Web Sites

Mystery Writers of America:	http://www.mysterywriters.org/
MWA Northern California:	http://www.mwanorcal.org
DorothyL:	http://www.dorothyl.com/
Cluelass:	http://www.cluelass.com/MystHome/index.html
Independent Mystery Publishers:	http://www.mysterypublishers.com/
Criminalistics Bookstore:	http://www.forensicdna.com/Bookstore/index.html5)

Books

Most of the books listed below are dessert books. Although I’d like to eat desserts 24/7, every once in a while I actually have a craving for something crunchy and green. I’ve listed a few of my favorite non-pastry books for the rare moment when you don’t crave chocolate. Note that I’ve put M.F.K. Fisher at the top of the list. In my opinion, she is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. I can’t think of anyone who married food and writing to such perfection.

M.F.K. Fisher	EVERYTHING
James Beard	Bread on Bread.
Rose Levy Beranbaum	The Cake Bible. The Pie and Pastry Bible.
Flo Braker	Excellent, but relatively unknown author.
Carol Field	The Italian Baker.
Maida Heatter	Not for the housewife only. I use her books all the time.
V. La Place & E. Kleiman	Cucina Rustica and especially Cucina Fresca are fantastic books.
Emily Luchetti	Star Desserts. 4-Star Desserts.
S. Lukens & J. Rosso	The Silver Palate cookbooks and Ms. Lukens two subsequent cookbooks. While the Silver Palate books now seem dated, at the time they were revolutionary for how creative they were. Well worth having.
Bill Neal	Biscuits, Spoonbread and Sweet Potato Pie. Out of print I believe, but nice writing as well as some great recipes.
Joe Ortiz	His Village Baker books based on their bakery, Gayle’s, in Capitola, California.
Paula Peck	The Art of Fine Baking. This book originally appeared in 1961. A hard to find gem.
Paul Prudhomme	Chef Paul Prudhomme’s Louisiana Kitchen. Worth buying for the candied yams recipe alone.
Richard Sax	Another sleeper.
Lindsey Shere	Chez Panisse Desserts.
Nancy Silverton	Anything by her. Superb books.
Patricia Wells	Anything by her. Wonderful writer as well.