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Must have Cookbooks
I have lots of cookbooks but not sure if they are the must have-mandatory cookbooks so I was curious as what are your must have-mandatory cookbooks?
Re: Must have Cookbooks
We have the old Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook that belonged to DH's mom. I love it for basic recipes or for a base of a recipe.
I have a Cooking Light cookbook with fast meals that I love.
I have Dorie Greenspan's Baking Cookbook.
The other one I use a lot is Cook's Illustrated.
I have a cookbook 'problem' as my DH might refer to it. I have over 60, plus an entire collection of the Cook's Illustrated magazines. Any Cook's Illustrated cookbook is a must have to me, they are always high quality recipes and we love the science geek analysis they offer as well. In that same vein we have all three of the Good Eats cookbooks since we love Alton Brown.
A good classic one I have is the Betty Crocker as well, my mom gave it to me when I moved into my own apartment and it's where I go for basics. Any Martha Stewart book is in the classic/basics category for me as well. I also love the Cooking Light cookbooks. I have a bunch of cookbooks from chefs whose restaurants we have been to (Mesa Grill, VOLTink, Good Stuff, Mexican Everyday) but they are souvenirs as well. I also have some that are more like coffee table books -- French Laundry, Ad Hoc.
So, I guess they are all 'must have' to me, they just serve different purposes!
My Food Blog
Nope, definitely not! I have a widget on the side of by blog that will take you to my Eat Your Books profile page. It lists 222 in my collection, but it counts magazines as individual books, so that's not exactly accurate.
DH will try to complain about my cookbooks but I always point out at least it is a collection that produces tangible (not to mention delicious) things, as opposed to his Ghostbusters toys, Star Trek models and light sabres! ;-)
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Anything Cooks Illustrated!! I've never been let down by a recipe and they pretty much cover everything.
Ha! I'm another cookbook/food magazine hoarder....I mean collector
My husband used to tease me why so many books when I don't use most of them? But, honestly I read them like most people read novels. Is that weird? I especially love the science behind the recipes too. That's why I love CI and Cook's Country, Alton Brown (I have all his books), and Bakewise/Cookwise.
Also love Cook's Illustrated/America's Test Kitchen books, they're great. Love the rationale behind why they do things.
I think Joy of Cooking is the quintessential traditional cookbook but it is just that- traditional, so I pretty much only turn to it for old school kinds of things. Some might say Julia Child's Art of French Cooking- I don't own it & don't make that kind of food but it would depend on your cooking style.
The cookbook I own that I don't use nearly enough b/c everythign in it is always really good is The New Basics. I really need to use all my cookbooks more, I turn to the internet a lot instead, the reviews are so helpful. I do use my Giada books a bit (Everyday Italian & Everyday Pasta) and am considering getting an online subscription to Cook's Illustrated b/c I like the combo print/online thing.
GL!