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Post by angelashly on Dec 28, 2023 9:20:56 GMT -6
I got the Skinnytaste simple one for Christmas and it made me realize that while I am always searching Pinterest I miss the good old fashion book.
What are your favorites?
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Post by fancynewbeesly on Dec 28, 2023 9:23:30 GMT -6
How is that one? It has been in my amazon cart forever. 🤣🤣🤣
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Post by beersandweirs on Dec 28, 2023 9:47:49 GMT -6
Food Lab is always a go to in our house, very detailed and sciencey.
Bravetart is my go to for baking.
How to Cook Everything is a really good one for basics. I use it mostly as a jumping off point for recipes.
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Post by thatgolfb on Dec 28, 2023 9:53:36 GMT -6
I religiously use all of Lillie Eats and Tells books. I am making my way through her newest. They are a little pricey, but she often has sales, and I Iike that you can get book + digital download.
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Post by angelashly on Dec 28, 2023 9:54:07 GMT -6
How is that one? It has been in my amazon cart forever. 🤣🤣🤣 I’m looking through it now and I like it so far |
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Post by sweptaway on Dec 28, 2023 10:20:23 GMT -6
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Post by sweptaway on Dec 28, 2023 10:21:12 GMT -6
I love to take cookbooks home from the library and read through them. I actually started photocopying recipes and keeping a binder because I rarely make everything from one book. I love sitting down with them and paging through though.
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Post by shamycooler on Dec 28, 2023 10:32:53 GMT -6
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Post by Wtfshouldmynamebe on Dec 28, 2023 10:38:24 GMT -6
How is that one? It has been in my amazon cart forever. 🤣🤣🤣 I’m looking through it now and I like it so far This is good to know. And also the one I wanted to ask about because it’s in my cart |
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Post by STP on Dec 28, 2023 10:38:53 GMT -6
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Post by STP on Dec 28, 2023 10:40:18 GMT -6
Also, while I really appreciate big tomes like the American Test Kitchen ones, I find that I don't reach for them bc they're heavy and dense. I like smaller volumes during the week, bc it's easier to have a few in front of me and meal plan from them.
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Post by leatherpants on Dec 28, 2023 10:49:08 GMT -6
I started collecting cookbooks this summer and it’s bringing me so much joy. I usually pick one for the week and meal plan out of just that one. I’ve been getting them from the library first though.
My favourite so far has been Recipe Tin Eats. I made her Swedish meatballs last night and they are so good. Her tips are really good too in the book and I’m simple, I like the pretty pictures.
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Post by angelashly on Dec 28, 2023 10:52:36 GMT -6
I love to take cookbooks home from the library and read through them. I actually started photocopying recipes and keeping a binder because I rarely make everything from one book. I love sitting down with them and paging through though. This is my plan |
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Post by angelashly on Dec 28, 2023 10:53:01 GMT -6
Santa brought dd his other cookbook! |
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Post by adelbert on Dec 28, 2023 11:52:49 GMT -6
I love cookbooks but just last year I got rid of so many that I just really never used. Some of my favs that I kept were,
Getaway by Renee Erickson
Ottolenghi Simple by Yotam Ottolenghi
The Family Meal, Home Cooking with Ferran AdriÃ
Drink What You Want by John deBary
And I just recently got Sundays a cookbook by Sophie Godwin and I've been enjoying that quite a bit.
I prefer to get cookbooks that feature meals and foods that I might not normally cook or that are just pretty and fun.
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Post by peachesncream on Dec 28, 2023 12:01:50 GMT -6
I think Meal Prep and Fast and Slow are my favorite Skinnytaste cookbooks. I love The Pepper Thai cookbook, I struggled for a long time to find recipes for tasty and authentic Thai food. My 9 year old decided a little over a month ago to become a vegetarian so I am always looking for vegetarian cookbooks if anyone has one they love! sweptaway I added the one you linked to my Amazon cart already, thanks for the recommendation. |
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Post by STP on Dec 28, 2023 12:07:41 GMT -6
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Post by overboard on Dec 28, 2023 12:15:10 GMT -6
I have quite a few, but these are the most used.
