Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Simone Beck , Louisette Bertholle and Julia Child

A masterpiece, not least for the the lucid elegance of its instructions.

Italian Regional Cooking

Ada Boni

The best Italian cookery book ever.

The Classic Food of Northern Italy

Anna Del Conte

Classic Food of China

Yan-Kit So

Cooking in Ten Minutes

Édouard de Pomiane

The Good Cook (series)

Time-Life Books , Richard Olney , Carol Cutler and Jeremiah Tower

Simple French Food

Richard Olney

The Book of Jewish Food

Claudia Roden

Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well

Pellegrino Artusi

The Constance Spry Cookery Book

Constance Spry and Rosemary Hume