Just for fun: What are the last three cookbooks you've bought?

[Canice]

Mine are:
Barefoot in Paris
The Big Book of Casseroles
Cover and Bake

Anyone wanna play?

[kima]

I'll play!

My last three were

Taste of the Season -Summer Diane Worthington

A year in a Vegetarian Kitchen _Jack Boshop

American Bistro - Diane Worthington

[Laura B]

Barefoot in Paris by Ina Garten
The Ultimate Muffin Book by Bruce Weinstein
Baking and Pastry from the Culinary Insitute of America

[Canice]

Oops, scratch Cover and Bake!
I just remembered that last week I bought
Party Appetizers by Tori Ritchie.

[SueK]

Mine were:

Cover and Bake - CI
Emeril's Potluck- Emeril Lagasse
A Year in the Vegetarian Kitchen- Jack Bishop

I got my renewed Good Cook club shipment shortly after JB's book, so have acquired a few too many in the past few months! (That didn't stop me from putting more on my holiday list, however).

[swquilts]

A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen-Jack Bishop
Big Flavor-Steve Raichlen
The Glass Pantry - ?

I'm still holding out on buying the Small Baking one.......

Canice, how do you like the casserole one? I've eyed it in the past.

[PAMMELA]

THE BIG BOOK OF POTLUCK

PILLSBURY DOUGHBOY SLOW COOKER RECIPES

RIPE FOR DESSERT

FIX-IT AND FORGET-IT LIGHTLY


I just received these and thumbed through the slower cooker one, but haven't made anything yet. Though I am going to make the Make Ahead Taco Salads from the slow cooker book when we have our GF's gift exchange! I am giving the potluck and dessert books as gifts.

[Canice]

Uhm, I haven't cooked from either of them yet. :o Which are you eyeing?

[Scizzorgal]

[COLOR=purple]Hey Great idea!!!
My fav is "The Complete Cooking Light Cookbook" Its purple w/ a Blueberry cake/ bread on the front. LOVE IT!!
My 2nd one is by Better Homes & Garden "The NEW Dieter's Cookbook" 3rd Edition. It has all kinds of comfort & faamiliar recipes but made-over! And just for kicks and giggles, #3 "Sensational Sushi" by Yasuko Fukuoka (try saying that 3 x's.. ok, just try saying that at all :D
I will be checking in on this thread...Thanks for starting it! (I'm new to the site so I'm in heaven!!

[Little Bit]

An Omlette and a Glass of Wine by Elizabeth David

Simca's Cuisine by Simone Beck

Six Thousand Years of Bread by Heinrich Eduard Jacob

They were all part of a series of cookbook 'classics.' Got them all from half.com.

They're all wrapped in holiday paper, waiting for Christmas, along with Thomas Keller's Bouchon.

[cinnamon_queen]

Stop and Smell the Rosemary -this is put out by the Junior League of Houston

The Junior League Centennial Cookbook

The Perfect Recipe by Pam Anderson

[PattyG]

King Arthur Cookie Companion
And some little booklet of great baking recipes...had to go and get it...Fall Baking from Betty Crocker! That's only two so I need to catch up! LOL

The Struesel In-Between Pumpkin Cake is to DIE for! :)

[cherylopal]

i'll play!

already i'm interested in the "a year in a vegetarian kitchen" lima, swquilts, and suek- what do you think-any good recipes yet?

little bit- and an omlette and a glass of winealso caughtmy eye-i was just looking up some new omlette/frittata recipes. do you like it?

my most recent-
rebar-so freshlypurchased thati haven't received it in the mail yet.
grilled cheese- 50recipes to make you melt
south beach diet cookbook

[swquilts]

Cheryl-I haven't made anything yet, but there is a thread just on the Bishop book with loads of recipes that sound great!

[Beth]

Martha Stewart's Christmas
Reader's Digest Cookies
CL The Best of The Best

I just got the last 2 last week and haven't used them yet -- except to post a couple of simple cookie recipes. The Martha book is the only one I think I own, and I just got it about a week earlier. My husband made the cranberry upside down cake for Thanksgiving. It was very good, but it was baking slower than the recipe indicated.

[Molli526]

Eating Well Essential Cookbook

King Arthur Flour Bakers Companion

King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion

A Year in the Vegetarian Kitchen



Joined Good Cook

[ctr264]

I'll play.


Barefoot in Paris - Ina Garten
Gourmet
Feast - Nigella Lawson
A Matter of Taste - Inspired Seasonal Menus with Wines and Spirits to Match - Lucy Waverman and James Chatto (Canadian cooking guru and wine guru respectively)

[vbak]

My latest 2[does that count?] are WW Cooking for 2 and CL Slow Cooker cookbook.

Vicky

[Little Bit]

Originally posted by cherylopal
i'll play!

little bit- and an omlette and a glass of winealso caughtmy eye-i was just looking up some new omlette/frittata recipes. do you like it?



When it arrived, I was such a goody-two-shoes about not reading one of 'my Christmas presents to myself' that I did no more than make sure it had all its' pages, (got it at half.com), and then I swiftly wrapped it in holiday paper to keep myself from peeking.

I honestly have no idea what its' like, what sort of recipes might be in it or anything. Sorry to be so unhelpful, but I wanted to save a few surprises for myself.

[Laura B]

Oops! My MOST recent one is actually the 2004 Annual for Cook's Illustrated.

[Canice]

Actually, An Omelette and a Glass of Wine isn't a cookbook, it's a collection of Elizabeth David's writings.

[Little Bit]

Canice, thanks for the information, I honestly couldn't remember a THING about the book, lol.

Hmmm, but if it isn't a cookbook, I guess Bouchon is my third. :)

[Gecko]

Just three? I've been a bad, bad girl lately so I will work my way backwards with the list:

Modern Classics 2 by Donna Hay
Barefoot in Paris
The Best of Cooking Light

I also bought the following from The Good Cook Bookclub:

Sweet Stuff
The Good Cookie
Chocolate American Style
Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me
The Last Course
Ripe for Dessert
More from Magnolia

And I still have a few on my "want" list.

[Middydd]

Do food science books count as cookbooks?

Howard McGee: On Food and Cooking : The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained

The Ultimate Muffin Book

[Middydd]

Originally posted by Laura B
Barefoot in Paris by Ina Garten
The Ultimate Muffin Book by Bruce Weinstein
Baking and Pastry from the Culinary Insitute of America

I bought the Ultimate Muffin Book but haven't used it yet.

Any recommendations?

[jabelt]

Costco Specials:

Cover & Bake
The New Best Recipe
Gourmet

[Laura B]

Originally posted by Middydd


I bought the Ultimate Muffin Book but haven't used it yet.

Any recommendations?

I made the chocolate chip muffins and was not too impressed, actually. I haven't tried anything else. When you make a recipe, please post a review!

[helene]

Originally posted by kima
I'll play!

My last three were

Taste of the Season -Summer Diane Worthington

A year in a Vegetarian Kitchen _Jack Boshop

American Bistro - Diane Worthington

Maureen,
Do you like 'A year in a Vegetarian Kitchen'? Did you buy at Cosco?

