aj12754's Profile

From: Montclair, NJ USA

Joined: November 22nd, 2009

About me: I can't be the only person who starts thinking about what to cook next while I am doing the dishes for the meal I just finished eating ... right?

Favorite cookbook: I flirt with all of them. But I am a sucker for good writing and great pictures.

Favorite recipe: Pretty much any combo of good bread and great cheese.


Latest review:

June 20th, 2020

Slow-Roasted Tomatoes from One Good Dish

A dish that could not be simpler to make, and absolutely delicious. Topped the cooled tomato with a room temperature slice of mozzarella drizzled with EVOO and some ribbons of basil. A real treat. read more >


recipe reviews (696)
book reviews (39)
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aj12754's Bookshelf

299 book(s). Click the title of a book to start adding your recipe and book reviews.

TitleTagsRatings & Reviews

Bruce Aidells's Complete Book of Pork: A Guide to Buying, Storing, and Cooking the World's Favorite Meat

By Bruce Aidells
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2004


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 1

Buvette: The Pleasure of Good Food

By Jody Williams, Mario Batali
Grand Central Life & Style - 2014


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0

The Cakebread Cellars American Harvest Cookbook: Celebrating Wine, Food, and Friends in the Napa Valley

By Dolores Cakebread, Jack Cakebread
Ten Speed Press - 2011


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

The Cakebread Cellars Napa Valley Cookbook: Wine and Recipes to Celebrate Every Season's Harvest

By Dolores Cakebread, Brian Streater
Ten Speed Press - 2003


(1 recipe review)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

The Cheese Course

By Janet Fletcher
Chronicle Books - 2000


(1 recipe review)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 1

Cheese Primer

By Steven Jenkins
Workman Publishing Company - 1996


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 14 my recipe reviews 0

Chef, Interrupted: Delicious Chefs' Recipes That You Can Actually Make at Home

By Melissa Clark
Clarkson Potter - 2005


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 11 my recipe reviews 2

Chefs & Company: 75 Top Chefs Share More Than 180 Recipes To Wow Last-Minute Guests

By Maria Isabella
Page Street Publishing - 2017


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Chez Jacques: Traditions and Rituals of a Cook

By Jacques Pepin, Tom Hopkins
Stewart, Tabori & Chang - 2007


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 0

Chez Panisse Café Cookbook

By Alice L. Waters
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1999


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 33 my recipe reviews 0

Chez Panisse Cooking

By Paul Bertolli, Alice Waters
Peter Smith Pub Inc - 2001


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 0

Chez Panisse Desserts

By Lindsey R. Shere
Random House - 1994


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 19 my recipe reviews 0

Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook

By Alice Waters
Random House - 1995


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 18 my recipe reviews 0

Chinese Cooking for Dummies

By Martin Yan
For Dummies - 2000


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 1

The Chinese Kitchen: Recipes, Techniques, Ingredients, History, and Memories from America's Leading Authority on Chinese Cooking

By Eileen Yin-fei Lo
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1999


(1 recipe review)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 1

Classic American Food Without Fuss:: Over 100 Favorite Recipes Made Easy

By Frances McCullough
Villard - 1997


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 4 book review

The Coastal Living Cookbook: The Ultimate Recipe Collection for People Who Love the Coast

By Editors of Coastal Living Magazine
Oxmoor House - 2004


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Cocolat: Extraordinary Chocolate Desserts

By Alice Medrich, Patricia Brabant
Warner Books - 1990


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 0

Cold Soups

By Linda Ziedrich
Harvard Common Press - 1995


(5 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 5 book review

Cold-Weather Cooking

By Sarah Leah Chase
Workman Publishing Company - 1990


(8 recipe reviews)
owned by 15 my recipe reviews 1

The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving: Over 300 Recipes to Use Year-Round

By Ellie Topp, Margaret Howard
Firefly Books - 2007


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 13 my recipe reviews 0

The Complete Meat Cookbook

By Bruce Aidells, Denis Kelly
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 2001


