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

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

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

In the Kitchen with A Good Appetite: 150 Recipes and Stories About the Food You Love

By Melissa Clark
Hyperion - 2010


(17 recipe reviews)
owned by 29 my recipe reviews 2

Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life

By Jamie Oliver
Hyperion - 2008


(9 recipe reviews)
owned by 75 my recipe reviews 2

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

Jane Grigson's book of European cookery

By Jane Grigson
Atheneum - 1983


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

Jerusalem: A Cookbook

By Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi
Ten Speed Press - 2012


(13 recipe reviews)
owned by 19 my recipe reviews 2

Jerusalem: A Cookbook

By Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi
Appetite by Random House - 2012


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

Joy the Baker Cookbook: 100 Simple and Comforting Recipes

By Joy Wilson
Hyperion - 2012


(41 recipe reviews)
owned by 21 my recipe reviews 1

Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home

By Julia Child, Jacques Pepin
Knopf - 1999


(11 recipe reviews)
owned by 52 my recipe reviews 3

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

The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen

By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate Ltd - 2007


(22 recipe reviews)
owned by 36 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Kitchen Simple: Essential Recipes for Everyday Cooking

By James Peterson
Ten Speed Press - 2011


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 3

Le Bernardin Cookbook: Four-Star Simplicity

By Maguy Le Coze, Eric Ripert
Broadway - 1998


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

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

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 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

Lee Bailey's Soup Meals

By Lee Bailey
Clarkson Potter - 1989


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 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

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 Italian-American Kitchen

By Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
Knopf - 2001


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

Marcella Cucina

By Marcella Hazan
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997


(23 recipe reviews)
owned by 30 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's Italian Kitchen

By Marcella Hazan
Knopf - 1995


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

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

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

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 Wedding Cakes

By Martha Stewart, Wendy Kromer
Clarkson Potter - 2007


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

Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
Chronicle Books - 2009


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

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 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, 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

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

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

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

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

Molto Gusto: Easy Italian Cooking

By Mario Batali
Ecco - 2010


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

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

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

My New Orleans: The Cookbook

By John Besh
Andrews McMeel Publishing - 2009


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 13 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

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

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

New Food Fast

By Donna Hay
Murdoch Books - 1999


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 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

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 York Times Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne
Harper & Row - 1961


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 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

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