Cooking California cuisine is something anyone can try at home. Buy one of these cookbooks and you'll be cooking like legendary chef Alice Waters or The French Laundry's Thomas Keller in no time.
1. Cuisine of California
More than 100,000 copies this cookbook by Diane Rossen Worthington have been sold since it was written in 1983.
2. Chez Panisse Cooking
This volume by Chef Paul Bertolli and Alice Waters adapts many of the restaurants famous recipes for home cooking.3. French Laundry Cookbook
150 recipes from chef Thomas Keller, these dishes are labor-itensive creations .4. Breads from the La Brea Bakery
If you can't stop by her bakery on Los Angeles' La Brea Boulveard, Nancy Silverman reveals the secrets of making your own bread starter and details how to create some of her bakery's most famous creations.5. Boulevard Cookbook
Chef Nancy Oakes' San Francisco restaurant has been a San Francisco classic since 1993.6. Niman Ranch Cookbook
A great cookbook for the meat-lover, from the California ranch that typifies the sustainable agriculture.