Okay...looked through many of my cookbooks and came up with my favorite ones. I might have another amended list later. Some of my cookbooks are in the garage...in boxes. I have about 600, give or take 10-15. Many are old and out of print. I read them like some people read novels.
Here is my list, in no particular order:
The Neighborhood Cookbook by The Jewish Women of the Portland Section of the Settlement Center (located at 2nd and Wood..Portland, Oregon) 1914
The Joy of Cooking by Rombauer
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (1970..my very first)
Jim Fobel's Diet Feasts
James Fobel's Beautiful Food
Cooking Kosher-the Natural Way-Jane Kinderlehrer
Nose to Tail Eating by Henderson
Weber's Big Book of Grilling by Jamie Purviance & Sandra McRae
Food for Paradise..Meatless Cookbook by Russian Orthodox Church
Mrs. Rasmussen's Book of One-Arm Cookery by Mary Lasswell
Sud's in Your Eye by Mary Lasswell
Everyday Meals from a Well-Stocked Pantry by Nathalie Dupree
James Beard's Theory and Practice of Good Cooking
The Boston Cooking School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer
Angel Food - recipes and reflections from great Catholic Kitchens
Recipes of the 5 Brothers, Volume 1-Leah Rosch
Fire and Smoke by Maggie Waldron
Hands-off Cooking by Ann Martin-Rolke
Dinner at Omar Khayyam's by George Mardikian 1944
Tons of Woman's Day Encylopedia's of Cookery
The Food of Vietnam by Trieu Thi Choi and Marcel Isaak
Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin
Still Life with Menu Cookbook by Mollie Katzen
Marlena Spieler Cookbooks: (more in garage)
Jewish Heritage Cookbook..Jewish Cooking
The Vegetarian Bistro
Grilled Cheese
The Flavor of California
Yummy Potatoes
Macaroni and Cheese
LaBelle Cuisine by Patti LaBelle
Barbecue Bible by Steve Raichlen
Betty Crocker's Cookbook...old
The Art of Eating by MFK Fisher
Clay Pot Cooking by Paula Wolfert
Southern Memories by Nathalie Dupree
The Tortilla Book by Diana Kennedy
The Natural Healing Cookbook by Bricklen and Classens
Biba's Italy by Biba Caggiano
Soup Suppers by Arthur Schwartz
The General Foods Kitchen Cookbook
Les Halles Cookbook by Tony Bourdain
The French Laundry and Bouchon by Thomas Keller
Sunflower Sampler-Recipes from the Jr. League of Wichita, KS.
Cooks Country-America's Test Kitchen Recipe Books (last 4)
Larousse Gastronomique...need I say more?
Helen Corbitt's Cookbook
Stocking UP-How to preserve the food you grow naturally, organic gardening and farming (1977)
Secret Ingredients-The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink
The Silver Palate by Julie Rosso and Sheila Lukins
The Very Best Indian Cookbook Ever by Shankari Easwaran
The Complete Cookbook of Pasta and Noodles -Cooks Illustrated Book
Favorite Recipes from Our Best Cooks-Grand queen committee, Shawnee, KS. 1968
Der Rumtopf by Margrit Diethelm
Favorite Recipes of America-including wild game, seafood and poultry 1952 (great book to look at..fun)-Favorite Recipes Press Staff Economist
Mexican Cookery by Barbara Hansen
Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook..one of mom's favorites
The Food and Wine of Greece by Diane Kochilas
Jewish Cooking-traditional recipes for the contemporary cook-Crescent Books-Helen Burdett
The Enchanted Broccoli Forest and Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen
Bouchon and French Laundry by Thomas Keller..did I mention these??
Almost Vegetarian by Diana Shaw
Antoine's Restaurant Cookbook by Roy Guste, Jr. 1979 (ate there then)
Amish Cooking by Crescent Books
The Barefoot Contessa by Ina Garten
A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove-a history of American women told thru food, recipes, and rememberances by Laura Schenone
Lydia's Italy by Lydia Bastianich
Cook's Illustrated Guide to Grilling and BBQing (Dave's Favorite..and he has Many)
The Gourmet Gazelle Cookbook by Ellen Brown
North American Wild Game Cookbook by Bill and Anita Mabbatt
Babbo by Mario Batali
The Frugal Gourmet Cooks America--you know the guy
Simple French Recipes for the Home Cook by Guy Savoy
Cook Once a Week, Eat Well Every Day by Theresa Albert
Salads by Sonia Uvezian
Heirloom Beans by Steve Sando
Mexico..One Plate at a Time by Rick Bayless
The Best Pressure Cooker Cookbook Ever by Pat Dailey
The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen by Grace Young and Alan Richardson
The Breath of a Wok..same two
German Cooking Made Easy...author?