[deniseannsc]

Do the supplements count? I bought CL Slow Cooker and CL Quick and Easy supplements. If they don't count then, CL Light and Easy Menus, Cooking Light Complete, and Lady & Sons & Lady & Sons Too. I'd really like to get a good vegetarian cookbook. Jack Bishops sounds good and so does 1001 Low Fat Vegetarian Recipes.

[MISSINDI]

No, no, no ... NOT another thread with even MORE temptation! That's how I ended up with my last batch of cookbooks! ;)

Just arrived in today's mail from Overstock.com:
Grilled Cheese - 50 Recipes to Make You Melt The cover picture alone sold me on this book

The Panera Bread Cookbook

Small Batch Baking

THEN, today I just ordered A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen from Amazon.

And two days ago, picked up Best Ever Indian Cookbook and Cooking Light Annual Recipes 2005 from Sam's Club.

I know, I know, more than three cookbooks, but I've been bad, very bad. Christmas shopping is tough ... one for her, one for me, one for her, one for me...

[kima]

Originally posted by helene


Maureen,
Do you like 'A year in a Vegetarian Kitchen'? Did you buy at Cosco?

Hi Helene- I asked about you during that wicked snowstorm you had awhile back! Things sound like they are back to normal now which is good news!:)

About A year in a Veg Kitchen ...I haven't cooked anything out of it yet-I am afraid it doesn't appeal to me as much as it does to others here. It seems like almost recipe calls for the few foods we aren't fond of .Ilike chipotles occasionally but so many recipes call for them in this book that i won't try them on a regular basis. I am surprised at myself but it just isn't a book that "speaks" to me. (I am definately in the minority om that!)

I don't belong to Costco and have only been there once in my life- got mine through good old Chapters.ca.:)

[SweetSueDonym]

Do ones my DH bought me count?

If so, mine are:

I'm Just Here for More Food -- Alton Brown

Pike Place Market Cookbook ( from his business trip to Seattle)

and Moosewood Celebrates.




Now, all i want for Xmas is Barefoot in Paris, Pat Conroy's new cookbook, Barefoot Contessa Parties & Barefoot Family Style. OH, and maybe Emeril Potluck. OH, and Junior League Centennial. Oh, and ....

you get the idea

[tholbrook]

I seem to buy cookbooks in bunches, so here are my last 3 orders:

I'm Just Here for the Food (Alton Brown)
I'm Just Here for More Food (Alton Brown)
--I got both of these autographed a few weekends ago at the Great Big Food Show in Cleveland :D

Fig Heaven (Marie Simmons)
A Beautiful Bowl of Soup (Paulette Mitchell)
Sin-Free Chocolate Smoothies (Gabriel Constans)

A Year in the Vegetarian Kitchen (Jack Bishop)
Fresh Food Fast (Peter Berley, Melissa Clark)
The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet (Nava Atlas)
The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion
Another 250 Best Muffin Recipes (Esther Brody)

I like them all, except for the smoothie one and the 5-ingredient one. The soup cookbook and the fig one are okay - nothing has really caught my eye yet. My most-used is the Bishop cookbook. Oops ... I almost forgot - I ordered Bishop's The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook a few days ago so I should get it next week. A miracle - I only ordered 1 cookbook this time (only because I ordered the Lodge 5-qt enameled Dutch oven at the same time!)

[kima]

Nice collection tholbrook!!!

I just wish you all lived near me so I could show my family and friends I am not the only one in the world with this addiction. they all just shake their heads.:(

[tholbrook]

Originally posted by kima
Nice collection tholbrook!!!

I just wish you all lived near me so I could show my family and friends I am not the only one in the world with this addiction. they all just shake their heads.:(
I actually do not have all that many cookbooks (YET!) - less than 50, I think. I know there are several people here who have many, many more than that (you wouldn't be one of them now, would you? :D).
But this is a growing addiction ... ever since I joined the BB, you might say! You all post such darned good recipes, sometimes I just have to have the whole cookbook! And then there are these threads ;) - just what I need to see: more "gotta-have-it" cookbooks!

[Canice]

Oops, I forgot about AB's new book too! :o
My revised list is
Barefoot in Paris Ina Garten
Party Appetizers Tori Ritchie
I'm Just Here for More Food AB

I notice a few people have picked up the Grilled Cheese book; Marlena Spieler is also a food columnist for the SF Chronicle and I love her work! If you're interested, check her out at www.marlenaspieler.com

[PurrPg]

Rachel Ray's Get Togethers
Rachel Ray's Cooking 2
Woman's Day Special Slow Cooking Magazine (lousey so far)


Trying to think of a good one to put on my Christmas list for the boys to get me. Any ideas?

Kat-

[Linda in MO]

Originally posted by PattyG

The Struesel In-Between Pumpkin Cake is to DIE for! :)
Could you post this? Sounds good! thanks

[cinnabun]

Don't have any of them yet.
Cook's Illustrated annual 2003
Cook's Illustrated annual 2004
Cook's Illustrated recipe index

[gabbyh]

Small-Batch Baking from half.com
And from my recent Costco trip:
Kitchenlife by Art Smith (love this book!)
Rachael Ray gettogethers
Rachael Ray $40 a day (this book is really cool!)

Canice, I may have to hurt you for starting this thread:D

~Gail

[crackers]

What a great thread for Christmas ideas!

The last cookbooks I bought:

Light & Easy Baking (Beatrice Ojakangas)
Light & Easy Holiday Cooking (Sandra Woodruff, M.S., R.D.)
Small Batch Baking Hubby's Christmas gift to me - I hope I remember to tell him...:D
Classic Sourdoughs by Ed Wood - My Christmas gift to hubby

I also recently purchased Great Cookies by Carole Walter that I've been experimenting with. What a great bunch of cookies in there! Just made the Chock Full of Crunchies cookies, and they were fabulous! Now if I can find farmer cheese today, I'll be giving the Cheese Cracklies a try. (Or maybe I'll go with the Black Forest Chews or the Rocky Road Garganchewas....so many cookies, so little patience!! :o )

[Aubergine]

i'm happy to see i'm in such "bad" company!:D

Barefoot in Paris
The Bread Bible
Fix it and Forget it Lightly
Afternoon Delights
A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen
Moosewood New Classics
Vegetable Heaven (Mollie Katzen)

all of those were within one week.:eek: it would have ended after the first 4, but then the Jack Bishop thread convinced me i had to make a other visit to amazon. sigh. of course, once there, i have to get 2 books to make the free shipping. but then i always wander off the the clearance section before checking out, and that's how i wound up with the two lesser-known titles.

lol, SO just asked, "What was in that amazon box yesterday?" when i replied "a cookbook," he said, "no kidding." notice i didn't say 3 cookbooks...

[HDgirl]

My last three are,

CL Annual 2005

CL Annual 2004

Hog Wild on a Harley Cookbook

In the last few months I have acquired nine new books, and way behind on trying them out.

