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top 5: books for cooks (under $30)

top 5: books for cooks (under $30)

1. Had A Glass:Top 100 Wines for 2007 Under $20
The wine boys are back! Sexy and charming Kenji Hodgson and James Nevison offer the 2007 edition of top wines under $20. Throw in one of their picks (we love Wirra Wirra’s Scrubby Rise). $14.56 at www.amazon.ca

2. Vancouver Magazine Eating Drinking Guide
Editor Jamie Maw along with top Vancouver food writers bring you 900 reviews for 2007. A great stocking stuffer at $8.95. We’d like it with restaurant gift certificate as a bookmark. www.bookstocooks.com

3. WHAT to DRINK with WHAT you EAT
This definitive guide to food and wine pairing pulls knowledge from more than seventy experts to solve dilemmas of what to serve with everything from wine to tea. $29 at www.amazon.ca or at www.bookstocooks.com

4. Vij's: Elegant and Inspired Indian Cuisine
We’ve all waited hours in line to dine at North America’s most innovative Indian restaurant. Now Vikram Vij and wife Meeru Dhalwala give home cooks the recipes to recreate the magic at home. Give it, then start fishing for a dinner invite. $20 at www.amazon.ca or at www.bookstocooks.com

5. The Lesley Stowe Fine Foods Cookbook
Lumière’s Rob Feenie calls this lady a culinary icon and we have to agree. She’s shaped Vancouver’s food scene and now shares two decades in her latest recipe collection. She’s much more than just raincoast crisps. $19 at www.amazon.ca or at www.bookstocooks.com

 

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