 delicious recipes and over 100 instructive illustrations, Julia Child's timeless masterpiece transforms traditional French gastronomy into clear, approachable, and joyfully executed steps for the dedicated home cook.
Marcella Hazan
The undisputed authority on Italian cooking in the English language. Hazan provides clear, authentic recipes for authentic ragù, risotto, handmade pasta, and the iconic tomato sauce with onion and butter.
Jeffrey Morgenthaler
Renowned mixologist Jeffrey Morgenthaler breaks down cocktail-making into essential physical techniques—juicing, stirring, shaking, infusing, and carbonating—elevating home cocktails to world-class standards.