[cherylopal]

Originally posted by swquilts
Cheryl-I haven't made anything yet, but there is a thread just on the Bishop book with loads of recipes that sound great!

thank you!
i may be adding a fourth new coobook!


missindi- i agree about the cover of the grilled cheese book- and ALL the recipes sound to die for. i bought it a tmy school's book fair with the justification that i was helping the school- too bad they didn't have more cookboks... although my wallet is happy- bad wallet bad

darn darn about the omelette with glass of wine- too much of a tease:rolleyes:

[springsgourmet9]

Last 3 or last dozen? I've been bad recently and purchased almost a dozen this year. Somebody stop me!

The Best New Recipe (Cook's Illustrated)Excellent!
Barefoot Contessa (original)Excellent!
New England Inns (recipes from Bed & Breakfast Inns)
Emerils Potluck
Southern Living Cook-Off
Southern Living Annual
The Best Little Crockpot Cookbook
Alton Brown (this one was sent along with another, I wouldn't have ordered)
Lidia's Italian American (my favorite!)
and a few more that slipped my mind.

[helene]

Originally posted by kima


Hi Helene- I asked about you during that wicked snowstorm you had awhile back! Things sound like they are back to normal now which is good news!:)



That was very nice of you. I answered to you in the same thread. I don't know if you have seen it.

I think I will pass that book, since I usually like the books that you strongly recommend.

I thought that you belong to Costco. I do and often find really good deals on cookbooks.

Now the 3 last cookbooks that I purchased at Chapters (on sale) were:

1- Williams-Sonoma, complete Outdoor Living Cookbook

2- Williams-Sonoma, Simple French Cooking, Revised Edition

3- Williams-Sonoma, Cakes, Cookies, Pies & Tarts

Could not resist. The pictures are so great in these cookbooks.

[MISSINDI]

Springsgourmet -- only a dozen in the last year ... geesh, you better get going and make up for lost time! I think I've probably bought a dozen in the last MONTH! :D

And I almost forgot ... two more boxes that came last night had the Southern Living Cookoff one and a Food & Wine cookbook (think it's called Fast Dinners or something similar)... hmm, which cookbook to buy today? ;)

[memartha]

The last cookbook I bought was

Cooking Light Superfast Suppers from Overstock.com

Other than that, I haven't bought a cookbook since 30 Minute Meals came out a couple of years ago. :o

[ebobbitt]

The last ones I bought are:

CL 2005 Annual
SL 2004 Annual
Secrets from the Southern Living Test Kitchens
Sweet Serendipity
Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me

[Catew]

I've just received:

The New Best Recipe
Feast
Indian Home Cooking (highly recommended if you enjoy Indian Food)

And although it isn't really a cookbook, Harold McGee's completely revised On Food and Cooking. I LOVE this book.

[Lrimerman]

I've been stocking up on cookbooks lately too.

Barefoot in Paris (Ina Garten)
(I also bought a copy for a book exchange and the book I got from the exchange is "Simply Ming"-by Ming Tsai)

I ordered "A Year in a Vegetarian Kichen" (Jack Bishop), but my mom was doing an Amazon order and I haven't received it yet (maybe she is holding it for Hannukah?)

I also ordered Cooking Light Annual 2005 from Overstock.com and it hasn't come yet, but I think I will have DH wrap it up for me and give it to me from the kids.

I ordered my MIL a cookbook and had to order a copy for myself--"The Essential Book of Jewish Festival Cooking" by Phyllis and Miriyam Glazer.

I think that is it recently, but of course there are more on my want list and I have a Border's GC burning a hole in my pocket.

Lisa

[Wendy w]

The Best of CL

The other 2 I bought as gifts:
Moosewood Daily Special for one of my best friends and I already have it
The Paula Deen Dessert book I cannot remember the name :o
Please don't condemn me Bob, it is for my roomie, she loves Paula.

I can't remember the last 2 I bought for myself. :o :rolleyes:

[lonetree1353]

My last three cookbook purchases were:

Essential Eating Well Cookbook
Barefoot in Paris
Feast by Nigella Lawson

and countless holiday magazines which is all MISSINDI's fault ;) (at least that is what I told my DH ;)

[gertdog]

Two of my last three were eBay purchases:

California Sizzles by the Junior League of Pasadena
Brother Juniper's Bread Book by Peter Reinhart

and one birthday gift:

A Year In A Vegetarian Kitchen

[waltnj]

I hope my husband doesn't see my list. ;-)

Barefoot Contessa Family Style - Ina Garten (Costco 21.99)
The New Best Recipe - CI
The Quick Recipe - CI

I was a little miffed that I got the CI books at a CI book signing event in their Brookline, MA studio where they advertised special low prices & I just saw the New Best recipe at Costco for even less! Oh well. I have tried the Blueberry Muffins from the Quick recipe (I think) and they were very good & easy if I remember. It calls for melted butter that makes it so quick (I think). I have made the pie crust recipe from the Best Recipe & it worked perfectly, I have never really liked pie crust before this recipe.

Barefoot Contessa is one of my favorites right now. I can feel my resistance weakening & I may break down & buy the Barefoot Contessa (original) and the Parties books. I actually just saw both of these at Home Goods for a decent price.

There should be a warning about reading this thread, it may encourage longer Wish Lists!!

[Goin' Coastal]

I didn't buy it, but the title gave me a smile -

"Atkin's Dead, Pass the Bread"

:eek:

[MISSINDI]

Originally posted by lonetree1353
and countless holiday magazines which is all MISSINDI's fault ;) (at least that is what I told my DH ;)

((snort)) :D Hey, our wallets have had it easy the past few weeks ... nothing new yet, and I went to the bookstore THREE times this weekend! (Only place where I can find those Sesame Street plush characters for our two-year-old -- the trips weren't ALL for me, I swear! ;))

[sherri]

For those of you who bought A Year in the Vegetarian Kitchen here is a great thread about the cookbook in case you missed it.
http://community.cookinglight.com/showthread.php?threadid=62981

[kima]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by helene
[B]

That was very nice of you. I answered to you in the same thread. I don't know if you have seen it.

I think I will pass that book, since I usually like the books that you strongly recommend.

I thought that you belong to Costco. I do and often find really good deals on cookbooks.

Oh I did miss your reply-sorry!
It's the other Maureen in Victoria that belongs to Costco. She and I are planning to go there together soon.

I feel kind of bad about the Bishop book. You should check out the recipes that people have posted and see if they appeal to you. I do plan to try a few things out of it and the writing is excellent- especially the tips he gives.

Aren't cookbooks the one thing you can slip into the house without your SO noticing???:D ;)

[lonetree1353]

I just got the Jack Bishop book from the library. I will check it out before I buy it but think I might pass on this one after I get the recipes that were recommended on this BB from it. :D

[DmOrtega]

Originally posted by kima
...
Aren't cookbooks the one thing you can slip into the house without your SO noticing???:D ;) [/B]

I always thought so until my dh started pointing out the new books. It always amazes me because I have lots. ;)

[Alleycat]

My most recent acquisitions:

Cover and Bake
the Pumpkin, Butternut one that someone here has posted about (at Crate & Barrel for $4.50)
Gourmet (the one with the yellow titles)
Best of Cooking Light
Holly Clegg's Trim and Terrific (at Marshalls for $6!)
Weight Watchers Turnaround Cookbook
Williams Sonoma Essentials of Baking

I want the King Arthur's Cookie Companion and a host of others! Trying to restrain myself until after the holidays!

