NPR's Best Cookbook of 2011

[Alleycat]

I'm sad to say, I own NONE of these!

http://www.npr.org/2011/11/21/142598...-kitchen-nerds

[ljt2r]

I have 2: The Food of Spain and Twenty. I have 2 back-ordered: 52 and The Food of Morroco. Usually I dread/relish these lists because I end up craving every book on them, but actually I think only Cook This Now is going on my wish list from this particular list.

Does anyone have an opinion on the baking book?

[Alleycat]

I think Rosie's, 52 and Cook This Now sound interesting. Plan to check them out at B&N. Amazon also lets you "look inside" Rosie's.

http://www.amazon.com/Rosies-Bakery-...2022970&sr=8-1

I looked through Lidia's Italy in America at Costco; it looked good, but I didn't know how much I'd make.

[ljt2r]

Yeah I'm not a huge Italian fan, so none of the Italian ones really appealed to me.

[veschke]

Is that a new edition of Rosie's book? Because I'm sure I have a very battered copy of that at home.

I think I'm finally cookbooked-out. I have tons that hardly ever get used, and new ones tend to appeal to me less than they used to. None of those titles says "buy me now" to me. Maybe I am just in a new phase of life that way.

[SallyT]

Is that a new edition of Rosie's book? Because I'm sure I have a very battered copy of that at home.

I looked on amazon, and the "new" book combines her two cookbooks into a revised edition. I LOVE the original one, but see no need to buy a new one. I'm actually making her apple pie for Thanksgiving.

Incidentally, I make her noodle kugel each year for Yom Kippur break fast - this year, right after I made the kugel, I was leaving my local Verizon store, which is next door to one of her bakeries, and ran smack into ROSIE (Judy Rosenberg) herself! I was so excited, and told her that I'd just made her noodle kugel (which is amazing, by the way...). She was really nice

[Alleycat]

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I think I'm finally cookbooked-out. I have tons that hardly ever get used, and new ones tend to appeal to me less than they used to. None of those titles says "buy me now" to me. Maybe I am just in a new phase of life that way.

Veschke, this is how I have been feeling too. I peruse new books, but rarely buy anymore. When we redid our kitchen, I lost 2 bookcases, so had to seriously cull the herd. I don't buy many special edition cooking magazines anymore either -- no place to put them, and most I never reach for when I'm cooking anyway!