My Cookbook Library

As a haphazardly organized (isn't that an oxymoron?) person, lists make me happy. I've been slowly building up my cookbook library in the past few years and I think I've reached a point where I have enough books lying around the house to warrant a nice catalogue. I would like to start with my English and French cookbooks first and perhaps as I have more time, I'll include my Japanese and Chinese collection in the catalogue as well.

General Cooking

1. The 1997 Joy of Cooking (Irma S. Rombauer)
2. Gordon Ramsay's Secrets (Gordon Ramsay)
3. Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food (Gordon Ramsay)
4. In The Heat Of The Kitchen: US paperback version of Gordon Ramsay's Secrets. This is an autographed copy given to me by L.
5. Simply Ming: Easy Techniques for East-Meets-West Meals: This is another autographed copy given to me by L.
6. Savoring Provence: Recipes and Reflections on Provencal Cooking: This is a gift from BM.
7. Complete Entertaining Cookbook: Another cookbook from the Williams-Sonoma series. It is a fun read that organizes menus by occasions including tablesetting suggestions.
8. The Way To Cook (Julia Child): This is my reference book on French cooking.
9. Around My French Table (Dorie Greenspan): I'm cooking through this volume with the French Fridays With Dorie group.
10. In The Kitchen With A Good Appetite (Melissa Clark)
11. Cook This Now: 120 Easy and Delectable Dishes You Can't Wait to Make (Melissa Clark)
12. Ottolenghi: The Cookbook (Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi)
13. Plenty (Yotam Ottolenghi)
14. Mad Hungry: Feeding Men And Boys (Lucinda Scala Quinn)
15. The Pioneer Woman Cooks (Ree Drummond)
16. Craig Claiborne's The New New York Times Cookbook (Craig Claiborne, Pierre Franey): A gift from IO.
17. Moro: The Cookbook (Samantha Clark, Samuel Clark)
18. Casa Moro: The Second Cookbook (Samantha Clark, Samuel Clark)
19. Moro East (Samantha Clark, Samuel Clark)
20. Sunday Suppers At Lucques: Seasonal Recipes From Market To Table (Suzanne Goin, Teri Gelber)
21. Everyday Indian: 100 Fast, Fresh and Healthy Recipes (Bal Arneson)
22. Bal’s Quick and Healthy Indian (Bal Arneson)
23. Essentials Of Japanese Cooking (Tokiko Suzuki)
24. Tender, Volume 2: A Cook's Guide to the Fruit Garden (Nigel Slater)
25. The Cook's Illustrated Cookbook: 2,000 Recipes from 20 Years of America's Most Trusted Cooking Magazine (America’s Test Kitchen)
26. Slow Cooker Revolution (America's Test Kitchen)

Picnic & Bento

1. Picnic: 125 Recipes With 28 Seasonal Menus (DeeDee Stovel)
2. Picnics And Hampers (Marie Abadie)

Professional Cooking

1. El Bulli: 1998-2002 (Ferran Adria)

Professional Baking

1. Le Grand Livre De Cuisine d'Alain Ducasse: Desserts et Patisserie (Alain Ducasse, Frederic Robert)
2. Patisserie of Pierre Hermé (Pierre Hermé): An autographed copy that SC kindly purchased for me from Paris.
3. Ph 10 : Pâtisserie Pierre Hermé (Pierre Hermé)
4. Larousse Des Desserts (Pierre Hermé)
5. Pierre Herme Pastries (Pierre Hermé)