[cherylopal]

Originally posted by Alleycat

I want the King Arthur's Cookie Companion and a host of others! Trying to restrain myself until after the holidays!

that's ssooo hard to do esp when i know that there is no way that anyone would buy me the ones i have picked. ihave rebar and a vegan one on the way but will wait wait wait wait for the others... maybe:D

[Heather777]

The Gourmet Cookbook Ruth Reichl
The Bread Bible Bernabaum
Emeril's Potluck

[ellen6242]

I'll play........

Barefoot In Paris - Ina Garten
I'm Just Here For More Food - Alton Brown
Lemon Zest - Lori Longbotham (Bob sang this book's praises in earlier threads and it sounded wonderful. It didn't disappoint).

Ellen

[kledavis]

The last 3 cookbooks I bought were:

Rachel Ray's Cooking 2
CL Slow Cooking supplement
Whimsical Bakehouse

Barefoot Contessa Paris and Nigella Lawson's Feasts are on my Christmas list. Although I may be adding a few more now... ;)

[capres]

My lastest cookbook purchases are:

WW Turnaround Cookbook
The Bread Bible - Found it on a Borders sale table for $7.99!!!
Gourmet
Barefoot in Paris
500 Best of Cooking Light

These are all great books. The only one I haven't looked at yet is the Bread Bible. I've cooked out of Gourmet - made about 3 recipes and they were all good.

Carol

[shellyb]

I'll play too!

Barefoot Contessa-Parties
Pam Anderson-How to Cook Without a Book
CL 1999 Annual- I got an incredible deal on Half.com. I'm cleaning out the old mags.:D

[MusicMom]

CL Slow Cooking Supplement
Rachael Ray II
The Williamsburg Tavern Cookbook


I'm going to put one of Ina Garten's books on my Christmas list. Which one should it be??

[Gail]

Italian Immigrant Cooking
The South American Table
Healthy Dining in Los Angeles (this one isn't really a cookbook, but I bought it because it had recipes)

[CindyWeightWatcher]

OMG, I love cookbooks.
The last three I bought are:
The Gourmet Cookbook
Cover and Bake, Cook's Illustrated
The Panera Bread Cookbook

[PurrPg]

BBers,

You guys have inspired me. I have 12 CL cookbooks and maybe 4 Sunset Magazine annuals and maybe 5 other cookbooks. I obviously need to expand my horizons. Alton Brown looks good. I think I'd like to peek into a Williams-Sonoma too. This has been a great thread.

Kat-

[MISSINDI]

Originally posted by CindyWeightWatcher
OMG, I love cookbooks.
The last three I bought are:
The Gourmet Cookbook
Cover and Bake, Cook's Illustrated
The Panera Bread Cookbook

I just got the Panera one the other day -- have you made anything from it yet?

[ellen6242]

Originally posted by MusicMom
[
I'm going to put one of Ina Garten's books on my Christmas list. Which one should it be?? [/B]

MusicMom - go to www.barefootcontessa.com and click on "indexes." It will give you, by category, all of the recipe titles and in which book they are found. You won't go wrong no matter which book you get :)

Ellen

[MusicMom]

Thanks, Ellen.

I think I'll "start" with the first one. :)

Vivian

[juliew]

I SOOO feel an urge to go shopping now, but I promised DH I wouldn't as a good proportion of my Chirstmas wish list is cookbooks (at least the affordable things on it).

The last ones I've gotten are
Garlic, garlic, garlic
Sunset Low Fat

I've also tried to join the Good Cook club 3 times now and they haven't sent me a thing. I sent them an email yesterday and haven't heard anything. Darn it, I want cookbooks!!!!!

[MiMo]

Originally posted by gabbyh
Rachael Ray $40 a day (this book is really cool!)


Is this book full of recipes from the places she has eaten at when she has visited the various cities she goes to? I haven't looked at the book in person yet, so I'm just wondering.

[MiMo]

My most recent purchases are:

King Arthur's Cookie Companion
Bar Cookies A to Z (Marie Simmons)
American Bistro: 125 Simple, Contemporary Recipes (Diane Rossen Worthington)

[bobmark226]

1001 Low-Fat Vegetarian Recipes
CL Annual 2001
CL Annual 2002
(which, when I opened it to the index just now when it arrived, I found a mess of long black hairs in. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!)

Bob

[MISSINDI]

Originally posted by MiMo


Is this book full of recipes from the places she has eaten at when she has visited the various cities she goes to? I haven't looked at the book in person yet, so I'm just wondering.

I wouldn't say "full" of recipes, but there are recipes scattered throughout from the places she's visited. It also includes information on the places, how they got their start, how she chose them, what she had and enjoyed, etc. I didn't think it would appeal to me until I got a chance to browse through it one day at Costco...

[CindyWeightWatcher]

MISSINDI,
I just bought the Panera one on Sunday, so far have
just been reading it as opposed to cooking from it.
I don't expect to be cooking anything from it
until next weekend at the soonest, when I do,
I'll post!

[CindyWeightWatcher]

Oh, I forgot to mention, I also bought Sauces, by James
Peterson, the 1992 Cookbook of the Year. Now if I only
had more time to read them and cook from them. When
I went on vacation, I didn't want to bring a novel,
I wanted to bring a cookbook!

[pmmahan]

I am glad I am not the only one.

Feast Nigella
Cocktail Food
CIA Gourmet Meals in Minutes (great book!)

[Sami]

i need new cookbooks like a hole in the head but needless to say I am junkie when it comes to the book stores. I recently bought

Barefoot Contessa in Paris
Rachel Ray 30 Minute Get Togethers
The Essential Eating Well Cookbook

Now to clean out shelf space.

Sami

[pmmahan]

OK, I just went to B&N at lunch and found my latest conquest:

Everyday Dining with Wine by Andrea Immer

I am tempted to just buy it, as I cancelled my Good Cook club membership (in the hopes that they will "lure" me back with a new offer in a few months). I am checking to see if newbookscheap.com has it, but the idea of settling in to read it tonight with a glass of wine, curled up in a chair, pretty freakin' tempting.

Do any of you ever buy your books at full price? As far as cookbooks go, it is $30, which isn't too bad.

i am definitely trying to justify here.... :o

[MISSINDI]

I hardly ever buy books full price, and hope that Costco, Overstock or Amazon has them. Sometimes it's hard not to give in to temptation, that's for sure! I got that one at Overstock for my brother-in-law, who's into wine ... hope it's a good one! :)

[Sami]

I sometimes buy full price, or else I get it from Amazon. BJs has some new books that I occasionally buy, but usually they only have potboilers.

