Cook books, do you use them?

[MilKii]

How many of you actually buy cook books?

[Katie E]

I buy them all the time and probably have 1,000+. And, yes, I use them...all the time. We rarely eat the same thing twice, except for twice a year when I take a month and prepare all our favorites for the month. Love our cookbooks.

[babetoo]

yes , i buy them and use them. don't use everyday because a lot of meals are in my head. i enjoy reading them as much as a good book, silly me.
i have a book case in my sewing/puter room. four shelves and it is full.


babe

[kitchenelf]

I do use cookbooks for certain things - I'm a "baby" compared to a lot with only about 350 to my name. My MIL has well over 2,000! I have a few standards where I know certain recipes are that I need. I really only use less than 5 quite frequently - sad - but oh so fun to sit on the porch in the summer and read the rest of them with a nice glass of white Burgundy!

........or Champagne
........or Pinot Grigio
........or Sangria
........or Blaufrankish
........or Aligote



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[SpiritWolf]

Im with everbody else, I LOVE THEM, my kids always try to buy me a new cookbook each, for every mothers day and birthday, but I always buy them myself each week, so not much choice left for them Im afraid, I have so many doubles and triples, I give them away as presents, I cant do without them, and no, I dont cook all the recipes from them, only a few, but I do LOVE looking and reading them.

[lyndalou]

I love cookbooks, and do use them. Some more than others, as you could tell by looking at them. I also read them like a book.

[redkitty]

2000 cookbooks!!!! WOW!!!

I have 18, not many at all! I do use them but I also use many food blogs online for loads of recipes. When I became vegetarian I bought several to help me understand proper nutrition and how to cook with things like lentils, quinoa and tofu.

[jennyema]

I love cookbooks and have started collecting old and weird ones.

I have several hundred and read them cover to cover usually. I find cookbooks and food books to be much more informative and reliable than blogs.

[Bigjim68]

I am an avid reader, and read cookbooks have a shelf full,and refer to them often. However, of late, I find myself using the internet more and more for recipe ideas. For me, it easier, and generally better. Googling an ingredient will produce hundreds of recipe ideas. I usually use them as a starting point and go from there.

[LadyCook61]

I buy them sometimes, if they are on sale or something I am interested in cooking.