Collarspace Discussion Forums


Home  Login  Search 

RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks


View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
 
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks Page: <<   < prev  1 [2] 3   next >   >>
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/25/2009 11:52:25 PM   
DemonKia


Posts: 5521
Joined: 10/13/2007
From: Chico, Nor-Cali
Status: offline 		FR, after read thru

I love cookbooks, too . ... .

Laurel's Kitchen was a profound experience for me when I first read it a coupla decades ago, with it's emphasis on whole foods & extensive discussion of basic processes . . . .. Even after I became a 'sinfully lapsed' vegetarian (lol) I still find much of its discussion useful . . . . .

I invested in Julia Childs' The Way To Cook a few years ago, which I read for the basic processes more than for the specific recipes . . . . . I can remember when I was an um watching Julia Childs & Graham Kerr with my mother, & I learned to cook from my mom's collection of French cookbooks . . . .. .

My mom was anti-processed food long before it was fashionable, & in my um-hood I could only have the sweets that I cooked myself. For instance, she would buy the ingredients for cookies, but not packaged cookies. I got very good at making simple puddings, & baking cookies & cream-puff shells (chou paste) . . . . . . .

_____________________________

Snarko ergo sum.



The Verbossinator

(in reply to PyrotheClown)
Profile   Post #: 21
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 11:07:58 AM   
pixidustpet


Posts: 857
Joined: 6/4/2008
Status: offline 		the better homes & gardens cookbook.  i have the battered (beaten up, not ready for frying) copy that my mama got as a wedding present (47 years ago) that has her little notations aside some of the recipes.

i also like the slow cooker cookbook i got a while back...although it has a bit too much "start with a can of condensed soup" in it.  (written by campbell's so what did i expect?)

most of my cooking comes from a collection of handwritten recipe cards.  :)

kitten

(in reply to DemonKia)
Profile   Post #: 22
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 11:50:44 AM   
NightTigress


Posts: 706
Joined: 12/9/2008
Status: offline 		My family is by no means short on cook books, for me my favourite is the best of bridge series as well as the joy of cooking as not only does it have great recipes it also has lots of tips and hints   

(in reply to pixidustpet)
Profile   Post #: 23
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 12:00:41 PM   
sirsholly


Posts: 42360
Joined: 9/7/2007
From: Quietville
Status: offline 		we travel to a tiny Amish town in Ohio and always stop at a Mennonite restaurant. They publish their own cookbook (available there only, i think) and it is awesome...tried and true family recipes!!

I also use the heck out of The Joy Of Cooking.


_____________________________

PICKED UPON
TECHNO-DOLT
MEMBER OF THE SUBBIE MAFIA
GRACEFULLY CHALLENGED :::::splat:::::
BOOT WHORE
VAA/S FAN

GIVES GOOD HEART (Lushy)

CREATOR OF MAYHEM (practice)


(in reply to NightTigress)
Profile   Post #: 24
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 12:03:33 PM   
PyrotheClown


Posts: 1950
Joined: 5/18/2009
Status: offline
quote:

I also use the heck out of The Joy Of Cooking.



I think every house hod has one of those things lying around some where, it's like a requirement for a stable home or some'n

(in reply to sirsholly)
Profile   Post #: 25
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 12:05:37 PM   
sirsholly


Posts: 42360
Joined: 9/7/2007
From: Quietville
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: PyrotheClown

quote:

I also use the heck out of The Joy Of Cooking.



I think every house hod has one of those things lying around some where, it's like a requirement for a stable home or some'n
agreed. it is good to have because it goes from the basics to the gourmet stuff.


_____________________________

PICKED UPON
TECHNO-DOLT
MEMBER OF THE SUBBIE MAFIA
GRACEFULLY CHALLENGED :::::splat:::::
BOOT WHORE
VAA/S FAN

GIVES GOOD HEART (Lushy)

CREATOR OF MAYHEM (practice)


(in reply to PyrotheClown)
Profile   Post #: 26
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 12:18:24 PM   
VirginPotty


Posts: 11624
Joined: 7/16/2008
From: Virginville
Status: offline
quote:

agreed. it is good to have because it goes from the basics to the gourmet stuff.



I thought the "basics" were variations of store brand cereal.  "Gourmet" would be top shelf cereal.


_____________________________

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

(in reply to sirsholly)
Profile   Post #: 27
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 12:27:05 PM   
sirsholly


Posts: 42360
Joined: 9/7/2007
From: Quietville
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: VirginPotty

quote:

agreed. it is good to have because it goes from the basics to the gourmet stuff.



I thought the "basics" were variations of store brand cereal.  "Gourmet" would be top shelf cereal.

*rolls eyes in disgust*

Must i teach you everything? Gourmet is that oatmealy shit that you have to cook.

