hsmom Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 I am a cookbook junkie. I love them. I am in need of good ideas of more to get. So, what are your favorites and must haves? Also can anyone recommend any good cookbooks for Russian, German, or any specific country types ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Just got Indian Slow Cooking and impatiently awaiting the delivery of my spices from an online store. I LOVE Indian, love my crockpot, and there are no good Indian restaurants around here, so I can't wait to try it....it just came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rene Austen Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 I love Bittman's How to Cook Everything. http://www.amazon.com/Cook-Everything-Completely-Revised-Anniversary/dp/0764578650/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289071133&sr=8-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted November 6, 2010 Author Share Posted November 6, 2010 Those both look good and they are prime eligible. I always like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 I love Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. I also like the Barefoot Contessa's cookbooks. I, too, am a cookbook junkie. Other favorites include: The Joy of Cooking, Fannie Farmer, Martha Stewart Holiday, The Instant Ethnic Cook, various Moosewood cookbooks, Booty Foods, and Southern Living Annual ones for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 I love the JOC. For Russian "Please to the Table" For Indian Julie Sahni and Madhur Jaffrey's books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 The Sultan's Kitchen. My husand is a Turk and loves it when I cook from this book. The recipes are spot on. I also love Paula Deen's books - that's MY heritage! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted November 6, 2010 Author Share Posted November 6, 2010 Loving them all! Keep them coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylianna Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 I love Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. I also like the Barefoot Contessa's cookbooks. I, too, am a cookbook junkie. Other favorites include: The Joy of Cooking, Fannie Farmer, Martha Stewart Holiday, The Instant Ethnic Cook, various Moosewood cookbooks, Booty Foods, and Southern Living Annual ones for many years. I love that cookbook. I had to give it back to the library since they wouldn't let me renew it again. They have to have it for 24 hours, then I can go get it. When I cash in my Mypoints for a bookstore gc, I will buy it for myself lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Betty Crocker. I've never gone wrong with Betty - from potato salad, to chocolate chip cookies, to pies. Betty's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Everyday Food Cooks Illustrated The New Best Recipe Anything by Nigella Lawson or Ina Garten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyFL Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Betty Crocker. I've never gone wrong with Betty - from potato salad, to chocolate chip cookies, to pies. Betty's great! I agree. When I first got married, I had Betty, Family Circle and Better Homes and Gardens cookbooks. I finally threw away the BHG since I couldn't stand anything I made from it. Loved everything from Betty and found a few good things in the FC. I really like Cheap, Fast, Good and have several go-to recipes from there. Paula Deen, The Clueless Vegetarian, Taste of Home annual cookbooks, etc are favorites too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchie Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Bittman's How to Cook Everything Martha Stewart's Cooking School DH loves Charcuterie and Ratio by Michael Ruhlman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annlaura Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 I adore reading cookbooks. I have way too many, but I love browsing through them or sitting down with a few and a cup of tea. These are the ones I use the most, and would have a hard time living without: Marcella Hazan's "Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking" Randelman's "Memoirs of a Cuban Kitchen" & Lluria de O'Higgins " Taste of Old Cuba" - I tend to read the recipes in each book for the same dish, then choose/combine/improvise "Ultimate Soup Bible" by Sheasby "Vegetable Love" by Kafka and Fannie Farmer for a few standard quick breads and cookies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Betty Crocker. Love Soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Just got Indian Slow Cooking and impatiently awaiting the delivery of my spices from an online store. I LOVE Indian, love my crockpot, and there are no good Indian restaurants around here, so I can't wait to try it....it just came out. slow cooking...and you're impatient!!! :tongue_smilie: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smrtmama Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 River Road Recipes and Cotton Country Collection -- two Southern cooking MUST haves. Whole Foods for the Whole Family -- the La Leche League cookbook More than Cookies -- the Girl Scout cookbook from the 80s or early 90s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 I love a book called the Four-Sided Cookie. It's all bar cookie recipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristineW Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 I love Bittman's How to Cook Everything. http://www.amazon.com/Cook-Everything-Completely-Revised-Anniversary/dp/0764578650/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289071133&sr=8-1 This is my go to cookbook because it has everything in it. I've also never gone wrong with any of the recipes in "Family Feasts for $75 a Week" by Mary Ostyn. I want Madhur Jaffreys new cookbook, and am on the look out for a good Middle Eastern cookbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 The Gift of Southern Cooking, Scott Peacock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Clueless in the Kitchen, because it has stripped-down but made-from scratch recipes. It tells me what I *have* to do, and leaves out the extras. I can add to the recipe if I want, but I don't have to. Ditto the Clueless Vegetarian and the Clueless Baker. More with Less Cookbook. Whole foods, from scratch, with inexpensive ingredients and lots of vegetarian variations. Martha Stuart's Everyday Food magazines. From scratch, short ingredient lists, seasonal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 More With Less Extending the Table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Fresh Everyday is a great one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Right now I am loving Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution cookbook. Everything we had tried out of it has been given a thumbs up from my picky family - and I mean everything! We just tried the minted peas recipe and wow! it was so good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kates Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Cooking for Isaiah by Silvana Nardone (the founding editor of Raechel Ray's magazine). It's gluten & dairy free, but you can sub in wheat flour and regular milk 1:1 for any recipe if you don't have those diet needs. (They all use a flour mix that acts like wheat flour, but is safe for gf people.) EVERY recipe I've tried so far has been fabulous... