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Favorite Cookbooks of 2011

As 2011 draws to a close, I look at the stack of books that Iโ€™ve collected on my bookshelf (and piled up on my floorโ€ฆand beside my bed, and stacked in my kitchenโ€ฆ) and wonder how Iโ€™m going to cook and bake from them all. I just canโ€™t help it, thoughโ€”I love cookbooks. And these are the books that I couldnโ€™t resist tackling in 2011,โ€ฆ

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Molecular Gastronomy and Playing With Powder

Thereโ€™s a lively debate about Molecular Gastronomy in the culinary community. For the most part, from what Iโ€™ve heard, itโ€™s all rather derisive. Just like Matisse was widely-panned for painting a womanโ€™s face with a green stripe down the middle, I think weโ€™re going to have to let time tell us if this is just a passing fancy or if itโ€™s something thatโ€™s here toโ€ฆ

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Six New Cookbooks Iโ€™ve Just Got to Have

Prior to my trip back to the states this week, I just put in my order for some new cookbooks to schlep back with me. Because of limited space chez David, I have to be somewhat selective about which books I get, since thereโ€™s only so many things I can squeeze in around here. These are the six that made the cut, although Iโ€™ll probablyโ€ฆ

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