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24 alternatives to Burnt Toast - 2: Cookbooks

The good, the bad, the ugly of published cookbooks

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Burnt Toast - 2: Cookbooks launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Dim Sum Field Guide▲62

   A taxonomy of dumplings

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Kern and Burn: Conversations With Design Entrepreneurs▲83

   Candid conversations with 30 leading designers

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Joy of Less▲67

   A minimalist guide to declutter, organize, and simplify

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4RR
   Recursive Recipes – directions to make food from scratch▲250

   2018 · recursive.recipes · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Grinding It Out▲72

   The Making Of McDonald's

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   On Writing Well▲67

   A classic piece on how to write better

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Dark Net▲62

   A revelatory examination of the internet

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   RecipeWriter – An editor to write recipes▲48

   2014 · cucumbertown.com · its alternatives →

9. 9AR
   A RottenTomatoes for Books▲146

   2012 · idreambooks.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Veganomicon▲72

    The ultimate vegan cookbook

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Toaster Project▲75

    A heroic attempt to build an electric appliance from scratch

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Typewriter Revolution▲65

    A typist's companion for the 21st century

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Waiter Rant▲56

    Confessions of a cynical waiter

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    On Food And Cooking▲3

    The science and lore of the kitchen

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Anti-Inflammation Cookbook▲57

    A delicious way to reduce inflammation and stay healthy

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Take Off With Elixir▲61

    An Introduction to Elixir

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Shopclass as Soulcraft▲60

    An inquiry into the value of work

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18RS
    Recipebook – scrape and parse food recipes on the web▲9

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Paul Bocuse: The Complete Recipes▲6

    The full spectrum of twentieth-century French cooking

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Clean Coder▲61

    A code of conduct for programmers

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    for / with / in▲54

    Experiments and conversations about design in the browser

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Making Better Hamburgers With Science: A Conversation With J. Kenji López-Alt▲61

    A chat with the guy behind The Food Lab

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Thanks for the Feedback▲57

    A great examination of different types of feedback.

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Internet of Garbage▲71

    An assessment & prescription for our garbage internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

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