# Best Cook Book?

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/best-cook-book/696>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker\
**Created:** [January 13, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/best-cook-book/696 "2016-01-13T18:53:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![bhm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@bhm](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/bhm)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/best-cook-book/696/1 "2016-01-13T18:53:15Z")

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Just bought the wifi and need a basic cookbook to get started. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![acs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/acs/32/855_2.png) [@acs](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/acs)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/best-cook-book/696/2 "2016-01-13T19:22:41Z")

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Here’s a good primer:

[Sous Vide Cooking: How to Get Started](http://www.seriouseats.com/2016/01/first-thing-to-cook-with-sous-vide-immersion-circulator-essential-recipes.html)

  

  

The phone app also has lots of recipes to get started with.

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**Author:** ![AngelArs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@AngelArs](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/AngelArs)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/best-cook-book/696/3 "2016-01-14T05:36:57Z")

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“Modernist cuisine made easy - getting started” is a great first Sous Vide cook book.

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**Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/best-cook-book/696/4 "2016-01-14T13:55:54Z")

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The Internet and the recipes on this site are a good source.

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**Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/best-cook-book/696/5 "2016-01-16T15:55:05Z")

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If you do a search in the books section on Amazon, with “sous vide” (without quotes) you’re going to find a lot. &nbsp;&nbsp;

I think the two that stand out are Thomas Keller’s Under Pressure: &nbsp;Cooking Sous Vide and Grace Lee’s Codlo Sous-Vide Guide and Recipes.

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**Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/best-cook-book/696/6 "2016-01-17T16:47:46Z")

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I would not recommend Under Pressure for a first Sous Vide book. The recipes while fantastic are quite complicated and time consuming. I would go to your library and check it out before ordering.  
Here is one I checked out of the library and found it very practical and it teaches as well. I got it on interlibrary loan where they do the work of finding it and having it sent to you at your local library,  
  
[https://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cooking-Made-Easy-Authoritative/dp/0991050177/ref=as\_li\_ss\_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1453048097&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=sous+vide+cookbook&linkCode=ll1&tag=anovacommunity-20&linkId=27c67be938272ccfc42a5b8e7dfe826ak](https://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cooking-Made-Easy-Authoritative/dp/0991050177/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1453048097&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=sous+vide+cookbook&linkCode=ll1&tag=anovacommunity-20&linkId=27c67be938272ccfc42a5b8e7dfe826ak)