11 must-read food books like Herb: A cook's companion by Mark Diacono

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Herb: A cook's companion

By: Mark Diacono

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Guild of Food Writer’s Awards, Highly Commended in ‘Specialist Subject Cookbook’ category (2022) A…

If you liked the food plot in Herb: A cook's companion by Mark Diacono , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen: Celebrating the Art of Eating Well

By: Amy Chaplin , Johnny Miller

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

James Beard Award Winner (Vegetarian) IACP Award Winner (Healthy Eating) A sophisticated vegetaria… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
Cover of Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees: Essential Techniques of Authentic Chinese Cooking by Jody Horton, Kian Lam Kho

2. Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees: Essential Techniques of Authentic Chinese Cooking

By: Jody Horton , Kian Lam Kho

4.20

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

Create nuanced, complex, authentic Chinese flavors at home by learning the cuisine's fundamental te… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food

3. Vegetable Literacy: Cooking and Gardening with Twelve Families from the Edible Plant Kingdom

By: Deborah Madison

2.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In her latest cookbook, Deborah Madison, America's leading authority on vegetarian cooking and auth… read more

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4. Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking

By: Fuchsia Dunlop

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fuchsia Dunlop trained as a chef in China's leading Sichuan cooking school and possesses the rare a… read more

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5. Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 2

By: Kamome Shirahama

4.44

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

TRIAL BY FIRE Join Coco as she continues her spellbinding journey of magic and discovery! Aft… read more

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"One's ideas are just as crucial to magic as one's skill wit the pen."

-Kamome Shirahama, Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 2

"If you feel impatient and want to learn quickly, the best thing you can do is to just live life! There's not better teacher than life itself."

-Kamome Shirahama, Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 2

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6. Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 1

By: Kamome Shirahama

4.42

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

A TOUCH OF MAGIC In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for grant… read more

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7. Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

By: Tori Dunlap

4.10

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the globally-recognized personal finance educator and social media star behind Her First $100K… read more

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"Feminism that isn't intersectional, that doesn't help others and work to change systemic inequality, is not feminism."

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

"…the culture [had]…a manipulative but disingenuous 'we're not coworkers, we're family' mind-set. (Always be wary of a company that says seemingly well-meaning shit as this. We share a cubicle, not a …"

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

"But when you confuse shames emotional alarm (I feel disconnected from money, what do I want to do about that?) with who you are (I’ll never get my shit together, I’m just bad with money), you’ve been…"

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

"We live in a patriarchal world—a system that aids and abets inequality. In this system that has gatekept financial information and tools from marginalized groups, it is an act of protest to be financ…"

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

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8. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

By: Naomi Klein

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more

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"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

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9. A Man and His Cat, Vol. 1

By: Umi Sakurai

4.43

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

A kitten languishes in a pet shop, unwanted and unloved. Even as his price drops with each passing … read more

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"Names are precious gifts, you know..."

-Umi Sakurai, A Man and His Cat, Vol. 1

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10. Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things: Bold, Vegetable-Forward Recipes Plus Homemade Sauces, Condiments, and More to Build a Flavor-Packed Pantry: A Cookbook

By: Noor Murad

4.15

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Globe and Mail bestselling author Yotam Ottolenghi and his superteam of chefs bring you the sec… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
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11. Magnolia Table

By: Joanna Gaines

4.20

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Magnolia Table is infused with Joanna Gaines' warmth and passion for all things family, prepared an… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
Cover of Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain

12. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

By: Anthony Bourdain

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A lot has changed since Kitchen Confidential. For the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restau… read more

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  • cooking
  • food
"You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese."

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

"That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund."

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

"There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub."

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

"I am not a fan of people who abuse service staff. In fact, I find it intolerable. It’s an unpardonable sin as far as I’m concerned, taking out personal business or some other kind of dissatisfaction …"

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

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13. Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food

By: Fuchsia Dunlop

4.26

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The world’s most sophisticated gastronomic culture, brilliantly presented through a banquet of thir… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
"In cooking as with love, it's not easy to ensure that both ingredients reach their climaxes of perfection simultaneously."

-Fuchsia Dunlop, Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food

"Appetite for food and sex is human nature, shi se xing ye ,' as the philosopher Gaozi said. Or, as the popular saying derived from the Book of Rites puts it: 'Eat, drink, man, woman' ( yin shi nan nü…"

-Fuchsia Dunlop, Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food

"A successful dish, as my cooking school teachers always used to say, must hit all the targets of se, xiang, wei, xing – colour, fragrance, flavour and form. It should first delight the eyes with its …"

-Fuchsia Dunlop, Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food

"Trying to categorize Chinese regional cuisines makes me dizzy. You can travel and travel and travel around China and taste new foods every single day, which is pretty much what I have been doing for …"

-Fuchsia Dunlop, Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food

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14. Welcome Home: A Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating and Hosting All Year Round

By: Myquillyn Smith

4.09

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Decorating your home for each season doesn't have to be stressful, overwhelming, or expensive—just … read more

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"Fall has a big job of taking us from summer to pre-Christmas."

