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12:48 pm
May 12, 2009
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Gori Girl
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To complement D's Indian cookbook thread, of course!
I have two cookbooks that I constantly refer to when making dishes – or just when I feel like browsing a bit.
The Tao of Food – it's a slim volume, with only a 100 & some pages, and maybe 50 recipes all told. However, all the recipes are great – I've learned a lot about preparing simple, light dishes with a focus on food appropriate for the season. There's a fair number of vegan and vegetarian recipes here, but there are plenty of meat & fish recipes as well. The book also covers some key basic cooking techniques. Overall, I'd just say it's a cookbook that has made me more mindful of the process of cooking, and it inspires me to pare down my tendency to throw everything into the pot.
Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone – this is pretty much my kitchen Bible. It's a massive book, chock full of recipes – but it's also great for learning more about cooking than just recipes. Every page has tips & tricks, and the author has a lot of building-block dishes – simple things that introduce you to a new vegetable or type of dish, which you can then expand on. I also really appreciate how each type of food or vegetable has it's own section, with information on what to look for to get the best produce, or different ways of preparing an item. While it's all vegetarian, it's not difficult to adjust most recipes to include some meat.
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2:16 pm
May 12, 2009
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DJain
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My cooking bible is "How to Cook Everything" by Mark Bittman. I also love Rick Bayless' "Mexico One Plate at a Time" and Lynn Rosetto Kasper's "The Italian Country Table" and the wonderful new "How to Eat Supper." I also just got Alice Waters' "Art of Simple Food" and am really enjoying that, and I love Jamie Oliver's cookbooks and the Barefoot Contessa cookbooks.
Can you tell I love to cook? It's one of our hobbies together. We don't use Indian cookbooks, but instead recipes we learned from V's mom, sisters, or that we find online.
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8:58 am
May 13, 2009
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D
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I really like the Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook. We try to eat fairly healthy, which is why I got it (we're not actually on WW). Every recipe I've tried from there is really good, including the baked goods. I made their quiche, including the crust, last night and it was delicious.
My go-to for classic American recipes is the Better Homes & Gardens red-and-white checkered cookbook. I'd like to get How to Cook Everything eventually, too, since I've heard good things about it.
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11:11 pm
May 21, 2009
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TheGoriWife
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I love my Baking Illustrated book, and anything in the Cook's Illustrated line, really, because they teach you the science hows & whys behind the recipes, so you can really be like "I think I'd like this bread a little more fluffy – next time I'll cream the butter and add a pinch more baking powder (or whatever…) in that same respect I love the King Arther Baker's Banter blog, and The Pioneer Woman Cooks. In fact, these days, I think most of my recipes are found online…
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4:09 pm
June 22, 2009
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fightingback
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My go to book is the Classic Fannie Farmer Cookbook. No pictures but it has every basic recipe you would ever need. The best part is that it has many advanced recipes as well. I used it most in high school and my dad called it an expensive hobby but he didn't complain when I made him his pecan pie or chocolate bread pudding. 
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11:35 am
December 28, 2009
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emm_and_emm
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Post edited 11:37 am – December 28, 2009 by emm_and_emm
  The World of Street Food- Easy Quick Meals to Cook at Home
My wife knows all about my love for street food (and the pani puri at the street corner every time we're in India) so she gifted me this book from our local fair trade store a few weeks ago.
It has some pretty interesting recipes from around the world – mostly Asia and Africa. My first attempt at making pav bhaji and pad thai were through recipes from this book and turned out pretty good if I may say so myself 
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