The Flavor Bible
The Flavor Bible by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburgby Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
Shares rank 2 of 7 cookbooks by recommenders
A reference book for finding ingredient pairings and an atlas of flavors that work together.
A reference book for finding ingredient pairings and an atlas of flavors that work together.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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Useful for finding ingredient pairings
“it's a great reference book to find pairings of ingredients”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “All of human cooking compressed into 2 megabytes” Atlas of flavors that work together
“I have a wonderful book that explores this idea of an atlas of flavours that work together.”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “All of human cooking compressed into 2 megabytes”
Other cookbooks people recommend
The four most recommended other cookbooks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Food Labby J. Kenji López-Alt | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| The Flavor Bibleby Karen Page and Andrew DornenburgThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| On Food and Cookingby Harold McGee | 3 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Modernist Cuisineby Nathan Myhrvold | 3 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| The Sourdough Frameworkby Hendricius Ruppel | 3 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
2 of the 3 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it's a great reference book to find pairings of ingredients”
“I have a wonderful book that explores this idea of an atlas of flavours that work together.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.