Sami

[Spice of Life]

Originally posted by MusicMom
CL Slow Cooking Supplement
Rachael Ray II
The Williamsburg Tavern Cookbook


I'm going to put one of Ina Garten's books on my Christmas list. Which one should it be??

My favorite are tied between her two first books, "The Barefoot Contessa" and "Parties". I've made many recipes from those books over and over again. You can't go wrong with either. I also have Family Style which is good but not one of my favorite!

[cherylopal]

Originally posted by pmmahan
OK, I just went to B&N at lunch and found my latest conquest:

Everyday Dining with Wine by Andrea Immer

i am definitely trying to justify here.... :o

i have her wine tasting book and thought it was well written. i learned some new things about wine and have referred back to it. soooooo.......

[gabbyh]

I have all of Andrea's books also, and I love them!

My cookbook wishlist is growing every day...keep 'em comin:D

~Gail

[shscharles]

And another favorite cookbook title...

Red Cover with sketch on right margin of back of a chef...

"First, You Take a Leek"

...cracked me up!

[Karen GR]

I've been lurking on this BB for far too long and like many of you, have somewhat of a cookbook "problem." Anyway, my last three purchases are

Raichlen's Indoor Grilling, Steven Raichlen
Bruce Aidells's Complete Book of Pork
The Contemporary Encyclopedia of Herbs & Spices (Seasonings for the Global Kitchen), Tony Hill

[Molli526]

Welcome out of lurkdom Karen!! :D

[gabbyh]

Yikes, I just bought 3 more:

Gourmet (Yup, I caved)

The Lobster Roll

Twelve Months of Monastery Salads

~Gail

[Aubergine]

Originally posted by kima
[QUOTE]Originally posted by helene [B]
Aren't cookbooks the one thing you can slip into the house without your SO noticing???:D ;)

helene, i can slip almost anything, including a piece of furniture, into the house without SO noticing. lol, something like that, he will suddenly take notice of 2-3 weeks later. truth. (although it wasn't large.)

the real trick is to get him to pay for my cookbook -- and cookware -- splurges, and i'm not above making a scene; we had one yesterday at Marshall's. silly fellow, i always win these battles in the end. and he IS the primary beneficiary (as in, "the way to a man's heart, etc.)

lonetree, i'm with you, i love to check cookbooks out at the library and test-drive them first. more often than not, i don't buy them. case in point: Alice Medrich's "Bittersweet." i think the world of her, but i knew after 3 weeks of not cooking from it that i didn't need to own it. i also suspect it didn't have a large sales volume, in which case i will buy it next year when it's remaindered.

Sami, in terms of "clearing out" shelf space, for me, no way. i just find a place to fit more shelves. when i moved 10 years ago i de-accessioned about 100 cookbooks, only to wind up buying some of them back from the used book trade-in store. never again.

[Sami]

Aubergene, I have 3 shelves of a kitchen cabinet devoted to cookbooks. Then I moved some to the den where I can get at them easily. My latest move is to devote a shelf on my DD1's closet (she is married and gone) to little used cookbooks. Next I might migrate to the basement bookshelves, where they never would be used.

What i really should do is not access this BB for 1-2 months and start using the cookbooks.

Sami

[Aubergine]

Sami, my next project is to get shelving put up about 15" down from the ceiling in a hallway off the kitchen...if i use both sides, it should be good for a couple-300. then i'd move the ever-increasing magazine collection to the sturdier floor-based shelves. p.s. see my dream thread; you got me thinking.:)

[wallycat]

I have purchased a few of the Donna Hays books.

On my "to buy" list is
Nigella's FEASTS and Patricia Wells Provence cookbook.
I'm hoping to acquire these within the next month or so. :)

[SweetSueDonym]

"Cooking w/ Crab" by Margie Kauffman. Apparently out of print but found it on half.com.

Just got tired of consulting the scrawled notebook paper for crab cakes -- vacationed at a rental house in Maine and the book was on their shelves ... lovely recipe.


(I do have 2 or 3 other recipes that I felt compelled to hand-copy and have since used, so I figure it's a good bet.)

[Canice]

Originally posted by pmmahan
...Do any of you ever buy your books at full price? ....

I pay full price for about 98% of the books I buy. I feel very strongly about supporting my independent neighborhood bookstores and don't mind spending more to do so. Plus, for me a lot of the pleasure is in taking a nice walk, picking up groceries and coffee and such and going to the bookstore. I would be happy never to set foot in a mall again.

[kwormann]

This has taken me awhile because I havent bought any recently, so I needed to think...

The last 3 were:

Moosewood Daily Special LOVE this book!
The Essential Eating Well Cookbook
and yesterday I ordered for $0.66
The Ultimate Potato Book: Hundreds of Ways to Turn America's Favorite Side Dish . I cant wait to get it.

[MISSINDI]

gabbyh - I have that Lobster Roll cookbook - yummy stuff! I have been debating about the Monastary one -- how do the recipes look? Are there many pictures (I hate pictureless cookbooks!).

I just picked up two more yesterday, but will happily note, they were at the Dollar Store!

[gaja]

Originally posted by kwormann

Moosewood Daily Special LOVE this book! [/B]

I love this one too. I just made one of my staple from this book last night - Everyday Split Pea Soup... yuuummmm :)

My 3 most recent:
* Millenium Cookbook
* The New American Chef
* A Year in the Vegetarian Kitchen (on order right now... I caved from reading Bob's descriptions... bad Bob! ;) )

[Natasha]

The Essential Eating Well Cookbook (just got this in the mailbox!)
Steven Raichlen's Big Flavor (?) cookbook

and I can't remember the third last cookbook I bought. It probably would have been months - maybe almost a year - ago.

Natasha

[JanetJ]

My 3 most recent cookbook purchases:

King Arthur Cookie Companion
Allrecipes Cookbook
Best of the Pillsbury Bake-off

[pmmahan]

Originally posted by pmmahan
OK, I just went to B&N at lunch and found my latest conquest:

Everyday Dining with Wine by Andrea Immer

I am tempted to just buy it, as I cancelled my Good Cook club membership (in the hopes that they will "lure" me back with a new offer in a few months). I am checking to see if newbookscheap.com has it, but the idea of settling in to read it tonight with a glass of wine, curled up in a chair, pretty freakin' tempting.

Do any of you ever buy your books at full price? As far as cookbooks go, it is $30, which isn't too bad.

i am definitely trying to justify here.... :o

newbookscheap.com has it for $18, with shipping! yay! I looked at it again over the weekend...looks to be a good buy!

[pmmahan]

Originally posted by Canice
Originally posted by pmmahan
...Do any of you ever buy your books at full price? ....

I pay full price for about 98% of the books I buy. I feel very strongly about supporting my independent neighborhood bookstores and don't mind spending more to do so. Plus, for me a lot of the pleasure is in taking a nice walk, picking up groceries and coffee and such and going to the bookstore. I would be happy never to set foot in a mall again.

That's great...I wish we had more independent sellers in my area.

[Lrimerman]

Missindi,

Please tell what you found at the dollar store. I love finding bargins like that.

