Do you have a favorite cookbook? Please add to the list.

I collect cookbooks and really do try to pull them out and try something from different ones. I probably use the Jr. League ones the most. The Joy of cooking was my cooking bible growing up. It is the one Mom used the most, and the one I received as a wedding shower gift in 1973. It is really a good basic cookbook that I still love and use. I also have the red and white checkered BH&G cookbook that has seen a lot of use too. My current favorite cookbooks are the ones by Cook's Illustrated. I love the way they describe the methods they tried before coming up with the final version. They tell why certain methods/ingredients work better than others. I have learned so much from Cook's Illustrated in the last few years. I highly recommend them to anyone that likes to cook. See if your library has any of them and see for yourself. I think you will be pleased. The recipes are terrific - not a bunch of far out gourmet recipes that you never use.

This is a neat thread!

When I was growing up, my mom was really involved with the Women's group at our Catholic Church and they published a cookbook.  Mom put aside a copy for me and each of my 4 sisters for after we got married.  After I got married, I would call my mom to get her recipe for this or that and more often than not she would say "it's in the church cookbook under _______'s name" and sure enough it was there,  I soon realized that most of our family favorites were recipes that my mom tried from the cookbook and we loved.  I still make many of those recipes today.

 My mom taught me how to cook and bake, so having a great arsenal of favorite recipes has been wonderful! 

Currently I really enjoy the Gooseberry Patch cookbooks.  They have the same "community cookbook feel" that I like and also I like the artwork and all the little decororating/gift giving ideas and household tips.  Plus the fact that I am published in 4 of the cookbooks has me a bit biased!!  LOL

Kathleen

Funny you should mention this Diana, I have been longing for this book for at least 6 months now.

Chocolates and Confections: Formula, Theory, and Technique for the Artisan Confectioner
By Peter P. Greweling, The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)

I will have to get the bookstore to order it, they would never in a million years carry it.

Great question!

 THis was a gift and it is my favorite cookbook. The pictures are beautiful and give a great idea of the dish you want to make. The recipes vary from simpleto more fancy. There are various ethnic foods as well. 

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My Betty Crocker and Better Homes and Gardens are the newer versions and I know they are different than the old ones you all have. My mom has the old ones and I really like those ones but I really do not like mine. The recipes are different. My favorite cookbooks I have are from the local Catholic church, Presybeterian church and the local Women's club.