Books for learning about Food (ingredients, restaurants, chef, recipe)
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Who needs books when you have an access to Internet?
The best way to learn about food and taste is to go out to eat, and be adventurous.
Visit some ethnic restaurants (mom and pop places are the best, and probably most authentic) and try new dishes. Talk with the cook, ask how is cooked, then go back home and explore the rest on internet.
If you can, travel and try local cuisine. You can't learn about "food like taste and texture" just from the books...
Start with something short and fun to read like Laurie Colwin's Home Cooking. It's a book of essays by someone who loves cooking, and she includes a few recipes too.
Pretty much every professional chef I know has a dog-eared copy of Harold McGee's "On Food and Cooking".
Another vote for this book. Also:
The Food Lover's Companion- a dictionary for food, terminology, ingredients etc.
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