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

Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking

By Julia Child
Knopf - 2009


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

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

The Cheese Course

By Janet Fletcher
Chronicle Books - 2000


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

Betty Crocker's International Cookbook

By Betty Crocker, Pat Stewart, Barbara Gorder Sims
Random House - 1980


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

The Alice B.Toklas Cookbook

By Alice B. Toklas, Sir Francis Rose
Serif - 2004


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

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

Rosie's Bakery All-Butter, Fresh Cream, Sugar-Packed, No-Holds-Barred Baking Book

By Judy Rosenberg
Workman Publishing Company - 1991


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 15 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

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

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

Le Bernardin Cookbook: Four-Star Simplicity

By Maguy Le Coze, Eric Ripert
Broadway - 1998


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

Great Feasts Without Fuss

By Frances McCullough
Villard - 1995


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

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

Balsamic Vinegar Cookbook

By Meesha Halm
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997


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

Alfred Portale's Twelve Seasons Cookbook: A Month-by-Month Guide to the Best There is to Eat

By Alfred Portale, Andrew Friedman
Broadway - 2000


(1 recipe review)
owned by 9 my recipe reviews 1

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

By Marcella Hazan
Knopf - 1992


(89 recipe reviews)
owned by 97 my recipe reviews 2 book review

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

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

The Simple Art of Perfect Baking

By Flo Braker, Dana Gallagher
Chronicle Books - 2003


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 17 my recipe reviews 0

Lee Bailey's Country Weekends

By Lee Bailey
Gramercy - 1997


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

Lee Bailey's Cooking for Friends

By Lee Bailey
Gramercy - 1998


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

Book of Soups: More than 100 Recipes for Perfect Soups (Culinary Institute of America)

By The Culinary Institute of America
Lebhar-Friedman Books - 2005


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 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

Hors d'Oeuvre at Home with The Culinary Institute of America

By The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Ben Fink
Wiley - 2007


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

Food to Die for: A Book of Funeral Food, Tips, and Tales from the Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia

By Jessica Bemis Ward
Southern Memorial Association - 2004


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

Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make

By Alan Richardson, Karen Tack
Houghton Mifflin Co - 2008


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 22 my recipe reviews 0

The Paris Cookbook

By Patricia Wells
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2001


(1 recipe review)
owned by 27 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

Williams-Sonoma Foods of the World: New York: Authentic Recipes Celebrating the Foods of the World

By Carolynn Carreno
Oxmoor House - 2005


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

Williams-Sonoma Foods of the World: San Francisco: Authentic Recipes Celebrating the Foods of the World

By Janet Fletcher
Oxmoor House - 2004


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

Jane Grigson's book of European cookery

By Jane Grigson
Atheneum - 1983


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

Vegetable Love

By Barbara Kafka, Christopher Styler
Artisan - 2005


(1 recipe review)
owned by 25 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

Lee Bailey's Soup Meals

By Lee Bailey
Clarkson Potter - 1989


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

Lee Bailey's California Country Wine Cooking

By Lee Bailey
Clarkson Potter - 1991


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

365 Great Cookies and Brownies

By Joanne Lamb Hayes, Bonnie Tandy Leblang
HarperCollins Publishers - 1996


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

Flavors of a Newport Summer

By St. Michael's Country Day School Parent Association
St. Michael's Country Day School - 2006


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 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

From the Earth to the Table: John Ash's Wine Country Cuisine

By John Ash, Sid Goldstein
Chronicle Books - 2007


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 7 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

What's a Cook to Do?: An Illustrated Guide to 484 Essential Tips, Techniques, and Tricks

By James Peterson
Artisan - 2007


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

The French Chef Cookbook

By Julia Child
Knopf - 2002


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 21 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

Leafy Greens: An A-To-Z Guide to 30 Types of Greens Plus 200 Delicious Recipes

By Mark Bittman
MacMillan Publishing Company - 1995


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

A Taste of Puerto Rico: Traditional and New Dishes from the Puerto Rican Community

By Yvonne Ortiz
Plume - 1997


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

Rose's Heavenly Cakes

By Rose Levy Beranbaum
Wiley - 2009


(35 recipe reviews)
owned by 67 my recipe reviews 3

Ad Hoc at Home

By Thomas Keller
Artisan - 2009


(252 recipe reviews)
owned by 147 my recipe reviews 3

Chinese Cooking for Dummies

By Martin Yan
For Dummies - 2000


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

Becoming A Chef - With Recipes And Reflections From America's Leading Chefs

By Karen Page, Andrew Dornenburg
Van Nostrand Reinhold - 1995


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

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise

By Ruth Reichl
Penguin (Non-Classics) - 2006


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