The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs by Andrew Dornenburg, Karen Page, Barry Salzman - Hardcover

Its a great deal. Loved it, has a lot of information and broadens your thinking about food and flavors combinations opens new horizons for you to develop your own new recipes.

It is about food, not recipies.

What a great , book to understand how flavor pairing works and fundamentals of cooking. I am a professional bartender and I find this book very useful for not just home use but for bar use as well.

Every time I have an ingredient I want to mix with something, I open this book. It's so simple to consult. I get ideas about what to make in five minutes and the food is just delicious. Five stars! This is probably not for beginners. Real beginners, like folks who struggle to cook rice of fry eggs. For the rest -- an absolute recommendation.

Tout est dans le titre. à ma connaissance c'est le seul livre au monde à traiter du sujet du goût et des saveurs. toute les combinaisons possibles et imaginables. des infos inédites et incroyables. c'est pointu et fouillé. avec ce livre vous allez oser des mélanges rares et subtils

It is very much an American book and it is noticable when you read it... however, as it is not a recipe book you do not face the usual problem of converting American measurements and temperatures into something a bit more UK friendly. I would encourage you to give this book a try even if an American bias is normally a bit annoying for you. This book offers combinations of more than 2 ingredients, explain how to create winning flavour combinations yourself and provide inspiration in the form of quotes from food writers or cooks. It reminds me of The Flavour Thesaurus, which is certainly a better known book where I am, but I find it to be far more educational and entertaining. It has definitely helped me become a more confident cook.