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The Kitchen Bookshelf
Larousse Gastronomique: The World's Greatest Cookery Encyclopedia (Larousse)Larousse Gastronomique: The World's Greatest Cookery Encyclopedia (Larousse) by Prosper Montagne
Buy new: £39.00 / Used from: £36.00
All you ever need to know about French cookery in... um... 1000+pages
Rick Stein's SeafoodRick Stein's Seafood by Rick Stein
Buy new: £16.25 / Used from: £12.74
My seafood bible
A Book of Mediterranean Food (Penguin Cookery Library)A Book of Mediterranean Food (Penguin Cookery Library) by Elizabeth David
Buy new: £6.74 / Used from: £0.01
An all-time classic
The Real Meat CookbookThe Real Meat Cookbook by Frances Bissell
Buy used from: £2.89
Great for recipies, but I often use this as a general reference for meat cookery
The Moro CookbookThe Moro Cookbook by Samantha Clark
Buy new: £121.84 / Used from: £12.00
One of my favourite books from one of my favourite restaurants
Nose to Tail Eating: A Kind of British CookingNose to Tail Eating: A Kind of British Cooking by Fergus Henderson
Buy new: £11.04 / Used from: £8.33
Not for the squeamish - but delicious food
The River Cottage CookbookThe River Cottage Cookbook by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Buy new: £18.52 / Used from: £14.25
How to bring-up a cow. Then kill, cook and eat it. Practical!