| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/7/2008 5:04:16 PM | If I could cook all of the recipes in my collection I'd be on TV
but I'm curious about other POF members and their favourites
Come on.....I'm a Canadian...are any of you any different in your tastes?
Julia, Bonnie, Madeline, Madhur, Jacques, Jaimie, Marcella , Molly, David,????
I go back to VEg. Epicure...well its not that long ago but....
Or what about the obscure stuff, you've found in a used book store
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/7/2008 7:43:05 PM | Well hon, dont know bout them....I've gotten recipes off cans, boxes, outa books at times...but when it comes to my favorites, they came out of the cookbooks of the following (which have been handed down for literally generations):
Great Gram Ersie
Great Gram Maggie
Great Gram Mandy
Great Gram Cannella
Grandma Mattie
Grandma Maggie
and my daughter's Great gram Lettie (her dad's grandma)
Yeah, I know that's more than five, but that's where my most treasured recipes come from. | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/7/2008 7:58:44 PM | Justin Wilson and Betty Crocker lol
I also have some cook books from South Carolina compiled by church ladies from several church's
Some of the best food I've ever cooked came from non famous southern ladies | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/7/2008 8:29:31 PM | Better Homes & Gardens (basic "encyclopedia" )
"hand-me-downs" and single dish "finds" from here & there
Alabama Heritage Cookbook (compilation)
Fireman's Firehouse Cookbook ( actual local compilation , from 15+ years back )
single authors , I'd go with Paula Deen "Lady & Sons" set - dittto Moonchild's comment : most things one has in their cupboards ..
+1 on the local compilations .....
The internet is # 1 , really .
foodnetwork.com , allrecipes , there are multitudes of em where I've found tips & easy to do goodies | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/7/2008 8:51:51 PM | There's the one I'm writing of all the family recipes with history and stories for each recipe. Then I have a few assorted church and Fire Department cookbooks, and 2 copies of "Jewish Cooking", tons of pamphlets from various places going back to the 30's, outdoor cookery, Time-Life Scottish cooking and the same series for Russian.
An assortment of bread and baking specific books, and a couple of medieval recipe books, Dom DeLouise, Alton Brown, Jeff Smith, and even an old "Joy of Cooking" see regular use.
Best finds were pristine copies of the R Crumb illustrated "Eat This" and "Food Stamp Gourmet" both filled with excellent recipes on a budget. I have about 8 to 10 linear feet of cookbooks. Which is nothing compared to the ex's mother who's got an enviable collection of over 500 of the things, and all bookmarked at least once.
I don't think I could name the top 5 cookbooks, let alone the authors. They're so varied I'd be pressed to even pick a single favorite out of the bunch. | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/8/2008 12:51:33 AM | I actually have a room that is a library of cookbooks. But if I had to just choose five? Hmmm.... Just off the top of my head.
Betty Crocker picture book. Thats the old school red and white one from the 50's. It has to be in every cooks library!
The Joy of Cooking. Hey, need I say more. Where else can you read how to bake some cheese and cook a rodent.
James Beard's American Cookery. Nothing else needs to be said about this book. This is a MUST have cookbook.
That 70's Cambells Soup Cookbook. Small but quite amazing. I found the original hardback and the Cooking with Cambells, at a yard sale a few years ago for a dollar for both. Now that was a bargin! And quite the quick kick ass meal maker. How did I miss those? I've blown away many a people off of those little books. Hehehehe....
The Generations of Philpotts Family Recipes. Yea ok, it's a cookbook with recipes from my gobs of family members, but where else can you find a good recipe for Blue Dumplings.
I love the old school 1900's grandma cooking the best. There's no need for all the wierd stuff of today when the old tried and true methods work best. | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/8/2008 5:53:47 AM | | The best recipe books are the ones published by school and church groups. These books are a collection the best dishes created by the members of the group. The recipes are tried and true. Whenever I travel I keep my eyes open for these books so I can sample dishes from other areas as well. | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/8/2008 6:38:52 AM | Hmmm, top five authors, well lemme see it's more than that,
but my fav has to be Margo Oliver.
Then there are:
- several heritage cook books
- one that was compiled when I worked at a large law firm
- one that was compiled when I curled in a large league
- several church cookbooks
- Red Rose
- Purity
- Robert Rose
- Favorite Brand Name Low-Carb
And my all time favs, those little clippings from here there and
everywhere which I have tucked away in a binder. I have an
ancient copy of a Blue Ribbon cook book that is interesting to
read but not cook from as it is extremely high in fat content. 
 Brazos, Sol | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/8/2008 6:55:00 AM | | Finally someone mentioned the old Purity and Five Rose cookbooks! These books are in hot demand - the old ones that is. Anybody have an old Purity or Five Roses cookbook they don't want, please let me know! Please! These have all of the old basic recipes to make good old cakes, cookies, pies, roasts, stews, etc. from scratch and I swear by it. Just uses plain old butter, sugar, basic ingredients, but they are the staples of all good cooking. | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/8/2008 8:11:57 AM | My mother was a fine cook, she kept her favorite recipes on index cards in little metal boxes. When she died my sisters swooped in and one took the recipes. She promised to make copies or make a cook book for all of us but has never done so.