I do shop a lot (not always for cookbooks) at our local independent bookseller, and the best part is that every book in stock is always 40% off. She also will order and depending on where it comes from (her distributor or somewhere else) it will also be 40% off.

My list is growing and I am almost out of room on my shelves, DH constantly complains about how many cookbooks I have.

However, not a new acquisition, but one of my most used, favorite cookbooks is called "The Family Baker" by Susan Purdy.

Lisa

[MISSINDI]

Sure thing. I'll post the info when I get home. Bought two books at a bargain bookstore in NYC yesterday. One was Real Stew and the other was Soup Mix (each was only $5!). And just minutes ago, I bought Serena Bass' new book (see related thread). So I have a new 3 from this weekend! :) It's a sickness, I know, but one that I'll happily live with.

[CompassRose]

The last three cookbooks I've bought:
Small-Batch Baking, by Debbie Maugans Nakos, about which I have already said plenty;
one of those giant, encyclopedic British cookbooks with big glossy pictures, this one called Chocolate (or possibly "Chocolate (something)") purchased at Chapters for very cheap, and I don't know why I bought it. It depresses me faintly, because it includes a huge section on making chocolate candies, and all the pictures show smooth, glossy, perfect filled candies which, even if I could make ones as nice, would take time and effort (I just know) out of all proportion, only I can't stop thinking what nice holiday gifts they would be.
Cooking Light Annual, 2001. Purchased at the grocery store in one of those bins, for less than the magazine costs, back in, oh, September.

I've been trying to cut back. I actually pruned out a whole bunch of cookbooks, and they're buried in the three boxes of books I want to sell.

[MISSINDI]

Originally posted by MiMo


Is this book full of recipes from the places she has eaten at when she has visited the various cities she goes to? I haven't looked at the book in person yet, so I'm just wondering.

Happened to have the copy on my desk, so can give you the recipe list now. Here's the recipes she has in the book:

Trifecta
Corn Cake Breakfast Stacks w/Maple Butter
Barbecued Chicken
Corned Beef Hash
Sesame Chicken w/Spicy Dipping Sauce
Vermont Apple Pie
Ginger and Honey Chicken
Creme Caramel
Pumpkin Tortellini
Stuffed French Toast
Captain Parker's Chowder
Linguini Puttanesca
Breakfast Bruschetta
Vegetable Frankie
Corn Cakes
Chicken Sicilian
Teaism Ginger Scones
Grilled Sirloin Steak w/Summer Vegetable Ragout snd Steak Fries
Endives w/Oranges, Almonds and Goat Cheese
Fried Green Tomatoes
Sweet Potato Cheesecake
Southern Pan-Fried Chicken
Sweet Potato Pancakes
Sesame Crusted Catfish with Geechee Peanut Sauce and Sauteed Okra
Collard Greens
Brown Rice
Ashley's Scottish Shortbread
Blinchiki
Hummus
Cuba Libre Jamon
Mocha White Chocolate Fondue with Chocolate Toffee Candy
West Indian Curried Crab and Lobster Cakes
Ortanique Mojito
Ice Box Cafe Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cake
Hristi's Key Lime Pie
Tortilla with Jerk Chicken
Honky Tonk Lemonade
San Diegan Omelet
Blueberry Hill
Sonny's Onion Rings
Mexican Lasagna
Migas Taco
Artichoke Bisque
Seafood Pasta Jambalaya
Green Eggs and Ham
Macadamia Butter Crunch Popcorn
Three Cheese Omelet
Bratwurst & Knockwurst with Rye Toast Points
Pain Perdu
Venison Enchiladas
Italian Stuffed Meatloaf
Chocolatini
R/R Crossing
Berry Patch Pie
Sauteed Mussels
Trail Mix
Southwestern Corn Chowder
Macaroni & Cheese
Rocky Mountain Benedict
Fowl Burger
Hot Buttered Rum
Momos
Southwest Benedict
Lamb Stew
Arugula Pesto
Pork Loin with Mushroom Fricassee
Artichoke Toasts
Gazpacho
Tofu Ranchero
Enchiladas and Eggs
Eggplant Sandwich
Chicken Piccata
Silver Salmon Martini
Tartar Sauce
Chocolate Fudge Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting and Chocolate Ganache Glaze
Crab Louie Salad
Calamari Salad
Coquilles St. Jacques
First Awakenings Crepes
Pasta Fina
Gnocchi Pomodora
Huckleberry Pancakes
California Rolls
Horseradish Crusted Chinook Salmon with Braised Greens and Roasted New Potatoes
Espresso Chip Pound Cake
Halibut Tacos
Sauteed Salmon with Sweet Potato, Papaya Rougaille and Israeli Couscous
Haupia Macadamia Nut Bread Pudding
Lava Flow
Poi Pancakes
Teriyaki Beef
Mud Pie
Chicken Pot Stickers
Semolina Pudding with Red Currant Sauce
Grilled Eggplant and Tomato Tartine
Chicken Waterzooi
Charbonne
Boeuf Bourguignon
Bistecca Fiorentina
Tomato Bread Soup
Bean Soup with Rice
Ribollita
Tiramisu
Pappardelle al Cinghiale
Lasagnettes au Gratin with Artichokes & Marjoram
Spaghetti alla Carbonara
Gaia Mazia's Pork

That's actually quite a lot of recipes for something that's not really a cookbook. Pictures on every page, both of her, the scenery and the food. Stories about all the places she went to, the areas, etc. Neat book.

[MISSINDI]

While I'm here, might as well list the 4 cookbooks I bought this afternoon from Overstock (I gotta stay away from that site!):

The Everything Slow Cooker Cookbook
Flavors (Donna Hay)
The Marshmallow Fluff Cookbook
Betty Crocker's Bisquick Impossibly Easy Pies

[MISSINDI]

Here's a picture of the Grilled Cheese - 50 Recipes to Make You Melt cookbook:

https://www.overstock.com/images/products/muze/books/0811841294.jpg

[kwormann]

Originally posted by MISSINDI
Here's a picture of the Grilled Cheese - 50 Recipes to Make You Melt cookbook:

https://www.overstock.com/images/products/muze/books/0811841294.jpg

I WISH you would stop that!!! I have eyed this book several times, as sandwiches are my favorite food....and I keep telling myself no....now the big gooey-cheese pic is looking at me....

Ok, here is a question....do they include nutritional info??? It will be easier to pass by right now since I am trying to lose, if no info is iucluded....

[MISSINDI]

LOL - nope, not gonna stop. I'll check when I get home. I would have thought that you might be better off not knowing the nutritional stats, but I'll check what they have. :) The picture is pretty hard to resist, isn't it? I had never seen the book before but stumbled on it online somewhere. I bought it purely because of the cover picture -- great choice on their part.

[kwormann]

I know...it looks YUM!!!! :)

[bobmark226]

Originally posted by MISSINDI
I bought it purely because of the cover picture -- great choice on their part.

Based on this and several other posts, I think it's time for an intervention here.

Bob

[MISSINDI]

Originally posted by bobmark226


Based on this and several other posts, I think it's time for an intervention here.

