Cookbooks

Most often recommended general purpose cookbooks:

 * Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition


 * Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything"


 * Alice Water's "The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution "

Bread
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking

Bernard Clayton's New Complete Book of Breads

Food Philosophy
Marion Nestle's "What to Eat"

Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals"

Meat & Game: curing, salting, smoking, cooking
Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing

Complete Guide to Game Care & Cookery

The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating

Quick Cooking
French Cooking In Ten Minutes