| Nov 20, 2008 @ 5:42 PM |
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eastham
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I have lots of books, as any writer would and should. A big part of my permanent collection are my cookbooks. One of the benefits working part time at a bookstore is my ability to augment my collection and at a healthy discount.
This Christmas, I intend to treat myself to Ann Willam's French Country Cooking. The photography is breath-taking, the recipes are straightforward, but at $30 after my 40% discount, it is a big investment.
So, what are everyone's favorite cookbooks and why?
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| Nov 20, 2008 @ 9:32 PM |
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Cynbaby
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That's an easy one for me...Dom DeLuise..."Eat This It Will Make You Feel Better" I've had it for so many years and it has so many stains all over it, you would think I actually used it for the recipes. I've only made a couple of his recipes but the book is so entertaining and I just simply drool over all the dishes he makes 
Last Christmas someone bought me a gigantic cookbook from Rachel Ray and I have not made one thing yet from it 
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| Nov 20, 2008 @ 9:51 PM |
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eastham
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Willam's other cookbook is from her La Varenne cooking school. Over $80 retail!
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| Nov 20, 2008 @ 9:53 PM |
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Cynbaby
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I'd rather eat out a good meal for $80  then read about it
lately I prefer all of the various websites for recipes over books, too many ones I go on to list, but Better Crocker is a favorite and this one is pretty weird, they don't actually give you too many recipes they want you to buy them, still its a fun site
http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/home.asp
[Edited on 11/20/2008 10:06 PM]
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| Nov 20, 2008 @ 10:18 PM |
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eastham
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Epicurious is also a good online site.
I bought a great vegetarian cookbook, of course, I use them as side dishes for meat entrees!
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| Nov 20, 2008 @ 10:40 PM |
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Cynbaby
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yeah thats a good site.......speaking of vegetarian my mom has been on this making pumpkin empanadas kick.....there really good but there's no stopping the women. she makes one batch the normal way to dip in sauce and the other she does with butter and sage.
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| Nov 21, 2008 @ 9:34 AM |
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keen5
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Colorado Cache Cookbook is my bible for cooking. There is not one single recipe in there that is bad.
Another is my Southern Living cookbook. It's old and falling apart, but I swear by that book.
All of the rest comes from family and those are the best.
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| Nov 21, 2008 @ 6:44 PM |
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eastham
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Never bought a Southern Living cookbook, but the recipes in the magazine are always wonderful.
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| Nov 21, 2008 @ 6:49 PM |
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Loreli
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I like the Amish and church cookbooks. Simple, real people I probably know, and have tasted what they cook...
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| Nov 21, 2008 @ 10:01 PM |
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daisy315
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I love my church cookbooks the best.. good home cooking ..
and I have a cookbook called Mama Dips.. she has a very popular restaurant in Raleigh NC..
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| Nov 22, 2008 @ 12:56 AM |
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SunBabe
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Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts , of course 
And good old Betty Crocker, the old BH&G looseleaf cookbook (along with their series of "specialty" books), The Joy of Cooking -- all "basics"...and about 30 or 40 others -- some used mainly for inspiration, some definitly esoteric, but certainly fun to play with.
Oh, the New York Times International Cookbook is great and a 1939 cookbook (excellent for all kinds of details about food and "real" cooking) -- I just found it online! Complete!  
American Woman's Cookbook
...but I have to admit that since my cookbooks have been packed away for a number of years (and I don't have a kitchen  ), I've found that searching online usually works if or when I really need a particular recipe.
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| Nov 22, 2008 @ 1:01 AM |
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daisy315
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I like KopyKat.com.. they give all the yummy secret recipes of the best restaurants..
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| Nov 22, 2008 @ 1:23 AM |
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pamdemonium
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Having a big cookbook collection, there are a couple I go back to regularly- The Red Lion Inn Cookbook, and the Fanny Farmer Cookbook. No pictures in the latter, but the recipes are classic.
Online, I often search Recipezaar.com. Can be a slow site, but you can search by ingredient or recipe name.
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| Nov 24, 2008 @ 11:09 AM |
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keen5
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I love Recipezaar! It's never slow for me. I wonder why it is for you, It is a good place to find what you want in a hurry.
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| Nov 24, 2008 @ 11:29 PM |
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VaPeppermintPatti
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Cooks.com is another great website.
My fave cookbook is a huge volume I have on Escoffier and that one was a couple of hundred of $$'s back in the 70's. Have no idea what it would retail for today.
Another great cookbook, one that is regional and very simple classy recipes, is the "Three Rivers Cookbook" from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I think that one of the local symphony societies put it out back in 1973 for the first time. Sometimes you can still find it online.
Any of the White House Chef's cookbooks, that are privately published, are a great find. My fave comes from the Eisenhower administration days. Great French cooking with a totally mid-western twist that accommodated the Eisenhower's simple tastes and recipes after Eisenhower had his heart attack in office.
Another suggestion: Hit any of your local estate sales, flea markets, etc. for some of the privately published fund raising volumes from local churches, Girl Scouts, fraternal organizations, local governments, etc. The older the better. You can find some that cost a few $$'s and are priceless!
OR...
You can luck out like I did, inheriting handwritten cookbooks from the early 1800's and forward by women in my family.
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 12:01 AM |
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redhairNfreckles
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I love Recipezaar! It's never slow for me. I wonder why it is for you, It is a good place to find what you want in a hurry.
Look up a recipe for Barbequed Meatballs by MedicineWoman.......that would be me! 
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 10:14 AM |
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eastham
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Ah, I love the Red Lion Inn!
As far as old cookbooks go, I have one my grandmother received when she married in 1935. In addition to the old recipes in the book, its full of her own recipes -- on cards, from newspaper clippings, and written in the margins.
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 11:01 AM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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I have one my grandmother received when she married in 1935. In addition to the old recipes in the book, its full of her own recipes -- on cards, from newspaper clippings, and written in the margins.
Now that's something to really treasure! No such luck for me - grandma was a fabulous cook but never wrote anything down.
My favorite online site is ALLRECIPES, but now I absolutely have to check out RECIPEZAAR!
Thanks (p,.s. I probably own at least 30 cookbooks - I love browsing them, but I'm pretty sporadic about cooking from any of them - most used are probably my Weight Watchers ones - not just healthy but usually danged tasty and simple)
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 4:46 PM |
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eastham
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OMG Sunbabe, that's my grandmother's cookbook.
Unfortunately, the French relatives never wrote anything down. My greataunts tried to write up their recipe for headcheese (nothing like the shite you see in the deli, that's so gross) and it had measurements like a plate of flour, a kettle of this...it was unworkable.
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| Nov 26, 2008 @ 10:17 PM |
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kattsmeow
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I would like to get The Joy of Cooing. I do have a Fanny Farmer, dated 1927.
I think I collect cookbooks. I loved working in the Used/new bookstore and got the ones I wanted.
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