If you get your hands on those school or church cook books you can't go wrong. The Menonite books are the best, they not only give you recipes but they give helpful hints on how to do just about everything. My favorite comes from Abbeville SC, it is full of lovely old recipes and new quick ones for the younger generation. | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/8/2008 1:29:13 PM | I was given a subscription to Simple and Delicious magazine....love trying the recipes submitted from people in these.
The same company also puts out books anually called Taste of Home Annual Recipes. I have '03, '04, '05 and have found some very good things out of these. | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/8/2008 7:52:12 PM | Looks like a number of us use the internet...but I'm really curious how you keep them
I mean there are zillions of them out there...do you print them, and catalogue, or file them ....so if you don't print them you have to have a computer in your kitchen....right? | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/8/2008 9:20:34 PM | | Okay dear, authors I am not sure of offhand but,the Joy of Cooking is the kitchen bible. I will pull out the LL Bean fish and game cookbook every once in a bit.I sometimes consult a 1980s era Betty Crocker and I have a delightful 1992 Treasury of Cooking collection.Those and about 30 other collections keep me fed.Nothing is really low-fat and my cholesterol is a bit high but it sure tastes great. | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/8/2008 10:07:20 PM | Charon...that's what I hope to do myself....combine all the family recipes and some stories and pics from all the recipes handed down, into a cookbook for my daughter. She's almost 11, so I've got SOME time to do it yet, but not alot, because that isn't the only project I have goin'.
Oh wow...a medieval cookbook? how on earth did ya come by something like that, or is yours like ours and just handed down by the generations?
I used to have one of the older Betty Crocker red / white's, but I bought it shortly before our home burned years ago, and just never bothered getting another one...I spent my time trying to gather up the old recipes before all those who had them passed on. Just kinda forgot about that one from then on.
My sister in law uses the net for any she wants floristgirl, or gets them from me or her mom. She just looks them up, copies and then prints them. Sometimes she will even save them to disk, then go back later to print them out or write them down on cards.
This Christmas, money was tight, so I helped my daughter make my ex a cookbook so she'd have something to give him. He had been wanting his fave recipes in crock pot version as much as possible, so we made the book, put the recipes in, then added extra cards for him to add his own to it later, and she decorated the cover. It turned out so nice, she said omg mom....it looks like we bought the thing! | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/8/2008 10:57:06 PM |
Charon...that's what I hope to do myself....combine all the family recipes and some stories and pics from all the recipes handed down, into a cookbook for my daughter. She's almost 11, so I've got SOME time to do it yet, but not alot, because that isn't the only project I have goin'.
Oh wow...a medieval cookbook? how on earth did ya come by something like that, or is yours like ours and just handed down by the generations?
The family cookbook is one of my secondary projects- I've got about 30 or 40 recipes so far, and working on stories and such for each. Biggest hurdle is making each and figuring out the measurements, since no one ever wrote them down in the first place. Never thought of adding photos, thank for the idea. I'm evaluating software to use as a cookbook- haven't found one that fit everything I want it to do and doesn't cost both arms and a firstborn child.
On the medieval cookbooks- they're modern books with old recipes. Found it on the shelf- called "Pleyn Delight: Medieval cookery for modern cooks" Receipt is a bookmark now- Metropolitan Museum of Art, $9.95 ISBN: 0-8020-6366-7 | |
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| Out of all your cookbooks Name the top five Authors !
Posted: 1/8/2008 11:01:47 PM |
Looks like a number of us use the internet...but I'm really curious how you keep them
I mean there are zillions of them out there...do you print them, and catalogue, or file them ....so if you don't print them you have to have a computer in your kitchen....right?
I think the same thing. I wouldn't mind a computer in the kitchen but I think that is just overkill not to mention kinda pricey for a way to read recipes. Here's what I do, if it helps.
I have a big three ring binder notebook that I keep all my favorite recipes in. I seperate sections by using those dividers (cheap at the dollar store) we used in school. Then if I find a recipe online that I actually like I will print it and use a three hole punch (yard sale item for a buck) and add them to my notebook. Most of them are just hand written notes. You can buy a big pack of paper for a dollar.
If I find a good recipe on a can/box/jar I like i just cut it out and tape or glue it to a piece of notebook paper and add it to my notebook. If I write one down from someone I do the same thing or rewrite it once I get home.
If you already have the 3X5 cards like I do, I either tape/glue some of those too. But I did get those dividers with the pockets and you can just shove them in the right section.
Side note about internet recipes - Try them before you put them in your book. The vast majority of them are just 'cut and paste' and are pawned off like they're something special. I'm not saying that you can't get a good recipe from the internet, just try them first. | |
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