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 8 my recipe reviews 0

Cook Like a Rock Star: 125 Recipes, Lessons, and Culinary Secrets

By Anne Burrell, Suzanne Lenzer, Mario Batali
Clarkson Potter - 2011


(10 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 3

Cook with Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook

By Jamie Oliver
Michael Joseph - 2006


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 57 my recipe reviews 0

Cooking by Hand

By Paul Bertolli
Clarkson Potter - 2003


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 9 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Cooking for Friends

By Gordon Ramsay
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2009


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 0

Cooking for Madam: Recipes and Reminiscences from the Home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

By Marta Sgubin, Nancy Nicholas
Scribner - 1998


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

Cooking from the Heart: My Favorite Lessons Learned Along the Way

By John Besh
Andrews McMeel Publishing - 2013


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Cooking from the Heart: 100 Great American Chefs Share Recipes They Cherish

By Michael J. Rosen, Richard Russo (Foreword)
Broadway - 2003


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Cooking in the Moment: A Year of Seasonal Recipes

By Andrea Reusing
Clarkson Potter - 2011


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 0

Cooking School Secrets For Real-World Cooks

By Linda Carucci
Chronicle Books - 2005


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Cooking With Master Chefs [ First Edition, 1993 ]

By Julia Child
Alfred A. Knopf Inc - 1993


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed

By Shirley O. Corriher
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997


(10 recipe reviews)
owned by 65 my recipe reviews 1

The Country Cooking of France

By Anne Willan, France Ruffenach
Chronicle Books - 2007


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 2 book review

Country Weekend Entertaining: Seasonal recipes from loaves and fishes and the Bridgehampton Inn

By Anna Pump, Gen Leroy
Doubleday - 1999


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

Cowgirl Creamery Cooks

By Sue Conley, Peggy Smith, Hirsheimer & Hamilton
Chronicle Books - 2013


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

The Craft of Baking: Cakes, Cookies, and Other Sweets with Ideas for Inventing Your Own

By Karen DeMasco, Mindy Fox
Clarkson Potter - 2009


(21 recipe reviews)
owned by 22 my recipe reviews 5

Culinaria France

By Andre Domine
h. f. ullmann - 2008


(1 recipe review)
owned by 8 my recipe reviews 0

Culinaria Italy: Pasta - Pesto - Passion (Cooking)

By Claudia Piras
Ullmann - 2008


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 0

Culinaria Spain

By Marios Trutter, Marion Trutter, Gunter Beer, Gunter Beer
Konemann - 2007


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 0

Culinary Artistry

By Andrew Dornenburg, Karen Page
Wiley - 1996


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 12 my recipe reviews 0

Daniel Boulud's Cafe Boulud Cookbook: French-American Recipes for the Home Cook

By Daniel Boulud, Dorie Greenspan
Scribner - 1999


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 14 my recipe reviews 1

David Tanis Market Cooking: Recipes and Revelations, Ingredient by Ingredient

By David Tanis
Artisan - 2017


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

Dinner Illustrated: 175 Meals Ready in 1 Hour or Less

By America's Test Kitchen
America's Test Kitchen - 2018


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen

By Gina DePalma, Mario Batali
W.W. Norton & Co. - 2007


(12 recipe reviews)
owned by 21 my recipe reviews 3 book review

The Duck Cookbook

By James Peterson
Stewart, Tabori and Chang - 2003


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 1

English Bread and Yeast Cookery (Revised)

By Elizabeth David, Wendy Jones, Wendy Jones
Biscuit Books - 1994


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0

Essential Emeril: Favorite Recipes and Hard-Won Wisdom From My Life in the Kitchen

By Emeril Lagasse
Oxmoor House - 2015


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century

By Amanda Hesser
W. W. Norton & Company - 2010


(146 recipe reviews)
owned by 63 my recipe reviews 17 book review

Essential Pepin: More Than 700 All-Time Favorites from My Life in Food

By Jacques Pepin
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 2011


(39 recipe reviews)
owned by 35 my recipe reviews 13 book review