Bob

Why? Too much cookbook buying? ;)

[cherylopal]

Originally posted by MISSINDI
Here's a picture of the Grilled Cheese - 50 Recipes to Make You Melt cookbook:


that cover is why i bought this cookbook! :D :D:cool:

i mean, i know it was a fundraiser for my school so that was my justification but come on bob, i think you would have problems if you didn't just die over that cover! :p

[MISSINDI]

Originally posted by cherylopal


that cover is why i bought this cookbook! :D :D:cool:

i mean, i know it was a fundraiser for my school so that was my justification but come on bob, i think you would have problems if you didn't just die over that cover! :p

Thanks for the support, Cheryl ... I guess we both need the intervention now. ;)

[Middydd]

I splurged last night, Williams-Sonoma Muffins and Apple Pie Perfect.

Who can resist a whole book of apple pie recipes?

[kwormann]

Ok, I have to add to this...I have ordered CL Superfast Suppers after all of the good reviews it got on BB! :)

[gabbyh]

BUY the Grilled Cheese Cookbook...you won't be sorry:D

~Gail

[kwormann]

What is this...peer pressure??? :)

BTW, DH just informed me you dont need a cookbook for grilled cheese...this from a guy who is the most content with american singles and wheat bread. *sigh*

[Aubergine]

i'm justifiably mad at SO and am thinking seriously about some passive-aggressive cookbook shopping online tonight, especially with all these great ideas. in fact, see ya...:D

[MISSINDI]

Originally posted by kwormann
What is this...peer pressure??? :)

BTW, DH just informed me you dont need a cookbook for grilled cheese...this from a guy who is the most content with american singles and wheat bread. *sigh*

Maybe, but only the good kind. ;) The same author has a bunch of cookbooks on Jewish food, and also Everything Tastes Better with Bacon (sounds like another cookbook I need!).

For the one who asked (too lazy to scroll through :)), no, there's no nutritional stats. But look at the list below -- heck, some of them are even healthy.

Here's some of the recipes:
Taleggio and Fontina with the Scent of White Truffle
Grilled Jack on Rye with Green Olive Mustard
Radicchio, Roquefort, and Toasted Pecans on Pain au Levain
Garlic Grilled Cheese on Rye
Comfy British Toasted Cheese: Melted Cheese and Pickle
Three Panini de Chevre
Fresh Mozzarella, Prosciutto and Fig Jam
Rare Roast Beef with Blue Cheese and Watercress
Red Leicester with Onion
Spinach and Dill Havarti on Multigrain Bread
Crostini alla Carnevale
Bruschetta from an Olive Grove in Puglia
Casse Croute of Blue Cheese and Gruyere from the South of France
Crisp Truffled Comte with Black Chanterelles
Goat Cheese Toasts with Desert Spices
Crisp Little Roquefort Sandwiches with Gingered Beet Marmalade
Tuna Melt with Spanish Flavors
Welsh Rarebit with Poached Egg
Grilled Pumpernickel and Gouda
Melted Appenzell, Emmentaler, Pear and Cumin
Ripe Tomato, Mahon Cheese and Fresh Thyme on Black Olive Bread

[msbillie]

Small Batch Baking
The Ultimate Weight Solution Cookbook (have yet to look at it!)
Michael Chiarello's Casual Cooking (love it!)

[bobmark226]

Originally posted by kwormann
BTW, DH just informed me you dont need a cookbook for grilled cheese...

Kim, did you tell him that if you charged it on your Visa that maybe you'd win that contest that would pay for your full year of Visa shopping? ;)

Bob

[annagins]

Well, you could just buy a panini maker at Williams Sonoma ($60) and get the grilled cheese cookbook for free.

[kwormann]

Originally posted by annagins
Well, you could just buy a panini maker at Williams Sonoma ($60) and get the grilled cheese cookbook for free.

Well THAT makes sense ;)

Bob, since DH is the spender in our house, I dont WANT him to know that!!!!

[bobmark226]

Originally posted by annagins
Well, you could just buy a panini maker at Williams Sonoma ($60) and get the grilled cheese cookbook for free.

LOL.

Anna, what's with the new moniker?

I guess you liked BobMark so much....... ;)

Bob

[MISSINDI]

Originally posted by Lrimerman
Missindi,

Please tell what you found at the dollar store. I love finding bargins like that.


OK, finally found the bag they were stashed in. TV Guide apparently put out a series of slim cookbooks, featuring recipes from popular celebrities. I got the Pasta one and Treats and Sweets. The Treats and Sweets one has a Strawberry and Cream Tart on the cover that looked especially yummy. Other recipes in this one include: Cappuccino Flan, Apple Roll-Ups, Baked Passionfruit Custards, Banana Pancakes, Snowball Dessert, Brazil Nut Shortbreads with Strawberries
Caramelized Rice Pudding with Apricot, Champagnee Sorbet, Key Lime Pie, Cranachan with Raspberries, Date and Walnut Baklava, Dessert with Red Currant Sauce, Hazelnut Pancakes with Strawberries, Hedgegrow Pie, Thick and Creamy Rice Pudding, Lemon and Ginger Syllabus, Little Pots of Chocolate, Luxury Tiramisu, Mango Oatmeal Crunch, Peach and Hazelnut Crumble, Pear and Almond Tart, Pear Tyrolhof with Apricot Sauce, Salami Stacks, Sticky Chocolate and Raspberry Slice, Strawberry Trifle Brulee, Sweet Sherry Trifle.

[kimmer99]

The last 3 I got were:

CL 2004
The Flavors of Southern Italy
Barefoot Contessa Family Style

The next 3 I'd like are:
Barefoot Contessa Parties
CL 2005
Nick Stellino's Family Kitchen

[dneilson]

Resurrecting this 3 year old thread because it was entertaining!! (To my anyway)

In addition - since we're all cookbook addicts in need of starting CAA (Cookbook Addicts Anonymous), our new set of 3 latest purchases sadly reflects our "growth". Hah!!

My last three:
bought today -- Carole Walters "Great Cakes"
Moosewood Cookbook (used - bought day before yesterday)
Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World

One lady I met last month at Borders said she had 1400 cookbooks - and built an addition to house them!! Her husband was present and seemed genuinely supportive.

My husband has never complained - but 1400?? I think he would!

Dolores

[chipotle]

Like Dolores, my last new cookbook purchase was Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. I also bought Vegan Italiano by Donna Klein which I like a lot.

My last two used cookbook purchases were Voluptuous Vegan and Lorna Sass' Complete Vegetarian Kitchen.

And currently I'm considering ordering another one called the Nut Gourmet because I'm an addict! LOL

[KAnn]

Martha Stewart Baking (brand new copy at a fundraising garage sale!)

The New Vegetarian Epicure, Anna Thomas

Vegetarian Classics, Jeanne Lemlin

[MissFood]

The Romagnoli's Table (used, because I read good things on chowhound)
Small-Batch Preserving (because I really want to make my own preserves)
How to Pick a Peach (not really a cookbook, but a wonderful book that has something like 100 recipes in it)

[dneilson]

The Romagnoli's Table (used, because I read good things on chowhound)

I'm kicking myself for selling that one on Ebay. In fact, I am sorry for every cookbook I have Ebayed...especially Cocolat and all of my Maida Heatter cookbooks. Nope, not ever again to make room. I will do like that woman I met at Borders (1400 ckbk collection)...I will build an addition if I must!

