 | El Bulli 1994-1997 vol. 2 English Edition by Ferran Adria
Buy new: £132.56 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: £288.25 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: £132.87 / Used from: £156.51 Easier to get the ingredients; more emphasis on techniques than the previous volumes - equally inspiring
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 | The Cook's Book: Step-by-step Techniques and Recipes for Success Every Time from the World's Top Chefs, Including Marcus Wareing, Shaun Hill, Ken Hom and Charlie Trotter by Marcus Wareing
Buy new: £19.50 / Used from: £14.00 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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 | L'Encyclopédie culinaire du XXIe siècle by Marc Veyrat
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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 | In Search of Perfection by Heston Blumenthal
Buy new: £13.00 / Used from: £3.93 One or two really interesting ideas (such as the use of vodka to get crispy batter); relies on a significant amount of background knowledge; not restaurant dishes
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 | Further Adventures in Search of Perfection by Heston Blumenthal
Buy new: £11.73 / Used from: £8.74 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: £16.95 / Used from: £14.99 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: £195.07 For those of you with a waterbath, vacuum packing machine and a probe thermometer this is curently the definitive reference; heavy on technique, light on recipes
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 | Decoding Ferran Adria DVD: Hosted by Anthony Bourdain by Anthony Bourdain
Buy new: £8.75 / Used from: £10.51 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: £20.06 / Used from: £19.09 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: £93.88 / Used from: £103.11 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: £196.21 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: £64.03 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
Buy used from: £84.13 Some great ideas on presentation; a bit more manipulated than Tacchella's Gusto Estetico
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