I like Julia Child's The Way to Cook. I also have both volumes of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. For Italian cooking I have Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking. I would consider these as must-haves but I'm sure others will share their "musts" too! I'd also look at Harold McGee's works too.
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