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

Ready for Dessert: My Best Recipes

By David Lebovitz
Ten Speed Press - 2010


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

In the Hands of A Chef: Cooking with Jody Adams of Rialto Restaurant

By Jody Adams, Ken Rivard
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2002


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

Vegetables: The Most Authoritative Guide to Buying, Preparing, and Cooking with More than 300 Recipes

By James Peterson
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1998


(1 recipe review)
owned by 21 my recipe reviews 0

Jamie's Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals

By Jamie Oliver
Hyperion - 2009


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

The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove

By Cathy Erway
Gotham - 2010


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

Molto Gusto: Easy Italian Cooking

By Mario Batali
Ecco - 2010


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

Stonewall Kitchen Favorites: Delicious Recipes to Share with Family and Friends Every Day

By Jim Stott, Jonathan King, Kathy Gunst
Clarkson Potter - 2006


(8 recipe reviews)
owned by 9 my recipe reviews 0

The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love

By Michelle Maisto
Random House Trade Paperbacks - 2009


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

A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table

By Molly Wizenberg
Simon & Schuster - 2010


(10 recipe reviews)
owned by 46 my recipe reviews 2

In the Green Kitchen: Techniques to Learn by Heart

By Alice Waters
Clarkson Potter - 2010


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

The Foods and Wines of Spain

By Penelope Casas, Oscar Ochoa
Knopf - 1982


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

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

Salumi: Savory Recipes and Serving Ideas for Salame, Proscuitto, and More

By Joyce Goldstein, John Piccetti, Francois Vecchio, Forward by David Rosengarten
Chronicle Books - 2008


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

Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving

By Judi Kingry, Lauren Devine
Robert Rose - 2006


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 23 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

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

My New Orleans: The Cookbook

By John Besh
Andrews McMeel Publishing - 2009


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

Gourmet Today: More than 1000 All-New Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen

By Ruth Reichl
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 2009


(14 recipe reviews)
owned by 56 my recipe reviews 3

The Duck Cookbook

By James Peterson
Stewart, Tabori and Chang - 2003


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

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

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

Chinese Cooking for Dummies

By Martin Yan
For Dummies - 2000


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

Ad Hoc at Home

By Thomas Keller
Artisan - 2009


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

Rose's Heavenly Cakes

By Rose Levy Beranbaum
Wiley - 2009


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

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

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

Cocolat: Extraordinary Chocolate Desserts

By Alice Medrich, Patricia Brabant
Warner Books - 1990


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

The French Chef Cookbook

By Julia Child
Knopf - 2002


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 21 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 Complete Meat Cookbook

By Bruce Aidells, Denis Kelly
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 2001


(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

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

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

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

Lee Bailey's California Country Wine Cooking

By Lee Bailey
Clarkson Potter - 1991


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

Lee Bailey's Soup Meals

By Lee Bailey
Clarkson Potter - 1989


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 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

Vegetable Love

By Barbara Kafka, Christopher Styler
Artisan - 2005


(1 recipe review)
owned by 25 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

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

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

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

The Paris Cookbook

By Patricia Wells
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2001


(1 recipe review)
owned by 27 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

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

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

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

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

Lee Bailey's Cooking for Friends

By Lee Bailey
Gramercy - 1998


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

Lee Bailey's Country Weekends

By Lee Bailey
Gramercy - 1997


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