The perfect recipe for losing weight and eating great. I love the simple sauces in this book, and I make the muffins weekly.
The food you crave by Ellie Krieger. Thai beef salad and teriyaki chicken are two that get requested frequently.
Weber’s real grilling. Lots of rubs and marinade recipes and recipes sorted by protein.
Salt fat acid heat. I love this book. Everything I’ve made has turned out great.
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Post by jaygee on Dec 28, 2023 12:16:37 GMT -6
I also have a binder of printed recipes. I just organized it the other day because it had become a folder of loose papers. I reach for my skinny taste cookbooks the most and use her meal plans for inspirations (on the website) I like the suggestion of looking for them at the thrift store STP. |
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Post by STP on Dec 28, 2023 12:16:44 GMT -6
overboard, I love the food you crave, I make the chili and the mac/cheese often.
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Dec 28, 2023 12:23:27 GMT -6
America’s Test Kitchen is our favorite. The show was great too before Christopher Kimball left. I bet the Milk Street ones are good too.
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Post by kittyriot on Dec 28, 2023 12:51:20 GMT -6
America’s Test Kitchen is our favorite. The show was great too before Christopher Kimball left. I bet the Milk Street ones are good too. We have several of the Milk Street Cookbooks and they are insanely good. My husband loves the science behind their recipes and the work that’s gone into refining them. Everything we’ve made from them has been spectacular. |
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Post by beersandweirs on Dec 28, 2023 12:52:16 GMT -6
If you're a fan of American test kitchen, I recommend A Very Chinese Cookbook (and not just because I know them 😉)
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Post by AmyG on Dec 28, 2023 12:54:25 GMT -6
I rarely use my cookbooks so I've been rehoming them. Like a whole cookbook for a couple of recipes Is a waste of shelf space.
A few I won't part with and use
I reach for the old as dirt Betty crocker cookbook. Pages falling out. Mostly for a few cakes, side dishes, banana bread and meatloaf.
I also reach for very old Joy of cooking for all sorts of things. And I have an old sunset Mexican food which I reach for to do Chile rellenos and rice. An old magazine from an extinct grocery store with Mexican recipes and I do the tamale meat prep from there.
Most other things I get from pinterest. Or links from here.
I also have tons of well worn 3x5 recipe cards. So I wrote out a lot of those plus pinterest snd random print page recipes on a spiral notebook of 3x5 cards for youngest son when he moved to Washington for grad school.
My goal is to write out the same for oldest son.
And do it for myself too and get a handle in the drawer full if random recipe prints dh does all the time. I won't toss ex5 card recipes written by my mom and grabdmothers but the rest of the family can't read their script.
/Amy ramble 🤪
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Post by dc2london on Dec 28, 2023 16:00:11 GMT -6
I rarely use my cookbooks so I've been rehoming them. Like a whole cookbook for a couple of recipes Is a waste of shelf space. A few I won't part with and use I reach for the old as dirt Betty crocker cookbook. Pages falling out. Mostly for a few cakes, side dishes, banana bread and meatloaf. I also reach for very old Joy of cooking for all sorts of things. And I have an old sunset Mexican food which I reach for to do Chile rellenos and rice. An old magazine from an extinct grocery store with Mexican recipes and I do the tamale meat prep from there. Most other things I get from pinterest. Or links from here. I also have tons of well worn 3x5 recipe cards. So I wrote out a lot of those plus pinterest snd random print page recipes on a spiral notebook of 3x5 cards for youngest son when he moved to Washington for grad school. My goal is to write out the same for oldest son. And do it for myself too and get a handle in the drawer full if random recipe prints dh does all the time. I won't toss ex5 card recipes written by my mom and grabdmothers but the rest of the family can't read their script. /Amy ramble 🤪 When my kids move out I plan to use Google photo books to make them each custom cookbooks with their favoritwle recipes and family photos |
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Post by dc2london on Dec 28, 2023 16:00:57 GMT -6
