Cooking & Baking

tishaLA

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62. I have a few and I use them

Sat Aug 10, 2024, 08:26 PM

Aug 10

because they're from people I trust. Kenji Lopez Alt's The Food Lab, ATK's complete cookbook (whatever it's called), Chad Robertson's Tartine Bread book, Fat Salt Acid Heat, and Jacques Pepin's New Complete Technique

Oh, I forgot Fagioli....it's a book of Italian bean recipes....I belong to a bean club and I'm always looking for new ideas.

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Do you still have cookbooks? Do you use them? [View all] Phentex Aug 10 OP

A Joy of Cooking from 1946. I don't use it much, but it was my mother's, Ocelot II Aug 10 #1

Mine is sentimental too Phentex Aug 10 #9

Yes I do, but not a lot. I have a couple my mother had OnDoutside Aug 10 #2

I haven't heard of that one Phentex Aug 10 #10

The Ballymaloe Cookery School has a very good reputation OnDoutside Aug 10 #59

I tossed a few last year. I kept Better Homes and Gardens spooky3 Aug 10 #3

I can safely say the vegan recipes are Phentex Aug 10 #18

And Betty Crocker cookbook biophile Aug 10 #28

I still have all my cookbooks dhol82 Aug 10 #4

I woke up wondering Phentex Aug 10 #11

I have a Betty Crocker that belonged to my grandmother. onecaliberal Aug 10 #5

Yep! Phentex Aug 10 #12

I have quite a few, but not too many. usonian Aug 10 #6

Have you used Copy Me That? birdographer Aug 10 #8

Thanks. I am "invested" in Paprika in terms of having everything in one place, usonian Aug 10 #40

The magazine and newspaper versions Phentex Aug 10 #13

Scan everything, though I will treasure and pass along Mom's recipe cards. usonian Aug 10 #55

We use them! birdographer Aug 10 #7

I'm pretty sure the Good Housekeeping one I had was from the 80's Phentex Aug 10 #14

I have done the same printing and saving! MyOwnPeace Aug 10 #42

I have a couple old classics that I use for general recipe information Diamond_Dog Aug 10 #15

My favorite cookie recipes Phentex Aug 10 #16

I loved Everyday Food cyclonefence Aug 10 #27

Cooks Illustrated Phentex Aug 10 #31

I bet you could sell those Everyday Foods on eBay cyclonefence Aug 10 #56

Fannie Farmer Hardcover - 13th Ed. - is my favorite TBF Aug 10 #17

Some of them are just great reading! Phentex Aug 10 #19

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking changed the way I cook.. It's the "anti cook book" mitch96 Aug 10 #20

I guess I am failing on the purge idea Phentex Aug 10 #34

We have quite a few -- everything from what is essentially a textbook from the CIA, rsdsharp Aug 10 #21

I ended up getting rid of a bunch of community type cookbooks Phentex Aug 10 #35

Yes. No. elleng Aug 10 #22

yeah we cook differently now Phentex Aug 10 #36

I have many! moose65 Aug 10 #23

Yes I think we have vented about that before Phentex Aug 10 #37

Yeah, me too moose65 Aug 10 #60

Cookbooks, Yes! bernieb Aug 10 #24

That's amazing! Phentex Aug 10 #38

I still have about a dozen cookbooks. I sold or gave away sinkingfeeling Aug 10 #25

This thread is making me realize Phentex Aug 10 #39

I had to purge a huge number Old Crank Aug 10 #26

I had a bunch of cake and pie cookbooks Phentex Aug 10 #41

Absolutely! DinahMoeHum Aug 10 #29

Good point! Phentex Aug 10 #43

Giant Italian books by region with beautiful photos, Kripalu Kitchen, Indian vegan cookbook, huge vegan cookbook, mahina Aug 10 #30

Did I recently purchase a Sicilian cookbook for the pictures? Phentex Aug 10 #44

I actually don't remember ever using any of the recipes mahina Aug 10 #49

I prefer a hands on cookbook rockbluff botanist Aug 10 #32

amazing! Phentex Aug 10 #45

I have yards (x 36") of cookbooks -- I'm slowly donating them to the King County Library system fierywoman Aug 10 #33

I love the library! Phentex Aug 10 #46

Exactly! But with me, more often than not, fierywoman Aug 10 #54

Yes and yes PJMcK Aug 10 #47

I had a Silver Palate Phentex Aug 10 #50

Here you go PJMcK Aug 10 #61

Still have 6 shelves of them (one bookcase) zeusdogmom Aug 10 #48

That's funny about your daughter! Phentex Aug 10 #52

A few! True Blue American Aug 10 #51

That used to get posted here every so often Phentex Aug 10 #53

Yes I have a small shelf of them kimbutgar Aug 10 #57

It's hard to let go! Phentex Aug 11 #65

I have a few favorites sorcrow Aug 10 #58

It's essential to me to understand the why Phentex Aug 11 #66

I have a few and I use them tishaLA Aug 10 #62

Never heard of a bean club! Phentex Aug 11 #67

It's the Rancho Gordo bean club tishaLA Aug 11 #70

My husband hated Lima beans as a kid Phentex Aug 12 #72

i got rid of cases of them...but still buy them Fresh_Start Aug 10 #63

Apparently I am still buying them too Phentex Aug 11 #68

just my grandma's settlement cookbook. family recipes. + make my own basic. pimp grandma's. pansypoo53219 Aug 11 #64

Those are the best! Phentex Aug 11 #69

i can't get her speghetti sauce cause of the canned tomatoes, or her oatmeal cookies cause she had electric stove. BUT pansypoo53219 Aug 12 #71

Yes and yes Marthe48 Aug 15 #73

Impressive! Phentex Aug 15 #74

Thank you Marthe48 Aug 15 #75

American Wholefoods Cuisine Nikki &/David Glodbeck, Joy of Cooking Clouds Passing Aug 15 #76

I have a few specialized ones like Mexican grilling, etc. TlalocW Aug 15 #77

All of them. I still have all of them. chowmama Aug 16 #78