An Omelette and a Glass of Wine
by Elizabeth David | 
How to Cook a Wolf
by M. F. K. Fisher | 
The Reach of a Chef
by Michael Ruhlman | 
The Man Who Ate Everything
by Jeffrey Steingarten | 
The Making of a Chef
by Michael Ruhlman |
More Home Cooking
by Laurie Colwin | 
It Must've Been Something I Ate
by Jeffrey Steingarten | 
Home Cooking
by Laurie Colwin | 
The Soul of a Chef
by Michael Ruhlman | 
The Nasty Bits
by Anthony Bourdain |
How I Learned to Cook
by Kimberly Witherspoon |
Mouth Wide Open
by John Thorne | 
An Everlasting Meal
by Tamar Adler |
With Bold Knife and Fork
by M. F. K. Fisher | 
Cooked
by Michael Pollan | 
A Slip of the Keyboard
by Terry Pratchett | 
Reflections
by Diana Wynne Jones | 
The Great Movies
by Roger Ebert | 
The Art of the Novel
by Milan Kundera | 
Levels of Life
by Julian Barnes |
This work is an elegant account of Julian Barnes' search for gastronomic precision. It is a quest that leaves him seduced by Jane Grigson, infuriated by Nigel Slater and reassured by Mrs Beeton's Victorian virtues. For anyone who has ever been defeated by a cookbook.