Dolores

[MissFood]

I'm kicking myself for selling that one on Ebay. In fact, I am sorry for every cookbook I have Ebayed...especially Cocolat and all of my Maida Heatter cookbooks. Nope, not ever again to make room. I will do like that woman I met at Borders (1400 ckbk collection)...I will build an addition if I must!

:eek: You sold your Maida Heatter books?!?! :p :) Those are on my growing-by-the-day list of books to buy.

I have some that I've never even cooked from (gifts, mostly, or even all), but I just can't bring myself to part with them. Unfortunately I'm running out of room in my teensy kitchen and our regular bookshelves are full to overflowing with non-cooking books. As my earlier post makes clear, though, that hasn't stopped me from buying more. :D

[Connor's mom]

My last three are:


For the Pot, Recipes from Brandywine River Museum Art (garage sale)
Barefoot Contessa Family Style (can't believe I'd never bought it before)
Rachael Ray Express Lane Meals (didn't really purchase it, but got it thru a Kraft foods promotion)


I am *trying* to employ a new strategy before actually buying a new cookbook by checking it out of the library to see if I really like and if it has enough recipes of interest. Based on that, the next ones on my list are:


Jack Bishop's A Year in the Vegetarian Kitchen - with so many raves on this site about it, I had to check it out and love it!
Patricia Well's Vegetable Harvest: Vegetables at the Center of the Plate - besides interesting ways to feature veggies, enjoyed the suggested wine pairings, too

[ljt2r]

Last 3:

Authentic Mexican, Rick Bayless
The Essential Cuisines of Mexico, Diana Kennedy
A Baker's Tour, Nick Malgieri

Next on the list? Too many to list! :o :p

Laura

[Kristal]

I've been very good lately. My latest three cookbooks all came from paperbackswap, which is practically free:

Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special
Pizza: Any Way You Slice It!
Best of the Best : The Best Recipes From the 25 Best Cookbooks of the Year (2004)

The last three cookbooks I purchased all came from my monthly Zooba membership ($9.95 including shipping):

Everyday Pasta
Bite Size
Turn up the Heat with G Garvin

[charley]

Small-Batch Preserving (because I really want to make my own preserves)


Someone on another cooking forum mentioned that one recently. Said it was great for just making a few jars of something.

__________________________________________________ _________

I'm not a cookbook junkie, only have a handful, but in the past month I've bought 5. Three were part of a wedding gift package and the other two were for me.

Gifted:
Julia Child's The Way to Cook
Barefoot Contessa Family Style
and a really neat barbecue book that I'm thinking about getting for myself...
The Ultimate Barbecue (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780760792025&itm=2)

For me (both bought on ebay):
Barefoot Contessa Family Style
Silver Palate 25th Anniversary Edition

[oceanjasper]

My three newest additions are:

Vår Kok Bok - Birgitta Andrews and Barbro Lindgren (Swedish)
Everyday Pasta - Giada de Laurentis
Fine Cooking Annual

[gabbyh]

...For the Pot, Recipes from Brandywine River Museum Art (garage sale)...


Lucky you! When we lived in PA, I visited the Brandywine Museum many times in Chadds Ford to view paintings by my favorite artist...Andrew Wyeth...it's a beautiful place...hope this book is good also!

~Gail

[DmOrtega]

Great Food Fast; 250 recipes for easy, delicious meals all year long by Martha Stewart (http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Food-Great-Fast/dp/0307354164/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1324657-4994054?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185029293&sr=1-1)
The Mediterrasian Way by Ric Watson and Trudy Thelander (http://www.amazon.com/MediterrAsian-Way-Longevity-Mediterranean-Lifestyles/dp/0470045582/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1324657-4994054?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185029369&sr=1-1)

Salads; appetizers, entrees, and sides by Elsa Petersen-Schepelern (http://www.amazon.com/Salads-Appetizers-Entrees-Elsa-Petersen-Schepelern/dp/1841724246/ref=sr_1_1/105-1324657-4994054?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185029436&sr=1-1)

[Sugarbetty]

I just bought The Best Light Recipe from the editors of Cook's Illustrated. I haven't made anything yet, but I can hardly wait. Everything looks so good.

[heavy hedonist]

Moosewood Cookbook --Mollie Katzen, 15th anniversary revised edition

Garden Feasts-- Sarah Seiter-- this is a weird little gem, turned out to be a vegan cookbook of gourmet magnitude, great artwork

The Baker's Dozen Cookbook-- had for a while, eyed it for years before the price came down at half-price. Love it to death.

[MissFood]

Quote:
Originally Posted by MissFood

Small-Batch Preserving (because I really want to make my own preserves)

Someone on another cooking forum mentioned that one recently. Said it was great for just making a few jars of something.

That's why I got it. DH and I love jam and preserves, but some of the more traditional recipes make way more than we could eat. All the recipes make around 3-5 jars (pints usually, when talking about jams and preserves), and seem interesting enough.

[Linda in MO]

The Baker's Dozen Cookbook-- had for a while, eyed it for years before the price came down at half-price. Love it to death.

Interesting...I've never really warmed up to this cookbook. I almost got rid of it but decided to keep it. I'm curious to know why you love it so much? Maybe I need to get it out and browse through it again.

My latest cookbook purchases:

The Big Book of Backyard Cooking
The Taste of Home Cookbook
Chef Bobo's Good Food Cookbook
Everyday Food: Great Food Fast

Oops, that's 4. ;)

[SDMomChef]

I am developing quite the cookbook fettish - love to read cookbooks and look at the pictures....my latest:

Stop and Smell the Rosemary
KA Whole Grain Baking
The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook

Now...if I could only remember all the wonderful recipes that I want to try from the cookbooks! :)

[ljt2r]

Scratch my previous reply, now the last three books I have purchased are:

INTO THE VIETNAMESE KITCHEN
by Andrea Nguyen

MEMORIES OF PHILIPPINE KITCHENS
by Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan

THE ESSENCE OF CHOCOLATE
by John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg

Wihoo!

Laura :D

[Gulfstreamer]

My three are:

Recipes From the Road by Jamie & Bobby Deen

The Essence of Chocolate by John Scharffenberger & Robert Steinbery

Christmas With Southern Living 2007

On my wish list is a holiday baking cookbook that is soon to be released that is written by Rebecca Rather. I have The Pastry Queen and love it. I am looking forward to her new book.

[sdcook]

My last three are:

The Silver Palate Cookbook (25th Anniversary edition)
The Big Book of Casseroles by Maryanna Vollstedt (paperbackswap.com)
Stop and Smell The Rosemary (paperbackswap.com)

[granolagirl]

Mexico One Plate at a Time, Rick Bayless
Tyler's Ultimate, Tyler Florence
Barefoot Contessa at Home, Ina Garten