The Spice Cookbook: A Complete Book of Spice & Herb Cookery, Containing 1400 Superb Recipes for Traditional American and Classic International Cuisine

xiv, 623 pp. An excellent learning tool with all the basics up front. Over 500 pages of recipes, many building on each other. Talks about ways to fix shrimp, Japanese Fruit Cake, Stuffed cabbage leaves, carrot, sweet potato and apple tzimmes, it's all there. Great illustrations by Jo Spier.