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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee

Keys to Good Cooking by Harold McGee

Cooking For Geeks, 2nd Edition by Jeff Potter

ATK: The New Cooking School Cookbook, Fundamentals

The French Laundry, Per Se by Thomas Keller

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