Reddit reviews Leiths Cookery Bible

Also not a chef but here are some good theory and technique books:

Larousse Gastranomique -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Larousse-Gastronomique-Hamlyn/dp/0600620425

The focus is obv iously french cooking techniques and application etc.


Leith's cooking Bible -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leiths-Cookery-Bible-3rd-ed/dp/074756602X

Prue Leith is highly respected in the U.K for her culinary school...this book gets used a lot in my house

The flavour thesaurus -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flavour-Thesaurus-Niki-Segnit/dp/0747599777

Once you have techniques you can look to build on them creatively so theory of what flavours work together is pretty crucial.

1. 6 Mice will be assassinated.
   
2. I could alway beat them to death with this tombstone of a book or cook up something fancy/tempting and fill it full of death.
   
3. Heres some cheese!
   
4. "Sthufferin' Sthuccotash!"

I love cookbooks and collected many over the years but the one book I have returned to over and over is the Bible from Leith's cookery school. I have gifted this many times and I am on my forth or so edition.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leiths-Cookery-Bible-Prue-Leith/dp/074756602X

Leith's Cookery Bible... No more needs to be said. http://www.amazon.com/Leiths-Cookery-Bible-Prue-Leith/dp/074756602X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1419813560&sr=1-1&keywords=leiths

Leiths Cookery Bible : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leiths-Cookery-Bible-Prue-Leith/dp/074756602X Leiths is one of the main cookery schools in the UK, like le cordon bleu if you want.