My 1st cookbook was "Joy" which I still use as a reference. Then I learned about Julia and The French Chef Cookbook is my most spattered. I have many, many cookbooks but another standout is my Pennsylvanis Dutch Cookbook, having grown up in Reading, PA.
Last Hanukkah I made a gift for my 3 adult children of all their fave recipes and they were copied stains et al.
Caramel Matzah Crunch- the absolute best- google it.
Anything I've ever made of Marcy Goldbman's has been terrific.
I make liver knishes with a mashed potato dough and just saute them and everyone loves them.
Do try a stop at the Reading Terminal Market, and Hi end- Susanna Foo's
Please add Charles Chocolates to your yummy list. He uses only Valrhona chocolate and has fabulous filling. He can be reached at
www.charleschocolates.com
YEAH, me too. It's not here or on egullet like he said it woud be in Vogue.
I was going to make it for the superbowl.
If you're ever in northern MI, Petoskey, to be exact, go to American Spoonfood's restaurant and gelato bar. It's the best gelato I've had outside of Italy. And yes it is the home of American Spoonfood's fine gourmet products by Justin Rashad and family.
All the Hazan cookbooks (I have Marcella's Cucina, both Classic and the first one, her Italian Kitchen; Bugiali's comprehensive tome, Giuliano Hazan's wonderful pasta cookbook, James Beard's American Cooking, Olney's Simple French Cooking.
For me it's How To Cook Everything, The Essential Seafood Cookbook, and The Student's Vegetarian Cookbook.
I would have to go with either the first Barefoot Contessa Cookbook (her bbq sauce and her scones are always hits around here), Bold American Food by Bobby Flay (his sauces) and The Silver Palate Cookbook (their recipe for Spaghetti with Oil & Garlic has been used more than anything else in there). I just adore the flavor of the chicken broth in that recipe! So creative.
Definitely the Joy of Cooking...too bad about that binding that's falling apart!
Two cookbooks from Margaret Fox, the Cafe Beaujolais Cb and Morning Food are certainly among the worst-looking. I have bought multiple copies of each as gifts, and when I am sure they won't be returned for store credit, I copy my own notes on each recipe into them. The first two Silver Palates are also valuable, but I found nothing but disaster in the recipes I tried from New Basics so sent that one a-packing. I have three and a half tall bookcases full, plus more stacked nearby, and there are probably too many that I only use one recipe from. But some books are too much fun to re-read to send off to the Book Fair.
Oh - I've got three that really look like they've been through the mill - The Settlement Cookbook was the first cookbook my folks gave me when I got my first apartment 25, 30 years ago? Marcella Hazan's Classic Italian Cooking - the pasta pages are all stuck together, the veal picata is close to unreadable. Lastly, Marlene Sorosky's Holiday Cookbook - that sweet potato praline thing for Thanksgiving - mmmm
Lately, I've been bespattering "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone", Deborah Madison, too but I also like to read the late Laurie Colwin's "Home Cooking" and "More Home Cooking". Her enthusiasm and quirkiness are infectious and there are many easy, practical and delicious recipes in both volumes. Katherine Hepburn's "Brownies" are exceptional! I use Joy of Cooking's "Know Your Ingredients" chapter for weights, substitutions, etc. These pages are fused together. The first cookbook I used is "Three Meals A Day", Jessie Read, Musson Publishing, Toronto:1946. I love its post-war economies, its basic recipes, my grandmother's entries on the blank pages and entries I made as an eleven year old learning to cook. I have TOO many favourite cookbooks - I collect cookbooks but I also use them.
I must say, It's an old book that both of my parents used; and when my Dad passed away (nine years after my mom) I took the book. It's "Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Cookbook".) The book was published in 1961, but still has some of the best recipes that would rival today's books. The Quiche Lorraine is still the best in the city. If it's still in the stores, I would urge cooks to go and purchase it. My parent's book is in really bad shape, it's in pieces and held together with tape, but it's still a terrific and fulfilling cookbook emotionally because of my parents using it for so many years, as well as physically!
I have to say Betty Crocker. It has been the "ole" stand by for many years
(I hate to say how many years). It's basic, but that's what I like about it, nothing fancy just old fashioned comfort food. I have altered many recipes to suit todays lifestyle, lower in fats etc. and use it more as a reference. I have collected cook books for 40+ years. Joy of Cooking being one but I have always loved local cookbooks, garden clubs, Junior League and several restaurant cookbooks. I love cajun cooking and "Don's seafood and steak house" is one of the best and I must say it finally bit the dust and I had to break down and buy a new one. Betty's binding is loose and a bit floopy ( but then, so am I ) but I don't need to replace her yet !
"With a Jug of Wine" is certainly one of the most well-used books in my collection. There was so much spillage that my dog pulled it down from a low shelf and tried to eat it. Most of the spine and title pages are gone (and it was pretty bedraggled when puppy got to it) but I hold it together with rubber bands and masking tape. I believe my edition is from the early '50s.
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