Top 10 American Cuisine Cook Books of 2007

Stuck on a gift for the cook in your life? Take a quick tour of the top 10 bestselling American cuisine cookbooks today according to Amazon, there is sure to be one in this list for that budding chef.

"Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life" by Barbara Kingsolver. Kingsolver takes a look at how to grow your own food, and to buy only from local sources, in what has rapidly become a bestseller. An excellent guide for the 'locavore' who is concerned not only with their own diet, but also with lowering the energy needed to bring food to the table.

"How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food" by Mark Bittman and Alan Witschonke. Bittman developed this bible of vegetarian cooking with the help of incredibly detailed illustrations from Witschonke. Part of Bittman's "How to Cook Everything" series of bestselling cookbooks.

"Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook" by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero. Perhaps the best collection of truly vegan recipes ever put in print, master chefs Moskowitz and Romero look not only to creating tasty recipes, but at tackling potential dietary deficiencies in a purely vegan diet.

"The Professional Chef, 8th Edition" from the Culinary Institute of America. Not only one of the top sellers of 2007, but one of the bestselling cookbooks from the past decade. One of the best guides for American cuisine ever created, drawing on the diverse ethnic heritage of the country and creating a truly unique menu of tastes and food combinations.

"The French Laundry Cookbook" by Thomas Keller. 150 recipes from one of America's top restaurants, Napa Valley's French Laundry. A uniquely American twist on haute cuisine, Keller has disclosed some of his trade secrets that have made his restaurant not only a local favorite, but known around the world.

"How to Grill: The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques" by Steven Raichlen. Raichlen's 2001 creation is truly what it says, a complete list of techniques for using the grill for creating all manner of grilled meats, and vegetarian dishes! A great gift for the grillmaster in your life.

"The Sopranos Family Cookbook: As Compiled by Artie Bucco" by Allen Rucker and Michele Spicolone. Drawing on the popularity of "The Sopranos�" this book is as much a hilarious compilations of "Artie Buccoisms" as a well-crafted set of Italian-American cuisine. Both for fans of the program, and those looking to add more Italian recipes to their cooking arsenals.

"Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook" by the editors of Betty Crocker. No American cook's recipe library is complete without this compilation of dishes developed over decades by Betty Crocker.

"The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss" by Arthur Agatston. The book that helped create the low carb diet plan, it contains some great American cuisine recipes retrofitted to fit the diet, as well as gives the reader an outline on how to achieve fitness through the 3-step plan.

"Barbecue! Bible : Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes" by Steven Raichlen. Raichlen's bible of barbecue tips on how to get the most taste out of your meats.

The list is just as diverse as American cuisine. Now, go forth and cook, and invite family and friends to share in your new culinary creations.