My favorite cooking books
01-31-2010, 11:41 AM
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I love cookbooks. My favorite cookbook of all time is $1.98 CookBook by Carl Japikse. This cookbook has saved me thousands of dollars in my food budget and I learned how to cook using it. Of course food prices have changed but I still use the recipes and menus and save lots of money and we eat good food.
02-02-2010, 06:44 AM
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I probably have (NO exaggeration!) about 1,000 cookbooks and I peruse each of them at different times . To pick a favorite is like me telling someone which of my 6 kids I like the best! I like the one that I'm using right now the best, just like we like the kid who is here right now the best! Among my favs might be:
1. Encyclopedia of Creative Cooking...it's a 20 pound book with every possible recipe imaginable. It's a great book to use if I'm making something that I've never made or using ingredients I'm not really experienced in using.
2. Can't go wrong with Betty Crocker's books.
3. Taste Of Home magazine - never found a bad recipe in the magazine .
4. Specialty books like: Pies, Pies,Pies; 1001 Chocolate treats;
Bread Winners; etc.
5. I also LOVE publications of recipes by church folks; school kids; Quilting Board Forum members; Internet has billions of recipes at our fingertips, too.
1. Encyclopedia of Creative Cooking...it's a 20 pound book with every possible recipe imaginable. It's a great book to use if I'm making something that I've never made or using ingredients I'm not really experienced in using.
2. Can't go wrong with Betty Crocker's books.
3. Taste Of Home magazine - never found a bad recipe in the magazine .
4. Specialty books like: Pies, Pies,Pies; 1001 Chocolate treats;
Bread Winners; etc.
5. I also LOVE publications of recipes by church folks; school kids; Quilting Board Forum members; Internet has billions of recipes at our fingertips, too.
04-08-2010, 06:35 AM
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where do you store all of your cookbooks, would love to see photos
Craftybear
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Originally Posted by Feathers
I probably have (NO exaggeration!) about 1,000 cookbooks and I peruse each of them at different times . To pick a favorite is like me telling someone which of my 6 kids I like the best! I like the one that I'm using right now the best, just like we like the kid who is here right now the best! Among my favs might be:
1. Encyclopedia of Creative Cooking...it's a 20 pound book with every possible recipe imaginable. It's a great book to use if I'm making something that I've never made or using ingredients I'm not really experienced in using.
2. Can't go wrong with Betty Crocker's books.
3. Taste Of Home magazine - never found a bad recipe in the magazine .
4. Specialty books like: Pies, Pies,Pies; 1001 Chocolate treats;
Bread Winners; etc.
5. I also LOVE publications of recipes by church folks; school kids; Quilting Board Forum members; Internet has billions of recipes at our fingertips, too.
1. Encyclopedia of Creative Cooking...it's a 20 pound book with every possible recipe imaginable. It's a great book to use if I'm making something that I've never made or using ingredients I'm not really experienced in using.
2. Can't go wrong with Betty Crocker's books.
3. Taste Of Home magazine - never found a bad recipe in the magazine .
4. Specialty books like: Pies, Pies,Pies; 1001 Chocolate treats;
Bread Winners; etc.
5. I also LOVE publications of recipes by church folks; school kids; Quilting Board Forum members; Internet has billions of recipes at our fingertips, too.
04-08-2010, 03:11 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Pacific NW
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I have about 8 book shelves plus I have lots of boxes! I wish I could display them like a library but not enough room. I do know where a particular book is so it takes a big of extra time but I do eventually find the book I want. Recently I've donated many of the books to our library because some I didn't use too often.
Originally Posted by craftybear
where do you store all of your cookbooks, would love to see photos
Craftybear
Craftybear
Originally Posted by Feathers
I probably have (NO exaggeration!) about 1,000 cookbooks and I peruse each of them at different times . To pick a favorite is like me telling someone which of my 6 kids I like the best! I like the one that I'm using right now the best, just like we like the kid who is here right now the best! Among my favs might be:
1. Encyclopedia of Creative Cooking...it's a 20 pound book with every possible recipe imaginable. It's a great book to use if I'm making something that I've never made or using ingredients I'm not really experienced in using.
2. Can't go wrong with Betty Crocker's books.
3. Taste Of Home magazine - never found a bad recipe in the magazine .
4. Specialty books like: Pies, Pies,Pies; 1001 Chocolate treats;
Bread Winners; etc.
5. I also LOVE publications of recipes by church folks; school kids; Quilting Board Forum members; Internet has billions of recipes at our fingertips, too.
1. Encyclopedia of Creative Cooking...it's a 20 pound book with every possible recipe imaginable. It's a great book to use if I'm making something that I've never made or using ingredients I'm not really experienced in using.
2. Can't go wrong with Betty Crocker's books.
3. Taste Of Home magazine - never found a bad recipe in the magazine .
4. Specialty books like: Pies, Pies,Pies; 1001 Chocolate treats;
Bread Winners; etc.
5. I also LOVE publications of recipes by church folks; school kids; Quilting Board Forum members; Internet has billions of recipes at our fingertips, too.
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