Dessert & Pastry

1. Plaisirs Sucrés (Pierre Hermé)
2. Desserts By Pierre Hermé (Dorie Greenspan, Pierre Hermé)
3. Chocolate Desserts By Pierre Hermé (Dorie Greenspan, Pierre Hermé)
4. Macaron (Pierre Hermé)
5. Paris Sweets: Great Desserts From The City's Best Pastry Shops (Dorie Greenspan)
6. Baking With Julia (Dorie Greenspan)
7. Baking: From My Home To Yours (Dorie Greenspan) 
8. Gordon Ramsay's Just Desserts (Gordon Ramsay)
9. The Last Course: The Desserts Of Gramercy Tavern (Claudia Fleming, Melissa Clark)
10. Simply Sensational Desserts (Francois Payard)
11. Gérard Mulot : Pâtissier à Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Gérard Mulot, Alba Pezone, Laurence Mouton-Furon)
12. The Cake Bible (Rose Levy Beranbaum)
13. The Pie And Pastry Bible (Rose Levy Beranbaum)
14. Rose's Heavenly Cakes (Rose Levy Beranbaum) 
15. In The Sweet Kitchen: The Definitive Baker's Companion (Regan Daley)
16. Le Cordon Bleu Dessert Techniques
17. La Maison Du Chocolat (Robert Linxe)
18. Baked: New Frontiers In Baking (Matt Lewis, Renato Poliafito)
19. Baked Explorations: Class American Desserts Reinvented (Matt Lewis, Renato Poliafito)
20. Ready For Dessert: My Best Recipes (David Lebovitz)
21. DamGoodSweet (Requel Pelzel, David Guas)
22. Baking For All Occasions: A Treasury Of Recipes For Every Celebration (Flo Braker, Scott Peterson)
23. Good To The Grain (Kim Boyce)
24. Momofuku Milk Bar (Christina Tosi)
25. Flour: Spectacular Recipes from Boston's Flour Bakery + Cafe (Joanne Chang)
26. The Grand Central Baking Book: Breakfast Pastries, Cookies, Pies, and Satisfying Savories from the Pacific Northwest's Celebrated Bakery (Piper Davis, Ellen Jackson)
27. Baking With Passion (Baker & Spice) (Dan Lepard)
28. Short and Sweet (Dan Lepard)
29. Bakeless Sweets: Pudding, Panna Cotta, Fluff, Icebox Cake, and More No-Bake Desserts (Faith Durand)
30. The Liddabit Sweets Candy Cookbook: How to Make Truly Scrumptious Candy in Your Own Kitchen! (Liz Gutman, Jen King)
31. Real Snacks: Make Your Favorite Childhood Treats Without All the Junk (Lara Ferroni)
32. Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home (Jeni Britton Bauer)

Cookies

1. Rose's Christmas Cookies (Rose Levy Beranbaum)
2. Cookies Unlimited (Nick Malgieri)
3. The Good Cookie (Tish Boyle)
4. Martha Stewart's Cookies: The Very Best Treats To Bake And To Share (Martha Stewart Living Magazine)
5. Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cookies (Alice Medrich)
6. Gingerbread For All Seasons (Teresa Layman) 

Preserving

1. The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook (Rachel Saunders)
2. We Sure Can!: How Jams and Pickles Are Reviving the Lure and Lore of Local Food (Sarah B. Hood)

Bread

1. The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering The Art Of Extraordinary Bread (Peter Reinhart)
2. The Bread Bible (Rose Levy Beranbaum)

Vegetarian & Vegan

1. Vive Le Vegan! Simple, Delectable Recipes for the Everyday Vegan Family (Dreena Burton)
2. Eat, Drink & Be Vegan: Everyday Vegan Recipes Worth Celebrating (Dreena Burton)
3. The Joy of Vegan Baking: The Compassionate Cooks' Traditional Treats & Sinful Sweets (Colleen Patrick-Goudreau)
4. Super Natural Cooking (Heidi Swanson)
5. Super Natural Every Day (Heidi Swanson)
6. Meatless: More Than 200 of the Very Best Vegetarian Recipes (Martha Stewart Living)
7. The Sprouted Kitchen: A Tastier Take on Whole Foods (Sara Forte, Hugh Forte)

Food Writing

1. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures In The Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
2. A Cook's Tour: In Search Of The Perfect Meal (Anthony Bourdain)
3. The Man Who Ate Everything (Jeffrey Steingarten)
4. It Must've Been Something I Ate (Jeffrey Steingarten)
5. Cooking For Mr. Latte: A Food Lover's Courtship, With Recipes (Amanda Hesser)
6. The Apprentice: My Life In The Kitchen (Jacques Pepin)
7. On Rue Tatin: Living And Cooking In A French Town (Susan Herrmann Loomis)
8. French Lessons: Adventures With Knife, Fork, And Corkscrew (Peter Mayle)
9. A Year In Provence (Peter Mayle)
10. The Making Of A Chef: Mastering Heat At The Culinary Institute (Michael Ruhlman)
11. The Soul Of A Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection (Michael Ruhlman)  
12. Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring The Science Of Flavour (Hervé This)
13. The Chocolate Connoisseur (Chloe Doutre-Roussel): My review is available here.
14. The Sweet Life In Paris (David Lebovitz)
15. In Search Of Perfection: Reinventing Kitchen Classics (Heston Blumenthal): A signed copy that I purchased after a fantastic lunch at Fat Duck.
16. My Life In France (Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme)
17. Blood, Bones & Butter (Gabrielle Hamilton) 

Reference

1. French Cheeses: The Visual Guide To More Than 350 Cheeses From Every Region Of France (Kazuko Masui)
2. The Definitive Guide To Canadian Artisanal And Fine Cheese (Gurth Pretty): I bought this book after attending Gurth Pretty's session on Canadian cheese at Prince Edward County's Taste! event. 
3. Food Lover's Guide To Paris (Patricia Wells)
4. On Food And Cooking: The Science And Lore Of The Kitchen (Harold McGee)