Cookbooks
nkswans
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I admit that I love cookbooks. I love reading them and collecting them. I have a huge collection (well for a 23 year old I guess 
) I like ones that have some background or history on the dishes and food, or personal stories from the author. I also like different ethnic cookbooks. I do have a lot of mediterranean cookbooks because my mom's family is from Italy. But I love to expand my collection. I also have a lot of baking/dessert cookbooks.
What is in your collection? Or what are some you want in your collection?
) I like ones that have some background or history on the dishes and food, or personal stories from the author. I also like different ethnic cookbooks. I do have a lot of mediterranean cookbooks because my mom's family is from Italy. But I love to expand my collection. I also have a lot of baking/dessert cookbooks.What is in your collection? Or what are some you want in your collection?
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A new cookbook I just received is "Best Quick Fixes". It has some really good, and surprisingly, healthy food recipes in there. It ranges from chicken to seafood, to various pizzas, etc. There are different cultures represented in them as well, and the ingredients aren't too hard to find either!0
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A new cookbook I just received is "Best Quick Fixes". It has some really good, and surprisingly, healthy food recipes in there. It ranges from chicken to seafood, to various pizzas, etc. There are different cultures represented in them as well, and the ingredients aren't too hard to find either!
That is good! I hate getting cookbooks with not readily accessible ingredients. Or ingredients I won't ever use again!0 -
I love love love The Pioneer Woman. I read her blog religiously, and have her cookbook. When her new one comes out, I will be getting that one too! I also use the Betty Crocker cookbook a lot, but mostly get my recipes from food blogs :-)0
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I got one a few months ago that I like, simply called "Indian." My boyfriend and I love Indian food, so it was a great addition.
To be completely honest, that's the only "cookbook" I own. I have those Cooking With Philadelphia cookbooks that come out every holiday season in the grocery stores, since they give them to me free with my purchases, but so far, only a couple of the desserts look good, nothing else.
I'd really like a cookbook designed more for clean eating, as well as some other cultures.
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I love love love The Pioneer Woman. I read her blog religiously, and have her cookbook. When her new one comes out, I will be getting that one too! I also use the Betty Crocker cookbook a lot, but mostly get my recipes from food blogs :-)
I like her blog too. I haven't watched her show too much on Foodnetwork though. My mom has her original Betty Crocker cookbook (I don't know how old it is, buts its almsot falling apart) and I remember that was the first cookbook I used to bake a cake with. Still love to use it.
I love food blogs!! I use them a lot to cook even though I have a ton of cookbooks! lol I have a ton of recipes I've saved on my internet favorites.
One of my favorite baking cook books is Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook. It has beautiful pictures and lots of really great recipes.
For Christmas I am asking for these cookbooks
r 5 spices, 50 dishes: Simple Indian recipes using 5 common spices
Truly Mexican: Essential recipes and techniques for authentic Mexican cooking
Classic desserts: Sensational sweet recipes from around the world0 -
Since I live alone and cook for just me, I have fallen in love with "The Pleasures of Cooking for One" by Judith Jones. Not only are they smaller recipes, but she tells you how to use leftovers for something else. Like she has a recipe for Rattatouille, and then tell you how to use the leftovers to make a pasta sauce. She has some background info and cute anectdotes too. She's the amazing woman who discovered one of my heros, Julia Childs (which is another cook book I love but since the recipes are more complex I only pull it out for special occassions lol).0
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Since I live alone and cook for just me, I have fallen in love with "The Pleasures of Cooking for One" by Judith Jones. Not only are they smaller recipes, but she tells you how to use leftovers for something else. Like she has a recipe for Rattatouille, and then tell you how to use the leftovers to make a pasta sauce. She has some background info and cute anectdotes too. She's the amazing woman who discovered one of my heros, Julia Childs (which is another cook book I love but since the recipes are more complex I only pull it out for special occassions lol).
ooo I will have to check out "The Pleasures of Cooking for One!" It'd be good for when my boyfriend is out of town, so I can try new stuff on my own, and then modify it for 2 if it comes out good. Plus it's an easy way to see if something is good or not, without making a huge quantity of it.
nkswans--my mom is looking for a copy of the original Betty Crocker cookbook! She can't find the original anywhere. We found several editions of Betty Crocker stuff at B&N, but not the original. If I ever find it, I'm getting it for her!0 -
Since I live alone and cook for just me, I have fallen in love with "The Pleasures of Cooking for One" by Judith Jones. Not only are they smaller recipes, but she tells you how to use leftovers for something else. Like she has a recipe for Rattatouille, and then tell you how to use the leftovers to make a pasta sauce. She has some background info and cute anectdotes too. She's the amazing woman who discovered one of my heros, Julia Childs (which is another cook book I love but since the recipes are more complex I only pull it out for special occassions lol).
Tha sounds fantastic! I will have to check it out. I don't know how to cook for one, I always make way too much food 0 -
i absolutely love the Taste of Home brand cookbooks! I always find lots of good recipes when I use them and my new favorite is their "Almost Homemade" Cookbook - lots of great recipes w/ normal ingredients that I usually have around the house anyways0
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I love cookbooks.
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One of my favorites is that two volume set on the right end of the top shelf. The Gourmet Cookbook, published by Gourmet, Inc. in 1950.
Why I love it... It is a cookbook designed for sitting down and reading. It is a cookbook to learn about cooking from, to get ideas from, to expand upon, to be creative with.
Pasta section:
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Beef section:
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This is a cookbook that I could just curl up in front of fire with. 0 -
My mother sat down and made a family cookbook for myself and my two sisters. So now I know how to make all the good food I grew up with, and thanks to MFP's recipe section, I can input all of the ingredients and know how many calories I'm consuming. I also love The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook. I have used so many recipes from that book it's crazy! I would definitely suggest this book to anyone, especially because they give you all the nutritional value for each recipe.0
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