Sheeeeeeeesh!


_____________________________

PICKED UPON
TECHNO-DOLT
MEMBER OF THE SUBBIE MAFIA
GRACEFULLY CHALLENGED :::::splat:::::
BOOT WHORE
VAA/S FAN

GIVES GOOD HEART (Lushy)

CREATOR OF MAYHEM (practice)


(in reply to VirginPotty)
Profile   Post #: 28
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 12:37:35 PM   
CallaFirestormBW


Posts: 3651
Joined: 6/29/2008
Status: offline 		Grain-free Gourmet, Nourishing Traditions, the Frugal Gourmet, and the cookbook (three =huge= ring-bound volumes) from my French cuisine/patissierie course are the ones I use most often (if you don't count the technical books I use to attempt cheese-making *grins*)

Dame Calla


_____________________________

***
Said to me recently: "Look, I know you're the "voice of reason"... but dammit, I LIKE being unreasonable!!!!"

"Your mind is more interested in the challenge of becoming than the challenge of doing." Jon Benson, Bodybuilder/Trainer

(in reply to sirsholly)
Profile   Post #: 29
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 12:40:59 PM   
VirginPotty


Posts: 11624
Joined: 7/16/2008
From: Virginville
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: sirsholly

quote:

ORIGINAL: VirginPotty

quote:

agreed. it is good to have because it goes from the basics to the gourmet stuff.



I thought the "basics" were variations of store brand cereal.  "Gourmet" would be top shelf cereal.

*rolls eyes in disgust*

Must i teach you everything? Gourmet is that oatmealy shit that you have to cook.

Sheeeeeeeesh!



Ooohhhhhhhhhh, you mean the stuff you make Mr. Jim eat everyday...............NOW I get it!!

_____________________________

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

(in reply to sirsholly)
Profile   Post #: 30
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 1:42:23 PM   
southernkitten


Posts: 6
Joined: 6/6/2004
Status: offline 		Great thread! I love cooking. My favorite cookbook is La Bouche Creole by Leon Sonait

(in reply to VirginPotty)
Profile   Post #: 31
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 2:01:22 PM   
windchymes


Posts: 9410
Joined: 4/18/2005
Status: offline 		I grew up with my mom using on old Betty Crocker cookbook from the 1950's.  When she died, I took it, and it's crumbling and falling apart, but I love the old basic recipes that are in it.  For a wedding gift, I received a basic Better Homes and Gardens cookbook that I used quite often, and I stuff recipes that friends have written down for me in the back of it, because I like to keep the original paper with my friends' handwriting on it for the memory.

I like Rachael Ray stuff because she's quick and simple and down-to-earth. 

My obsession is with appetizer and finger-food cookbooks, though.  I must have about 20 of them, and can't resist a new one when I see it.  Someday I'm going to actually have people over and make some of them....

I also love the "church supper" type cookbooks, because they have the best "comfort food" style of casseroles and dishes, and especially desserts.Yum.



_____________________________

You know it's going to be a GOOD blow job when she puts a Breathe Right strip on first.

Pick-up artists and garbage men should trade names.

(in reply to southernkitten)
Profile   Post #: 32
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 3:13:25 PM   
LookieNoNookie


Posts: 12216
Joined: 8/9/2008
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Aileen1968

I have a weakness for cookbooks. I will buy one for just one recipe in it.
My favorites are the Barefoot Contessa series. I have yet to find a recipe in them that I haven't liked.


I'm a huge fan of the ones they have at restaurants.

(in reply to Aileen1968)
Profile   Post #: 33
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 5:26:32 PM   
pixidustpet


Posts: 857
Joined: 6/4/2008
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: PyrotheClown

quote:

I also use the heck out of The Joy Of Cooking.



I think every house hod has one of those things lying around some where, it's like a requirement for a stable home or some'n


THAT explains my two divorces.  *makes note for the next trip to the bookstore*

kitten, laughing

(in reply to PyrotheClown)
Profile   Post #: 34
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/26/2009 8:04:56 PM   
brandi1379


Posts: 137
Joined: 3/3/2009
Status: offline 		i like the rachel ray cookbooks, i always fine the best recipies in there. then i have a special one my UM made me 

(in reply to pixidustpet)
Profile   Post #: 35
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/27/2009 6:47:41 AM   
PyrotheClown


Posts: 1950
Joined: 5/18/2009
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: pixidustpet

quote:

ORIGINAL: PyrotheClown

quote:

I also use the heck out of The Joy Of Cooking.



