Cook books, do you use them?

[gawillow]

I have a collection of 200 cookbooks and am now a semi-vegan - no beef or pork, and very little chicken. I am looking for vegetarian cookbooks now and online is, I think, the best place to find vegan recipes. I am now old enough to "play with my food" and see what I can change in the recipes though! lol

[cookinghomefood]

I buy when I need to be sure about some recipe and I cant find it online. I do not read everything. I just look at the pages of what I want and then keep it. I bought one recently containing 450 recipes but I only looked at the section for meatloaves.

[PanchoHambre]

I like cookbooks... I enjoy reading them for ideas. I rarely follow recipes true though.... sometimes I think I should.

[CeliacFamilyCook]

Originally Posted by gawillow

I have a collection of 200 cookbooks and am now a semi-vegan - no beef or pork, and very little chicken. I am looking for vegetarian cookbooks now and online is, I think, the best place to find vegan recipes. I am now old enough to "play with my food" and see what I can change in the recipes though! lol

Check out Veganomicon. My vegan and vegetarian friends have been raving about so I picked it up. I've made a few recipes and so far so good.


To answer the OP: I have fewer than 10 cookbooks. I rarely use them, most of what I cook is in my head or I improvise as I go. I do keep The Joy of Cooking around for reference. I am not vegetarian, but I picked up Veganomicon to make it a tad easier to cook for my veggie friends. I have a few gluten free cookbooks that were given to me since I have a family full of Celiac's, but I have never even cracked the cover on those.

[expatgirl]

I love cookbooks and some so much that I've had to go out and get a second copy because the first one was falling apart (luckily my mother-in-law passed me hers for those that are out of print) I'm a sucker for magazines, too, The Chili Pepper, being one of the most interesting