Favorite Cookbooks

[Beach Runner]

I guess my all time favorite is the old Red & White checked Better Homes cookbook. Mine is so pitiful looking, but I go back to it time after time.

I knew we were soul sisters! That was my first cookbook. That's how I learned to cook.

I also like:
Flavors of Tuscany by Nancy Harmon Jenkins
Savoring Italy by Michele Scicolone
Barefoot Contessa Family Style by Ina Garten
Southern Born and Bread by the LaGrange Junior League
Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen by Paul Prudhome
My daughter's and my unpublished collection of recipes that we really need to publish
Joy of Cooking for basics

"Good cooking, cook eating, good loving."

 

[DD]

I knew we were soul sisters! That was my first cookbook. That's how I learned to cook.

I also like:
Flavors of Tuscany by Nancy Harmon Jenkins
Savoring Italy by Michele Scicolone
Barefoot Contessa Family Style by Ina Garten
Southern Born and Bread by the LaGrange Junior League
Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen by Paul Prudhome
My daughter's and my unpublished collection of recipes that we really need to publish
Joy of Cooking for basics

"Good cooking, cook eating, good loving."

I love Barefoot Contessa too. Don't have any of her books, but love her show.

 

[seagrovegirl]

Seagrovegirl, I think I have the same one - Bayou Cuisine! It belonged to my grandmother. Is that the one with the nostalgic/historical photos in it? I will check my cabinet!

Johnrudy, love the cover on that cookbook - I'll bet it has some good stuff in there!

That sounds like the same one. Pulled it out last night and made crayfish etoufee (crayfish in the cookbook). My book is falling apart...but I love it!

 

[Andy A]

I love cookbooks and have quite a collection. My wife's father was cajun and he left us quite a few as well. My favorite is "the Cotton Country collection", a Junior League of Monroe, La. cookbook. The recipes are almost entirely southern and wonderful. Great cookbook!

 

[Teresa]

Combine the On Food and Cooking with something like and you have all you could need. Quintessential cookbooks imo. They offer the what, when, where, and how of cooking. The "who" is in the other books-- compare Marcella Hazan's braised pork loin in milk from the book Tootsie mentioned with Bourdain's version in the Les Halles book. Two peoples' interpretations of the same techniques. Both of which are tasty btw.

wow gordhead, you know your cooking doncha? I'll look at this book next time I'm spending the day at B&N. making a note now.

 

[Teresa]

hey cranky - you like this one? my mom has it and I haven't looked through it yet...

 

[Santiago]

Now you've got me thinking about Telluride.

 

[sonny]

I really like the Southern Living yearly cookbooks, Emeril's "every day is a party"-I think that's what it is called-I lost the cover-and the University of Memphis alumni cookbook has some very interesting ideas in it. Being a "former" restaurant manager, I have dozens of cookbooks & recipes I have compiled. There was a time when I would rather read a menu in a good retaurant insted of my cookbooks, but now I am getting that itch again to create.

By the way, I have used Emeril's chili recipe and added my own ingredients to it to make the best chili I have ever had. It has won 3 different chili cookoffs. It is a tad bit on the hot side but nothing a cold PBR tallboy can't fix.

 

[Sheila Goode]

I love the pictures! I've never tried the recipes....

"The New InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook
The New InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook by Martha Hopkins

Excerpt - on Page 152: " ... harissa-spiced tilapia cakes with cucumber salad for the cucumber salad: Juice of 1 orange Juice of 112 lemon 1 tablespoon orange blossom water, ... "

 

[jpbhen]

"The Joy of Cooking" should be in every cook's kitchen.

i agree - either the original version, or the very newest - the "updated" one from about 10 years ago was not a good idea. the author was persuaded to change the emphasis to california cuisine. the newest edition is back to the original cookbook. another good one is southern sideboards.

btw - just found the stuffed griffin at amazon for $5. can't wait to get it!