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The Guardian's Best Food Books of the Decade (2000-2009)

Food Panelists at The Guardian "...ummed and aahhed, mulled and moaned, and in the end compiled the list of the top 40 you see here....The past decade has produced some real gems, and that lot are likely to have read most of them, so here are the books we think no serious food lover should have missed in the last 10 years."
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McGee on Food and Cooking: An Encyclopedia of Kitchen Science, History and (Harold McGee)
McGee on Food and Cooking: An Encyclopedia of Kitchen Science, History And
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Harold McGee
Beyond Nose to Tail: A Kind of British Cooking: Part II (Fergus Henderson and Justin Piers Gellatly)
Beyond Nose to Tail: A Kind of British Cooking: Part II
2
Fergus Henderson and Justin Piers Gellatly
Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential
3
Anthony Bourdain
In Defense of Food (Michael Pollan)
In Defense of Food
4
Michael Pollan
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
5
Michael Pollan
The River Cottage Meat Book (Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall)
The River Cottage Meat Book
6
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Thai Food (David Thompson)
Thai Food
7
David Thompson
Sichuan Cookery (Fuchsia Dunlop)
Sichuan Cookery
8
Fuchsia Dunlop
The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen (Nigel Slater)
The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen
9
Nigel Slater
The Moro Cookbook (Sam and Sam Clark)
The Moro Cookbook
10
Sam and Sam Clark
The Big Fat Duck Cook Book (Heston Blumenthal)
The Big Fat Duck Cook Book
11
Heston Blumenthal
British Regional Food: In Search of the Best British Food Today (Mark Hix)
British Regional Food: In Search of the Best British Food Today
12
Mark Hix
The Taste of Britain (Laura Mason and Catherine Brown)
The Taste of Britain
13
Laura Mason and Catherine Brown
Shopped: The Shocking Power of Britain's Supermarkets (Joanna Blythman)
Shopped: The Shocking Power of Britain's Supermarkets
14
Joanna Blythman
European Festival Food (Elisabeth Luard)
European Festival Food
15
Elisabeth Luard
Classic Spanish Cooking: Recipes for Mastering the Spanish Kitchen (Elisabeth Luard)
Classic Spanish Cooking: Recipes for Mastering the Spanish Kitchen
16
Elisabeth Luard
Not on the Label (Felicity Lawrence)
Not on the Label
17
Felicity Lawrence
Culinary Pleasures (Nicola Humble)
Culinary Pleasures
18
Nicola Humble
Made in Italy (Giorgio Locatelli)
Made in Italy
19
Giorgio Locatelli
Falling Cloudberries (Tessa Kiros)
Falling Cloudberries
20
Tessa Kiros
The Return of the Naked Chef (Jamie Oliver)
The Return of the Naked Chef
21
Jamie Oliver
The Oxford Companion to Food (Alan Davidson)
The Oxford Companion to Food
22
Alan Davidson
How to Be a Domestic Goddess (Nigella Lawson)
How to Be a Domestic Goddess
23
Nigella Lawson
Trifle (Helen Sabiri and Alan Davidson)
Trifle
24
Helen Sabiri and Alan Davidson
Fork to Fork (Monty and Sarah Don)
Fork to Fork
25
Monty and Sarah Don
Forgotten Skills of Cooking (Darina Allen)
Forgotten Skills of Cooking
26
Darina Allen
Essence (David Everitt-Matthias)
Essence
27
David Everitt-Matthias
50 Great Curries of India (Camellia Panjabi)
50 Great Curries of India
28
Camellia Panjabi
Riverford Farm Cook Book (Guy Watson and Jane Baxter)
Riverford Farm Cook Book
29
Guy Watson and Jane Baxter
The Book of Eels (Tom Fort)
The Book of Eels
30
Tom Fort
Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser)
Fast Food Nation
31
Eric Schlosser
The Man Who Ate the World (Jay Rayner)
The Man Who Ate the World
32
Jay Rayner
Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet Cookbook (India Knight and Neris Thomas)
Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet Cookbook
33
India Knight and Neris Thomas
It Must Have Been Something I Ate (Jeffrey Steingarten)
It Must Have Been Something I Ate
34
Jeffrey Steingarten
The Pendant in the Kitchen (Julian Barnes)
The Pendant in the Kitchen
35
Julian Barnes
End of the Line (Charles Clover)
End of the Line
36
Charles Clover
A New Way to Cook (Sally Schneider)
A New Way to Cook
37
Sally Schneider
Food in Early Modern England (Joan Thirsk)
Food in Early Modern England
38
Joan Thirsk
Essential Winetasting (Michael Schuster)
Essential Winetasting
39
Michael Schuster
Salt: A World History (Mark Kurlansky)
Salt: A World History
40
Mark Kurlansky
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