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrsjamiesouth Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I am a cookbook junkie. I love them. I am in need of good ideas of more to get. So, what are your favorites and must haves? Also can anyone recommend any good cookbooks for Russian, German, or any specific country types ones? Me too! I love cookbooks. :001_smile: Here is one I like that is Irish: http://www.amazon.com/Myrtle-Allens-Cooking-Ballymaloe-House/dp/1584790423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289097041&sr=8-1-spell This is American but her recipes are really good and she homeschools.:D http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-Woman-Cooks-Recipes-Accidental/dp/0061658197/ref=tag_stp_s2f_edpp_url Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandellie4 Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I really like the America's Test Kitchen family cookbooks, Moosehead Restaurant cookbooks, and The Rodale Whole Foods Cookbook. This discussion makes me want to cook something tomorrow! Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I love Maria Helm Sinskey's Family Meals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iona Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 .. Anything by Nigella Lawson... :iagree:i enjoy all of her books...for just reading as well i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I love any of Sandra Lee's Semi Home-made books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Heart of the Home by Susan Branch is one of my all time favorites. I think it may have been the first cookbook I ever purchased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 (edited) Me too! I love cookbooks. :001_smile: Here is one I like that is Irish: http://www.amazon.com/Myrtle-Allens-Cooking-Ballymaloe-House/dp/1584790423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289097041&sr=8-1-spell This is American but her recipes are really good and she homeschools.:D http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-Woman-Cooks-Recipes-Accidental/dp/0061658197/ref=tag_stp_s2f_edpp_url The Irish one is perfect. My boys are Irish! They will love this. Edited November 7, 2010 by hsmom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I love Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. :iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 :iagree:i enjoy all of [Nigella Lawson's] books...for just reading as well i :iagree: I contend that How To Eat is a book to read, not to generally cook from, although her roast chicken directions is the base of my roasted chicken, and her ice cream recipe is wonderful. But, she writes beautifully and it is a book to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CarolineUK Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Anything by the following: Nigella Lawson, Mary Berry, Claire Macdonald (Scottish), Sophie Grigson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 (edited) I think With Love, Cynthia is my all-time favorite. It inspires me on many levels and all the recipes turn out perfectly. The soups are especially wonderful and unique. http://www.amazon.com/Love-Cynthia-collection-recipes-remembrances/dp/0962759015/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289140396&sr=1-1 My favorite all-around cookbook is The New Best Recipe. The old edition was my standard for many years, but the Pad Thai recipe in the new edition is worth the price of the book. http://www.amazon.com/New-Best-Recipe-All-New/dp/0936184744/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289140570&sr=1-1 Edited November 7, 2010 by Luann in ID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Gourmet Today - the newest edition Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home - Fast and Easy I've got the Moosewood Restaurant Sunday Cooking and Cooking for your health coming this week. I also very soon (like next weekend) will order one of the Cooks Illustrated cookbooks. I haven't decided which one. (Suggestions welcome) And I'm interested in the Fine Cooking year's best cookbooks. I'm not sure I want to start buying those though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 All of these really have my need to add to list going crazy. They all look so wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I love everything by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid. Everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celticmom Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 My favorite is Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon. Many of the other books listed here sound very interesting though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paula j Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Betty Crocker. I've never gone wrong with Betty - from potato salad, to chocolate chip cookies, to pies. Betty's great! I agree, you can't go wrong with Betty Crocker. I also love the Dining on a Dime cookbook. Not only does it have lots of down home, inexpensive recipes but lots of cute quotes and stories and housekeeping ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I received "The Best Recipe" by the editors of Cook's Illustrated Magazine and have loved it. It describes the experimentation they did in the test kitchen en route to achieving what they consider "the best recipe". It's even fun to sit and read, even if I don't plan to cook anything. :001_smile: Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 (edited) Farm House Cooking (not available on the mainstream market...this is a Mennonite cookbook put together in Canada) A Lenten Cookbook for Orthodox Christians (Complete with charts and recipes that suit the various fasts...gift from my Nouna) Philippine Recipes Made Easy MORE! Real Guamanian Recipes (first cookbook I inherited from my mother...love this one just for the fact that I remember these foods from when I was a child) The Complete Book of Greek Cooking I Hear America Cooking (I have an older edition) Mennonite Community Cookbook (I have PART of this book. Someone passed on what was left of their old one when they replaced it with new :lol:) Heritage Cook Book (Better Homes and Garden 1975) Sushi (New Year's tradition around here...I make sushi when we stay up all night watching a movie till the ball drops) Ball Blue Book: Guide to Home Canning and Freezing (1991) (this book was my lifeline while learning to stock and store) My first cook book was a Betty Crocker also. It was okay, not the best, but doable for a beginner. I finally pitched it this past year have years of non-use. I really would love to get one of Giada's cookbooks and a nice vegetarian cookbook. Edited November 7, 2010 by mommaduck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Desperation Dinners and More Desperation Dinners.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 slow cooking...and you're impatient!!! :tongue_smilie: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Can anyone recommend a good crockpot cookbook? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runamuk Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 The Barbecue Bible by Steven Raichlen. It has tons of recipes from all over the world, including sauces and some sides. More importantly, it has the basics of grilling. Now I can make just about anything on the grill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 Can anyone recommend a good crockpot cookbook? I asked this once. Everyone replied with the Fix- It and Forget it Books by Phyllis Pellman Good. Right now I have the Fix it and Forget it Big Cookbook on my desk, it is huge! Has great color pictures, and the recipes I have tried have been really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Can anyone recommend a good crockpot cookbook? do you want healthy? "regular" american food (using, for example, cream of mushroom concentrate)-not as healthy? vegetarian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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