I think every house hod has one of those things lying around some where, it's like a requirement for a stable home or some'n


THAT explains my two divorces.  *makes note for the next trip to the bookstore*

kitten, laughing


yeah, you know you've found a keeper when you see the joy of cooking on his shelf lol

(in reply to pixidustpet)
Profile   Post #: 36
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/27/2009 7:10:18 AM   
sirsholly


Posts: 42360
Joined: 9/7/2007
From: Quietville
Status: offline
quote:

I found a very cool cookbook a Yard Sale called Four Ingredient Cookbook. Self explanatory. lol.
a few different types/volumes available on e-bay.

_____________________________

PICKED UPON
TECHNO-DOLT
MEMBER OF THE SUBBIE MAFIA
GRACEFULLY CHALLENGED :::::splat:::::
BOOT WHORE
VAA/S FAN

GIVES GOOD HEART (Lushy)

CREATOR OF MAYHEM (practice)


(in reply to maybemaybenot)
Profile   Post #: 37
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/27/2009 7:13:49 AM   
Rainfire


Posts: 4047
Joined: 1/5/2009
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: CallaFirestormBW

Grain-free Gourmet, Nourishing Traditions, the Frugal Gourmet, and the cookbook (three =huge= ring-bound volumes) from my French cuisine/patissierie course are the ones I use most often (if you don't count the technical books I use to attempt cheese-making *grins*)

Dame Calla


   Count me in with the Nourishing Traditions fans.... I love that book! Anything from the Weston A. Price Foundation or Sally Fallon. Whole Foods for the Whole Family, Good Housekeeping's Illustrated Cook Book, Betty Crockers red checked cook book, a number of the cookbooks from Pampered Chef, More with Less, and a large number of Amish/Mennonite cookbooks. (Of course, being Mennonite might have something to do with that.) I also have a large number of recipes that have been handed down and the world's best hazelnut cheesecake recipe that came from Vincent Price when he guest-starred on the Johnny Carson show in the early 70's. Yep, creepy as he could be, Vincent was one helluva cook!

Now.... off to the Farmers Market to see what handcrafted breads, cheeses and nummies I can find.....


_____________________________

"I have sold my soul to the devil for You, will You still love me when I am soiled, stained and souless in my love for You?
Or is this the beginning of the end?"
Proud member of the Clan Scarlett O'Hair

(in reply to CallaFirestormBW)
Profile   Post #: 38
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/27/2009 8:43:18 AM   
CallaFirestormBW


Posts: 3651
Joined: 6/29/2008
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Rainfire


   Count me in with the Nourishing Traditions fans.... I love that book! Anything from the Weston A. Price Foundation or Sally Fallon. Whole Foods for the Whole Family, Good Housekeeping's Illustrated Cook Book, Betty Crockers red checked cook book, a number of the cookbooks from Pampered Chef, More with Less, and a large number of Amish/Mennonite cookbooks. (Of course, being Mennonite might have something to do with that.) I also have a large number of recipes that have been handed down and the world's best hazelnut cheesecake recipe that came from Vincent Price when he guest-starred on the Johnny Carson show in the early 70's. Yep, creepy as he could be, Vincent was one helluva cook!

Now.... off to the Farmers Market to see what handcrafted breads, cheeses and nummies I can find.....



Saturday is "market day" for me, too!!!

Right now, my absolute favorite cookbook in the world is in my father's possession. My mother had a cookbook, handed down from my great-grandmother to my grandmother, while they were still in Italy, called La Cochina. That, and a set of translucent porcelain sandwich plates and cups, are my own treasures from my mother's things.

Dame Calla


_____________________________

***
Said to me recently: "Look, I know you're the "voice of reason"... but dammit, I LIKE being unreasonable!!!!"

"Your mind is more interested in the challenge of becoming than the challenge of doing." Jon Benson, Bodybuilder/Trainer

(in reply to Rainfire)
Profile   Post #: 39
RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks - 6/27/2009 9:00:56 AM   
CarrieO


Posts: 2432
Joined: 1/27/2008
Status: offline 		For my birthday this past month, my mom sent me the "Family Bible"...a copy of Betty Crocker's Cookbook from the early 60's.  What an amazing treasure...and time trip!  In between recipes calling for crisco and margarine (in large amounts), I found our childhood favorites...brownies and chocolate devil's food cake.  Also, tons of hand-written notes from both my mom and grandma, some recipes I haven't had since the last family reunion I attended when I was 10.

I've found that some of the best recipes/cookbooks are the one's we create.   

_____________________________

"No matter what happens in the kitchen, never apologize"~Julia Child~


(in reply to CallaFirestormBW)
Profile   Post #: 40
Page:   <<   < prev  1 [2] 3   next >   >>
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> RE: What Are Your Favorite Cookbooks Page: <<   < prev  1 [2] 3   next >   >>
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts




Collarchat.com © 2025
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy

0.094