Books like Twenty by Michael Ruhlman

Samin Nosrat’s cookbook teaches cooking fundamentals through four essential elements—salt, fat, acid, and heat—using clear explanations, 150 illustrations, and a collection of 100 core recipes to help any cook create balanced, delicious dishes.

The Flavor Bible is a definitive culinary reference that teaches chefs and home cooks how to season ingredients for maximum flavor, drawing on the expertise of leading chefs and offering thousands of ingredient pairings.

A practical guide showing how classic French dishes can be made using readily available American ingredients and appliances.

Michael Ruhlman explores how chefs have risen from kitchen hands to cultural icons, examining the dramatic shift that has turned restaurant cooking into a form of performance art and the chef into a celebrity‑CEO.

A comprehensive guide to vegan cooking and lifestyle principles for compassionate living.

More than a hundred Italian recipes from chef Paul Bertolli of Oliveto Restaurant, paired with literary essays that explore food’s timeless mysteries.

"The forty-year history of the video game industry, the medium has undergone staggering development, fueled not only by advances in technology but also by an insatiable quest for richer play and more meaningful experiences. From the very beginning, with the introduction of the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972, countless individuals became enthralled by a new world opened before them, one in which they could control and create, as well as interact and play. Even in their rudimentary form, video games held forth a potential and promise that inspired a generation of developers, programmers, and gamers to pursue visions of ever more sophisticated interactive worlds. As a testament to the game industry's stunning evolution, and to its cultural impact worldwide, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and curator Chris Melissinos conceived the 2012 exhibition The Art of Video Games. Along with a team of game developers, designers, and journalists, Melissinos selected an initial group of 240 games in four different genres to represent the best of the game world. Selection criteria included visual effects, creative use of technologies, and how world events and popular culture influenced the games. The Art of Video Games offers a revealing look into the history of the game industry, from the early days of Pac-Man and Space Invaders to the vastly more complicated contemporary epics such as BioShock and Uncharted. Melissinos examines each of the eighty winning entries, with stories and comments on their development, innovation, and relevance to the game world's overall growth. Visual images, composed by Patrick O'Rourke, are all drawn directly from the games themselves, and speak to the evolution of games as an artistic medium, both technologically and creatively"--