My foodie reads and inspiration:
Baking
Baking from my home to yours by Dorie Greenspan
Paris sweets by Dorie Greenspan
Desserts by Pierre Hermé
Chocolate desserts by Pierre Hermé
The perfect scoop by David Lebovitz
Bourke street bakery: The ultimate baking companion by Paul Allam
Le Cordon Bleu: Dessert techniques by Laurent Duchene
Professional baking by Wayne Gisslen
The advanced professional pastry chef by Bo Friberg and Amy Kemp Friberg
Grand finales: The art of the played dessert by Tish Boyle
Dessert fourplay by Johnny Iuzzini
How to be a domestic goddess by Nigella Lawson
Feast: Food to celebrate life by Nigella Lawson
I love macarons by Hisako Ogita
Cooking
Le Cordon Bleu’s Complete Cooking Techniques by Jeni Wright and Eric Treuille
Ad hoc at home by Thomas Keller
The art of simple food by Alice Waters
Mastering the art of French cooking by Julia Child
In search of perfection by Heston Blumenthal
Momofuku by David Chang
Jamie’s Italy by Jamie Oliver
Cook with Jamie by Jamie Oliver
Italian local by Tobie Puttock
Harumi’s Japanese cooking by Harumi Kurihara
1,001 food you must eat before you die by Frances Case
Around the world in eighty dishes by Lesley Blanch (It’s a vintage book first published in 1956.)
The flavor bible by Karen Page & Andrew Dornenburg
On food and cooking by Harold McGee
Escoffier: Le Guide Culinaire by Auguste Escoffier
Mugaritz: A natural science of cooking by Adoni Luis Aduriz
Heston at home by Heston Blumenthal
Jo the tart queen 
love your recipes! and do you bake strawberry shortcakes?
Thanks ying.
are you referring to the French Le Fraisier or the Japanese types? Am hoping to do a post on one of these soon.
Which country are you from?
Singapore.