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 >


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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

Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen: Capturing the Vibrant flavors of a World-Class Cuisine

By Rick Bayless
Scribner - 1996


(66 recipe reviews)
owned by 48 my recipe reviews 0

A Return to Cooking

By Eric Ripert, Michael Ruhlman
Artisan - 2009


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

Ready for Dessert: My Best Recipes

By David Lebovitz
Ten Speed Press - 2010


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 34 my recipe reviews 0

Provence: the Beautiful Cookbook

By Richard Olney
Perennial - 1999


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Plenty: Vibrant Recipes from London's Ottolenghi

By Yotam Ottolenghi, Jonathan Lovekin
Chronicle Books - 2011


(79 recipe reviews)
owned by 47 my recipe reviews 0

The Pleasure of Your Company

By Molly O'Neill
Viking Adult - 1997


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

A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes

By David Tanis, Alice Waters
Artisan - 2008


(1 recipe review)
owned by 32 my recipe reviews 0 book review

The Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accessories

By David Lebovitz
Ten Speed Press,U.S. - 2007


(74 recipe reviews)
owned by 90 my recipe reviews 11 book review

Perfect Pairings: A Master Sommelier's Practical Advice for Partnering Wine with Food

By Evan Goldstein
University of California Press - 2006


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

Patricia Wells' Trattoria : Healthy, Simple, Robust Fare Inspired by the Small Family Restaurants of Italy

By Patricia Wells
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1995


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

PATRICIA WELLS AT HOME IN PROVENCE: Recipes Inspired By Her Farmhouse In France

By Patricia Wells, Robert Freson
Scribner - 1999


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

Pasta, Pizza and Calzone

By Alice Waters
Pavilion Books - 1996


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

The Paris Cookbook

By Patricia Wells
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2001


(1 recipe review)
owned by 27 my recipe reviews 0

The Paris Cookbook

By Patricia Wells
Kyle Cathie - 2003


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

Ottolenghi: The Cookbook

By Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi
Ebury Press - 2010


(94 recipe reviews)
owned by 42 my recipe reviews 0

One Good Dish

By David Tanis
Artisan - 2013


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

Once Upon a Chef, the Cookbook: 100 Tested, Perfected, and Family-Approved Recipes

By Jennifer Segal, Alexandra Grablewski
Chronicle Books - 2018


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

On the Line

By Eric Ripert, Christine Muhlke
Artisan - 2008


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

An Omelette and a Glass of Wine (The Cook's Classic Library)

By Elizabeth David
The Lyons Press - 1997


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

Olives and Oranges: Recipes and Flavor Secrets from Italy, Spain, Cyprus, and Beyond

By Sara Jenkins, Mindy Fox
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 2008


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

Olive Oil: From Tree to Table

By Peggy Knickerbocker, Laurie Smith
Chronicle Books - 2007


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

The New York Times Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne
Harper & Row - 1961


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

The New Professional Chef (TM)

By Culinary Institute of America (c), Mary Deirdre Donovan, Culinary Institute of America
Van Nostrand Reinhold - 1995


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

The New Moosewood Cookbook (Mollie Katzen's Classic Cooking)

By Mollie Katzen
Ten Speed Press - 2004


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

New Food Fast

By Donna Hay
Murdoch Books - 1999


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

The New Basics Cookbook

By Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins
Workman Publishing Company - 1989


(55 recipe reviews)
owned by 90 my recipe reviews 39 book review

Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery: Recipes for the Connoisseur

By Nancy Silverton
Villard - 1996


(1 recipe review)
owned by 23 my recipe reviews 0

My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories

By David Lebovitz
Ten Speed Press - 2014


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 11 my recipe reviews 0

My New Orleans: The Cookbook

By John Besh
Andrews McMeel Publishing - 2009


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

More Home Cooking: A Writer Returns to the Kitchen

By Laurie Colwin
Harper Perennial - 2000


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 20 my recipe reviews 0

Monet's Table: The Cooking Journals of Claude Monet

By Claire Joyes, Joel Robuchon, Jean-Bernard Naudin
Simon & Schuster - 2006


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

Molto Gusto: Easy Italian Cooking

By Mario Batali
Ecco - 2010


(10 recipe reviews)
owned by 21 my recipe reviews 8 book review

Modern Jewish Cooking: Recipes & Customs for Todays Kitchen

By Leah Koenig, Sang An
Chronicle Books - 2015


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

Michael Chiarello's Casual Cooking

By Michael Chiarello, Karl Petzke, Deborah Jones, Janet Fletcher
Chronicle Books - 2002


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

Mexican Everyday (Recipes Featured on Season 4 of the PBS-TV series "Mexico One Plate at a Time")

By Rick Bayless, Christopher Hirsheimer, Deann Bayless
W. W. Norton - 2005


(19 recipe reviews)
owned by 50 my recipe reviews 3 book review

Mes Confitures: The Jams and Jellies of Christine Ferber

By Christine Ferber
Michigan State Univ Pr - 2002


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

Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Volume One (1) (Vol 1)

By Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck, Sidonie Coryn
Alfred A. Knopf - 2001


(23 recipe reviews)
owned by 102 my recipe reviews 4

Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 2

By Julia Child, Simone Beck, Sidonie Coryn
Alfred A. Knopf - 1970


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

Mastering the Art of French Cooking (2 Volume Set)

By Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck
Knopf - 2009


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 52 my recipe reviews 0

Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
Chronicle Books - 2009


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

Martha Stewart's Wedding Cakes

By Martha Stewart, Wendy Kromer
Clarkson Potter - 2007


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

Martha Stewart's Hors d'Oeuvres Handbook

By Martha Stewart
Clarkson Potter - 1999


(1 recipe review)
owned by 32 my recipe reviews 0

Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook

By Martha Stewart
Clarkson Potter - 2008


(1 recipe review)
owned by 29 my recipe reviews 1 book review

The Martha Stewart Cookbook: Collected Recipes for Every Day

By Martha Stewart
Clarkson Potter - 1995


(11 recipe reviews)
owned by 39 my recipe reviews 1

Marcella's Italian Kitchen

By Marcella Hazan
Knopf - 1995


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

Marcella Says...: Italian Cooking Wisdom from the Legendary Teacher's Master Classes, with 120 of Her Irresistible New Recipes

By Marcella Hazan, Victor Hazan
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2004


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 23 my recipe reviews 2

Marcella Cucina

By Marcella Hazan
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997


(23 recipe reviews)
owned by 30 my recipe reviews 1

Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen

By Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
Knopf - 2001


(10 recipe reviews)
owned by 32 my recipe reviews 4

Lidia's Italian Table: More Than 200 Recipes From The First Lady Of Italian Cooking

By Lidia Bastianich
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1998


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

Lidia's Family Table: More Than 200 Fabulous Recipes to Enjoy Every Day-With Wonderful Ideas for Variations and Improvisations

By Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
Knopf - 2004


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 25 my recipe reviews 1