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1.		Larousse Gastronomique: The World's Greatest Cookery Encyclopedia (Larousse) from Hamlyn Price: £39.00 Customer Review: I have no doubt members of the editorial committee that oversaw this revision (2001) are talented people and some of the best in the culinary scene in France. It has a wealth of classic haute cuisine and not so haute like sole menuiere, and how to prepare elaborate pigeon dishes. Summaries for other... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia: The Classic Reference to the Wines of the World from Dorling Kindersley Price: £22.75 Customer Review: I bought this edition of the book a few years ago and have just pre-ordered the new edition due out in November. I use this book constantly, even now. Some of the information is a little dated, so I would recommend pre-ordering the latest edition (as I have done). It's an excellent series of books... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

3.		McGee on Food and Cooking: An Encyclopedia of Kitchen Science, History and Culture from Hodder & Stoughton Price: £21.00 Customer Review: A row is brewing. Your daft *****/******* of a wife/husband and you are trying to come to terms with the fact that only one of you will get to decide what to do with the Jerusalem Artichokes/ Lamb chops... McGee settles it. Ask McGee. He WILL have the answer, and then a whole lot more. I mean... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		Home Sausage Making from Storey Books Price: £8.44 Customer Review: Why use 3 ingredients when 20 will do. I found myself asking this many times during my use of this book. Many of the recipes were overcomplicated when the basic art of sausagemaking is essentialy simple, our forefathers didn't have the range of ingredients mentioned in Frankfurters for... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		1001 Wines: You Must Try Before You Die (1001 Must Before You Die) from Cassell Illustrated	Click here for more information

6.		New Concise Larousse Gastronomique: The World's Greatest Cookery Encyclopedia (Larousse) from Hamlyn Price: £16.60 Customer Review: I bought this on a whim whilst shopping for another cookery book. It's a root and branch explanation of the history of ingrediants, origins of recipes and covers absolutely any dish you can think of, with the exception of far eastern food. If you love food you'll find this fascinating. If you want a... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		The Food Lover's Treasury from Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd Price: £5.99 Customer Review: All of us have opinions stated or unstated, mumbled to ourselves or shouted from the rooftops. There is one subject on which everyone has an opinion and that is food. Polite diners may cautiously use their forks to push aside an unwanted slice of mango while a baby who cannot yet speak can utter a... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		Grand Livre De Cuisine: Alain Ducasse's Culinary Encyclopedia from Alain Ducasse Price: £26.00 Customer Review: What a beautiful book! I have coveted the large format version of this book for some time Grand Livre De Cuisine: Alain Duccasse's Culinary Encyclopedia but I could not justify the price. In this format the book is just as beautiful and now affordable. It is presented as an encyclopaedia of... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		The Oxford Companion to Food (Oxford Companions) from OUP Oxford Price: £24.00 Customer Review: 20 years work and 2650 entries. Alan Davidson has long been my favourite food author and this confirms it.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

10.		The Cheese Lover's Companion: Ultimate A-to-Z Cheese Guide with More Than 1,000 Listings for Cheeses and Cheese-Related Terms: Ultimate A-to-Z Cheese Guide ... for Cheeses and Cheese-related Terms from HarperCollins Price: £6.49 Customer Review: I bought this hoping to get a reference book of cheese that I would see in the UK and Europe. Although this does cover the big European cheeses it is written by a Californian and therefore aimed at the USA. It is still a good book and very interesting and well laid out. It is missing a few of... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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