Good Cookbooks?

[hoffsquared]

Thanks for all these. Next time I'm at the bookstore, I'll try to find the ones mentioned here.

I use the internet too but I really like to browse through my books at the kitchen table when planning (or at least making an attempt at) out meals for the week.

[Atlas]

Someone already mentioned Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian" and its wonderful. I keep getting it from the library but I really need my own copy.

My other go-to's are "Vegan With a Vengeance" and "Veganomicon" but I understand that most people aren't vegan. Still, they are great cookbooks that have lots of recipes for healthy, good food and many of them don't call for weird ingredients.

[azfiddle]

I rely on Joy of Cooking for lots of basics- got mine as a gift over 25 years ago!

A source of a lot of interesting recipes from all over the world- Jewish Holiday Cooking. It's over 20 years old and I don't know how easy it is to find, but I everything I've tried from it was great, and there are quite a few vegetarian options (mostly w/ dairy products).

Another cookbook that might be completely out of print, that I got a really long time ago - The Vegetarian Epicure. Though my copy is falling apart, I still get great reviews on the Cauliflower Curry recipes, and I wowed a college dinner party with Asparagus Pastry.

[malkin]

Yesterday as I was culling the excess from the cookbook shelves, we had a great laugh about the Joy of Cooking, which I will keep, because you never know when you will need to clean a moose or prepare a squirrel at a time when the internet will be down.

I like the old Tassajara Cookbook and Bread Book (and they have an ex-boyfriend's possessive mark in them ha!).

I just got the King Arthur Flour 200th Anniversary book from the library and we couldn't live without Cookwise which isn't really a recipe book, so much as an explanation about everything having to do with cooking.

Pie in the Sky is the best resource for baking at every altitude.

[bmccasland]

Because I think I might be moving away from this place, I bought the Times-Picayune's Cooking up a Storm - a collection of recipes the local paper put together from requests for lost recipies after Hurricane Katrina. Each recipe has a bit of history about it, and in true New Orleans fashion, has good drink recipies, fish & game, and desserts.

For basic reference I have my Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book a notebook type binder that looks like it's covered with a red check table cloth.

I have to admit, I have a weakness for cookbooks, and have a bookcase full of them. Don't ask me to cull the stacks. Can't do it, just can't.

[snapdragen]

I'm a huge Jacques Pepin fan - Simple Healthy Cooking is my favorite.

[SadieKate]

This time of year: Rose's Christmas Cookies. Her almond toffee recipe is a dead ringer for Almond Roca, except it's flat.

For equipment, science and technique: Cook's Illustrated. Because of the articles, I've learned how to alter recipes for the better. The equipment and product comparisons are terrific, and since it's advertisement-free I trust the research.

[hoffsquared]

For basic reference I have my Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book a notebook type binder that looks like it's covered with a red check table cloth.

I have this one too. It is over 25 years old now and is quite battered. It's my standby for substitutions and a biscuit recipe my family loves.

Should still be able to find the Vegetarian Epicure. I replaced mine with a new one just 1 or 2 years ago.

[Bike Chick]

I have the old Joy of Cooking (over 30 years old) and the red and white checked Better Homes and Gardens from the same year. I bought the Betty Crocker Healthy Home Cooking cookbook last year and it's really great. Healthy, tasty recipes that list all the nutrition information. I would highly recommend it.