 | El Bulli 1994-1997 vol. 2 English Edition by Ferran Adria
Startlingly original with presentations that are relatively accessible - remarkable that the dishes can be so original even after almost 10 years
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 | El Bulli: 1998-2002 by Ferran Adria
Buy used from: £160.00 Even more extreme than ElBulli 1994-97, but hard to get the ingredients
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 | El Bulli 2003-2004 by Ferran Adria
Buy new: £142.59 / Used from: £203.32 Easier to get the ingredients; more emphasis on techniques than the previous volumes - equally inspiring
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 | The Big Fat Duck Cookbook by Heston Blumenthal
Buy new: £78.44 / Used from: £74.51 This is a big book - big ideas, big recipes and a size that makes elBulli look like a paperback; inspired and inspiring
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 | L'Encyclopédie culinaire du XXIe siècle by Marc Veyrat
Buy new: £235.00 The application of molecular gastronomy techniques to classical French cooking; vol 1 is a personal history; vol 3 the interesting part with much use of Thermomixes; vol 2 a Baedecker of herbs
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 | Alinea by Grant Achatz
Buy new: £24.68 / Used from: £26.06 Dishes complex to produce; made up from multiple, but relatively simple elements; visually striking
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 | Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide by Thomas Keller
Buy new: £25.75 / Used from: £23.77 An exciting addition to sous vide techniques combined with the magic of Keller's recipes
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 | Further Adventures in Search of Perfection by Heston Blumenthal
Buy new: £12.97 / Used from: £2.61 Densely complex cooking; much to learn and a whole lot more to try; thought provoking (for the serious enthusiast)
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 | Essence: Recipes from Le Champignon Sauvage by David Everitt-Matthias
Buy new: £15.73 / Used from: £9.25 Slow cooking, foams and even a supplier for waterbaths - an instant molecular gastronomy 'must see'; some of the ingredients can be hard to find
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 | Sous Vide Cuisine by Joan Roca
Buy used from: £242.45 For those of you with a waterbath, vacuum packing machine and a probe thermometer this is a sound reference; heavy on technique, light on recipes
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 | Decoding Ferran Adria DVD: Hosted by Anthony Bourdain by Anthony Bourdain
Buy new: £12.44 / Used from: £11.99 Worth watching a few times to get the El Bulli techniques down pat
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 | Charlie Trotter's Cookbook by Charlie Trotter
Buy new: £25.24 / Used from: £20.00 Charlie Trotter deserves to be on this list for his dedication to perfection - it could be any of his cookbooks
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 | Grand Livre De Cuisine: Alain Duccasse's Culinary Encyclopedia by Alain Ducasse
Buy new: £99.31 / Used from: £96.50 Not obviously a molecular gastronomy tome, but the frequent references to sous vide techniques makes this a very useful addition
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| Dessert Cuisine by Oriol Balaguer
Buy used from: £180.00 Some very nice ideas with precise instructions; generally recipes tend to be too sweet, but can easily be adjusted
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| Gusto Estetico by Fabio Tacchella
Buy used from: £129.72 Some terrifically simple ways to present food in a new way; Parmesan crisps are a spectacular hit
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 | Cocktail Cuisine by Toni Botella
Some great ideas on presentation; a bit more manipulated than Tacchella's Gusto Estetico
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 | The Cook's Book: Including Marcus Wareing, Shaun Hill, Ken Hom and Charlie Trotter: Step-by-step Techniques and Recipes for Success Every Time from ... Shaun Hill, Ken Hom and Charlie Trotter by Marcus Wareing
Buy new: £18.98 / Used from: £10.75 Think of this as a crammer for foams - Ferran Adria has a chapter (the rest of the book is OK, but...)
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 | A Day at ElBulli: An insight into the ideas, methods and creativity of Ferran Adrià by Ferran Adria
Buy used from: £49.40 Lots of pictures; more interesting as a source in English for many of the more recent recipes; affordable
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