Fish Without a Doubt by Rick Moonen
The Healing Foods Cookbook by Jean Rogers
The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart
The Bread Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum
The New McDougall Cookbook by John and Mary McDougall (vegan)
You've Got it Made by Marion Burros
Tolliver/Rosenberg Family Reunion Cookbook (my family)
Okay about 10 chili cookbooks and 15 BBQ cookbooks
Intercourses-aphrodisiac cookbook by Martha Hopkins Lockridge (gave to husband for Valentine's Day one year--gorgeous photos!)
I'm Just Here for the Food by Alton Brown
The Joy of Pasta by Joe Fanularo and Louise Imperiali
Eat this and Eat thisToo! by Dom DeLuise
Ginger (East to West) by Bruce Cost
Sara's Secrets by Sara Moulton
Mexican Cooking by Diana Kennedy
The Best of Taste-Williams Sonoma
The Pleasure of Your Company by Molly O'Neill
How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
Classic Indian Cooking by Julie Sahni
Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Simone Beck, and louisette bertholle
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Whew! My newest? Heirloom Beans by Steve Sando and I absolutely love it.
16 comments:
Dear Mel,
thank you for including The Larousse Gastronomique in your impressive list!
We are posting some recipes in youtube in English at the moment - maybe this can be of interest to you?
http://youtube.com/user/laroussecuisine
You can also submit your recipes to our new french site :
http://cuisine.larousse.fr/
Thanks!
Larousse Cuisine
You have the cookbooks, right? Did you look at the cover? LIDIA Bastianich spells her name with an "i" not a "y"...
You have me beat by a couple hundred...but I do see several on your list that I have...the Better Homes & Gardens 70's version I think I got as a "bonus" for having a Tupperware party - you may have been there!!
Thanks so much for including me! I have been sorting out cookbooks and I've saved many of them but will go back now and get Fire and Smoke, which I debated about this morning. Its a well-worn book and I hated to part with it. Please do join my Facebook as I don't know how to reach you...and I'll like this so I can send to Arthur Schwartz and a few others.
Anonymous...I figured I spelled it wrong but didn't care. It's in the garage..in a box. Thanks for letting me know. My grandmother's name was Lydia and she spelled it with a Y. Are you from New York?
Larousse Cuisine..:) wow!
Nathalie..we are FB friends but how about I send my email address?
I forgot one..Peg Bracken's the "I hate to cook cookbook".
I share about fifteen of your books in common. More if you count all Miss Marlena's books! A few I didn't see that I love:
Ad Hoc by Thomas Keller
Boulevard by Nancy Oakes
The Complete Book of Pork by Bruce Aidells
All of Mollie Katzen's books
Essentials of Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan
Great post. Gets me thinking!
where DO you find the time!?!? Your list reminded me of Molly Katzen -- when I was a yougin' I cooked from Enchanted Broccoli Forrest all the time...it was my 'go to' book. Long since gone, now I am wanting it so much!
My other love is The Victory Garden by Marian Morash because she explains some exotic vegetables and how to grow and cook them into interesting, savory dishes.
Way to go, Mel!
Just viewed the Larousse Cuisine youtube on making pastry egg cream...make it look so easy! I must say I am a LC virgin, and will now explore this food with great enthusiasm. Thanks!
Marcy...I've wanted to get some of the one's you mention. I've used some of Marcel's recipes that I got online.
Tara...I have time now. Cookbooks are my passion and my therapy..as is cooking.
Would love to make a list of the ones I most enjoyed reading from cover to cover.
Marcia...if your mom was at the Tupperware party, then I was. I remember it vaguely.
BTW....the older I get, the worser my spelling gets. :) It used to cause me great distress..as I am a recovering perfectionist. Happy to say, it really doesn't bother me any longer.
Wow, Mel. Thanks for including my book in the list. I hardly feel worthy. But what is the book you listed by Shankari. I don't know about it and surely I need to!
Our latest cookbook additions here are Ad Hoc by Thomas Keller and the Pressure Cooker cookbook by Tori Ritchie.
Ann..Shankari will be writing it.
Wow, What a great list. Thanks for sharing. I'll have to check some of those out-- Although my husband will scream if I bring another cookbook into the house :-)
Silver Palate and Ina Garten are my "go-to" cookbooks. And I use the "New Basics Cookbook" by Rosso & Lukins, "Wildwood" by Cory Schreiber, "Bowl Food" by Laurel Glen and "Feasts From the Mideast" by Faye Levy a lot too.
Bon Appetite, jj
Nice to see we love many of the same cookbooks! Thanks for sharing this link, Mel. I have at least 2,000 cookbooks in my library.
Norene Gilletz, cookbook author
http://www.gourmania.com
Aww. I am honored Mel.I have to write a cookbook now, I will.
typo...thanks for pointing that out.🤣
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