bryan Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 What say you? Great presents? GREAT COOKBOOKS 1-800-611-0759 CooksIllustrated.com AmericasTestKitchen.com The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show 2001-2015 Cookbook Cook's Country TV Show Cookbook $19.95 each, ($4.95 freight total) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 I own more cookbooks that most public libraries! Never counted them, but easily over 200. I have gotten several from Cooks Illustrated and subscribe to the mag, too. Love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjs Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 I primarily use four cook books: Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, The New Orleans Cookbook by Rima and Richard Collin, Simply Thai Cooking by Wandee Young and Byron Ayanoglu and Celebrating the Midwestern Table by Abby Mandel. These are my go to cookbooks and cover most any cooking style. My favorite is the New Orleans cookbook, I suspect only available as a paperback now (I have a hard cover edition and it is a treasure). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckreef Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) I buy one or two cook books every once in a great while. Cook just a couple of recipes from them and consider it almost a waste of money. (if I get one killer recipe per book I'm golden) I usually take my inspiration from the Internet and wing it from there. Edited September 23, 2015 by ckreef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poochie Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Amen to what ckreef said. I have too many recipe books and I never use them. I pick and choose what I like from different recipes when I've never made a certain dish before. But in general, I don't use recipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 One book alone has 14 years of Cooks Illustrated recipes for $19.95. (almost a ream of paper) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 It's like most other hobbies - collect them and gather dust. I have probably a dozen or so that I open at least once a year - most are go-to's for specific cuisines, like Thai, Italian, etc. Some, like Alton Brown's, are just a fun read. If I'm looking for a specific recipe, I'll dig through my books first, and if I don't find what I'm looking for (very rare), then I'll turn to the Internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