I also have a binder of printed recipes. I just organized it the other day because it had become a folder of loose papers. I reach for my skinny taste cookbooks the most and use her meal plans for inspirations (on the website) I like the suggestion of looking for them at the thrift store STP. I am in the process of goimg through my binder of recipes and chucking any that are from FN/NYT or that I now have on Pinterest |
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Post by AmyG on Dec 28, 2023 16:12:43 GMT -6
I rarely use my cookbooks so I've been rehoming them. Like a whole cookbook for a couple of recipes Is a waste of shelf space. A few I won't part with and use I reach for the old as dirt Betty crocker cookbook. Pages falling out. Mostly for a few cakes, side dishes, banana bread and meatloaf. I also reach for very old Joy of cooking for all sorts of things. And I have an old sunset Mexican food which I reach for to do Chile rellenos and rice. An old magazine from an extinct grocery store with Mexican recipes and I do the tamale meat prep from there. Most other things I get from pinterest. Or links from here. I also have tons of well worn 3x5 recipe cards. So I wrote out a lot of those plus pinterest snd random print page recipes on a spiral notebook of 3x5 cards for youngest son when he moved to Washington for grad school. My goal is to write out the same for oldest son. And do it for myself too and get a handle in the drawer full if random recipe prints dh does all the time. I won't toss ex5 card recipes written by my mom and grabdmothers but the rest of the family can't read their script. /Amy ramble 🤪 When my kids move out I plan to use Google photo books to make them each custom cookbooks with their favoritwle recipes and family photos Sounds like a great idea! Maybe should do that with my grandmas old recipe cards too. Adds to list of projects I'll never get around to. Lol |
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Post by skategirl128 on Dec 28, 2023 21:52:39 GMT -6
I rarely use my cookbooks so I've been rehoming them. Like a whole cookbook for a couple of recipes Is a waste of shelf space. A few I won't part with and use I reach for the old as dirt Betty crocker cookbook. Pages falling out. Mostly for a few cakes, side dishes, banana bread and meatloaf. I also reach for very old Joy of cooking for all sorts of things. And I have an old sunset Mexican food which I reach for to do Chile rellenos and rice. An old magazine from an extinct grocery store with Mexican recipes and I do the tamale meat prep from there. Most other things I get from pinterest. Or links from here. I also have tons of well worn 3x5 recipe cards. So I wrote out a lot of those plus pinterest snd random print page recipes on a spiral notebook of 3x5 cards for youngest son when he moved to Washington for grad school. My goal is to write out the same for oldest son. And do it for myself too and get a handle in the drawer full if random recipe prints dh does all the time. I won't toss ex5 card recipes written by my mom and grabdmothers but the rest of the family can't read their script. /Amy ramble 🤪 When my kids move out I plan to use Google photo books to make them each custom cookbooks with their favoritwle recipes and family photos I’ve done something similar but it’s been a work in progress since DS1 started really cooking with me (about 2 years now). I put the recipe and pics of him making it in a photo book and I keep adding to it as we go. It’s gonna be long once it’s done but it’s been a fun process. I made one with my grandmas recipes and it’s been one of my favorite go tos. |
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Post by dc2london on Dec 28, 2023 22:16:11 GMT -6
When my kids move out I plan to use Google photo books to make them each custom cookbooks with their favoritwle recipes and family photos I’ve done something similar but it’s been a work in progress since DS1 started really cooking with me (about 2 years now). I put the recipe and pics of him making it in a photo book and I keep adding to it as we go. It’s gonna be long once it’s done but it’s been a fun process. I made one with my grandmas recipes and it’s been one of my favorite go tos. I love that so much, thank you for sharing! |
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Post by cdnfroggy on Jan 2, 2024 14:56:08 GMT -6
I love:
- All three of Chrissy Teigen's cookbooks, everything I've made is delicious.
- The Magnolia Table cookbooks for the blend of easy/comfort recipes
- Salt, Fat Acid, Heat
Cookbooks I love because of how gorgeous/engaging/transporting they are, even if I probably won't cook much from them:
- Getaway Renee Ericson
- Mi Cocina by Rick Martinez
-Turkey & The Wolf: Flavor Trippin' through New Orleans by Mason Hereford
-Any of Ottolenghi cookbooks
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