What are your top five favourite Cookbooks?

[skilletlicker]

1. Joy of Cooking
2. Heritage of America Cookbook by Better Homes and Gardens
3. How to Cook Everything
4. The Bread Bakers Apprentice
5. New York Times Cookbook

[treadles]

Mastering the art....
Pepin's Technique
Joy...either edition
Vegetarian epicure... 1 &2 I have used for 28 or so years
Party Menu's Pappas

oh....I found another Onions, onions,Onions

[PytnPlace]

Wow, this is hard. Some I like for cooking ideas, some for reading or historical value. I'll take a stab at it.

Joy
Greene on Green
Marilyn Harris's cookbooks
Coyote Cafe
BBQ Bible

And sooooooo much more!

[suzyQ3]

Originally Posted by TATTRAT

French Laundry
Gastromique
RAW
Food Lovers Companion
...but my first and all time favorite was my kid book:
"Cooking With Pooh"

Tattrat, I'm curious: How many recipes have you made from the French Laundry, if you know?

[SierraCook]

Firehouse Food Cooking with San Francisco Firefighters by George Dolese and Steve Siegelman
Asian Noodles by Nina Simonds
The Essential Pasta Cookbook
The Country Italian
Better Homes and Garden Cookbook I have had this cookbook since about 8th grade.

[boufa06]

The Foods of Greece
Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook
Delia Smith
The Bread Book
The Best of Singapore Cooking

[Ayrton]

Joy of Cooking (older edition)
Claudia Roden book on Middle Eastern cooking
Moosewood
Paradisi (in Greek)
Helen Chen's Chinese Home Cooking

[licia]

Isn't this something like asking "which is your favorite child"? I don't think I could choose.

[Nicholas Mosher]

The following books are my favorites...
1. "The Professional Chef" by The Culinary Institute of America
2. "On Food and Cooking" by Harold McGee
3. "Land of Plenty - Authentic Sichuan Recipes" by Fuchsia Dunlop
4. "Japanese Cooking - A Simple Art" by Shizuo Tsuji
5. "Sauces" by James Peterson

These are excellent books as well...
1. "The Chinese Kitchen" by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
2. "DK's Sushi Chronicles From Hawaii" - by Dave Kodama
3. "Exotic Ethiopian Cooking" by Daniel Mesfin
4. "Louisiana Real & Rustic" by Emeril Lagasse
5. "Seductions of Rice" by Jeffrey Alford & Naomi Duguid
6. "Les Halles" by Anthony Bourdain
7. "The Breath of a Wok" by Grace Young
8. "The Food of Thailand" by Lulu Grimes & Oi Cheepchaiissara
9. "A Cowboy in the Kitchen" by Grady Spears & Robb Walsh
10. "Garde Manger" by The Culinary Institute of America
11. "Bouchon" by Thomas Keller
12. "The French Laundry" by Thomas Keller

...Thats what I have here at my desk anyways...

[Pook]

Gaaahhh! I don't have five LOL!
1. A 70s version of Joy Of Cooking
2. Mom's recipe book
3. My aunt's recipe book (she's blind now and doesn't cook anymore)

And that's it LOL!
Hugs,
Pook