Does anybody own both 'The Flavor Bible' and 'Culinary Artistry'?

December 29, 2014 9:15 AM

Hi all - I have a question about these two cook-books / pairing guides written by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg. I have just received 'The Flavor Bible' as a gift. My question is: should I buy 'Culinary Artistry' as well? Are there different food pairings in Culinary Artistry? I ask because The Flavor Bible seems pretty comprehensive to me. Will I be missing out without Culinary Artistry? Thanks!
posted by aaronjames to Food & Drink (2 answers total)

Can't speak for Culinary Artistry, but I have the Flavour Bible and What to Drink With What You Eat, also by them, which I found really same samey. Take from that what you will.

A book pairing that I do find great is the combo of The Flavour Bible and Flavour Thesaurus for different perspectives.
posted by teststrip at 12:28 PM on December 29, 2014

Culinary Artistry has fewer food pairings and more things like interviews with chefs. Both are cool but FB is better as a reference, and CA as an interesting book to read. I'd get that one out of the library.
posted by exceptinsects at 10:56 AM on December 30, 2014