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Cookbooks flew off the presses in 2006. (Debra Samuels/ Joanne Rathe) Debra Samuels/ Joanne Rathe

Chefs served up many meaty tomes in 2006

By T. Susan Chang
Globe Correspondent / December 20, 2006

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For cookbooks, 2006 was the year of the magnum opus. Authors threw themselves into their subjects with a passion, producing volumes that had as much in common with reference books as with cookbooks. Glossaries and appendices proliferated and everybody had something to teach. The style was instructive, thorough, sometimes even pedantic. And the big books -- like the new "Joy ... (Full article: 1185 words)

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