On Cooking -Labensky & Hause
My favorite all around reference book
Culinary Artistry -Dornenburg & Page
Because cooking is an art
ON FOOD AND COOKING -Harold McGee
How and whys of cooking
Food in History -Reay Tannahill
A great read on how food shaped this world
The New Food Lover's Companion -Sharon Tyler Herbst
My favorite book to read in the john