Constance
Master Chef
I just got some new (old) cookbooks that I ordered from eBay last week.
Julia Child's The French Chef...96 addition, like new for $8 including shipping...two of her newer cookbooks...and Aunt Bea's Mayberry Cookbook.
Which leads me to ask?
What's your all around favorite cookbook?
My culinary bible is Joy of Cooking...I have three additions: one from the 40's, one from 1964, and the new one. It's not that I use that many of their recipes as is, but it gives so much info on ingredients and methods, along with ideas to get you started.
Other faves are:
An old worn and stained Fanny Farme" cookbook that I got from my grandmother when I was in high school...lots of great baking and pickling recipes. (I've always loved cooking)
My grandmothers Baptist Cookbook (she wasn't Baptist) full of recipes for a lot of time honored church potluck dishes.
A fairly new one, Cooking Illustrated's Grilling and Barbeque, that has the definitive answer to every BBQ question.
That doesn't begin to cover the family heirlooms.
My kin have always saved their stuff, and I've ended up with most of the sentimental things...Like an Amish cookbook from my other grandma with a little hand made card inside, made for her by my Daddy when he was in fourth grade. You can't put a price on something like that.
Julia Child's The French Chef...96 addition, like new for $8 including shipping...two of her newer cookbooks...and Aunt Bea's Mayberry Cookbook.
Which leads me to ask?
What's your all around favorite cookbook?
My culinary bible is Joy of Cooking...I have three additions: one from the 40's, one from 1964, and the new one. It's not that I use that many of their recipes as is, but it gives so much info on ingredients and methods, along with ideas to get you started.
Other faves are:
An old worn and stained Fanny Farme" cookbook that I got from my grandmother when I was in high school...lots of great baking and pickling recipes. (I've always loved cooking)
My grandmothers Baptist Cookbook (she wasn't Baptist) full of recipes for a lot of time honored church potluck dishes.
A fairly new one, Cooking Illustrated's Grilling and Barbeque, that has the definitive answer to every BBQ question.
That doesn't begin to cover the family heirlooms.
My kin have always saved their stuff, and I've ended up with most of the sentimental things...Like an Amish cookbook from my other grandma with a little hand made card inside, made for her by my Daddy when he was in fourth grade. You can't put a price on something like that.