-Myquillyn Smith, Welcome Home: A Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating and Hosting All Year Round

"... I take my cues from "Flylady" Marla Cilley, who says, "Housework done imperfectly still blesses your family."... we delight in what we can do, however little."

-Myquillyn Smith, Welcome Home: A Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating and Hosting All Year Round

"Every year, I'm shocked at the abundance of growth, life, and wholeness that seem to happen in a matter of weeks. Half the year we live in Eden, the other half on Mars."

-Myquillyn Smith, Welcome Home: A Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating and Hosting All Year Round

"Instead of calling plastic décor fake-- or it's fancy sister, faux-- I refer to it as pretend. It's pretend because using it and believing it's real is a workout for the imagination. We all know ther…"

-Myquillyn Smith, Welcome Home: A Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating and Hosting All Year Round

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15. Life in the Garden

By: Penelope Lively

3.58

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

The two central activities in my life - alongside writing - have been reading and gardening. Pen… read more

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  • gardening
"So far as I am concerned the difference between men and women is that men are interested in cutting grass and women are not. I actually prefer a daisy-sprinkled lawn; Jack, of course, wanted meticulo…"

-Penelope Lively, Life in the Garden

"Anthropomorphism is unavoidable, I am finding, in writing about gardening: weeds don't just grow, they grow with intent, they grow aggressively. Well, they do, as any gardener knows. They sneak in an…"

-Penelope Lively, Life in the Garden

Cover of Bazaar: Vibrant vegetarian and plant-based recipes by Sabrina Ghayour

16. Bazaar: Vibrant vegetarian and plant-based recipes

By: Sabrina Ghayour

4.23

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

bazaarnoun: a market in the Middle EastBazaar is a colourful, flavourful and satisfying celebration… read more

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  • cooking
  • food
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17. Season: Big Flavors, Beautiful Food

By: Nik Sharma

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

There are few books that offer home cooks a new way to cook and to think about flavor—and fewer tha… read more

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  • cooking
  • food
Cover of Nistisima: The Secret to Delicious Vegan Cooking from the Mediterranean and Beyond by Georgina Hayden

18. Nistisima: The Secret to Delicious Vegan Cooking from the Mediterranean and Beyond

By: Georgina Hayden

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A Food Network Best Vegan Cookbook of 2022 * Observer Food Monthly's Best New Cookbook! 120 vegan … read more

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  • cooking
  • food
Cover of Fear: New Zealand's Hostile Underworld of Extremists by Byron Clark

19. Fear: New Zealand's Hostile Underworld of Extremists

By: Byron Clark

4.13

Format: 288 pages, ebook

How conspiracy theorists, far-right activists, anti-vaxers, fundamentalist Christian leaders, and t… read more

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20. The Vegetable Grower's Handbook: Unearth Your Garden's Full Potential

By: Huw Richards

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Garden efficiently and grow more food - Huw Richards shows you how. Following the success of Veg i… read more

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  • gardening
Cover of The Cook You Want to Be: Everyday Recipes to Impress by Andy Baraghani

21. The Cook You Want to Be: Everyday Recipes to Impress

By: Andy Baraghani

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Beloved food writer and social media star Andy Baraghani helps you define and develop your personal… read more

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  • cooking
  • food
Cover of Herb: A cook's companion by Mark Diacono

22. Herb: A cook's companion

By: Mark Diacono

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Guild of Food Writer’s Awards, Highly Commended in ‘Specialist Subject Cookbook’ category (2022) A… read more

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23. Maori Made Easy

By: Scotty Morrison

4.55

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The complete and accessible guide to learning the Maori language, no matter your knowledge level. … read more

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24. Forage: Wild plants to gather and eat

By: Liz Knight

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Forage is a beautifully illustrated celebration of edible plants that can be found throughout the w… read more

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  • cooking

11 must-read cookbooks books like Herb: A cook's companion by Mark Diacono

Transform Your Habits

At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen: Celebrating the Art of Eating Well

Amy Chaplin , Johnny Miller

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees: Essential Techniques of Authentic Chinese Cooking

Jody Horton , Kian Lam Kho

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things: Bold, Vegetable-Forward Recipes Plus Homemade Sauces, Condiments, and More to Build a Flavor-Packed Pantry: A Cookbook

Noor Murad

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Magnolia Table

Joanna Gaines

4.20

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Transform Your Habits

Curry Easy

Madhur Jaffrey

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

J. Kenji López-Alt

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Plenty More: Vibrant Vegetable Cooking from London's Ottolenghi

Yotam Ottolenghi

4.50

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Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

Marcella Hazan , None

3.65

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