Cooking & Baking

rockbluff botanist

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32. I prefer a hands on cookbook

Sat Aug 10, 2024, 01:29 PM

Aug 2024

And no, I am not a Luddite. As a botanist (retired) I was on my computer every day.

I do look up recipes and other food related subjects and love chef driven YouTube videos but I do love my books.

I have over a thousand cookbooks. Some from my great grandmothers, grandmothers and mother. I have served dishes made from theses older books and my friends rave at this new (to them) dish (from the 40's).

I did, recently, cull some. My son also took some. The used bookstore in Jacksonville that I contacted likes cookbooks.

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Do you still have cookbooks? Do you use them? [View all] Phentex Aug 2024 OP

A Joy of Cooking from 1946. I don't use it much, but it was my mother's, Ocelot II Aug 2024 #1

Mine is sentimental too Phentex Aug 2024 #9

Yes I do, but not a lot. I have a couple my mother had OnDoutside Aug 2024 #2

I haven't heard of that one Phentex Aug 2024 #10

The Ballymaloe Cookery School has a very good reputation OnDoutside Aug 2024 #59

I tossed a few last year. I kept Better Homes and Gardens spooky3 Aug 2024 #3

I can safely say the vegan recipes are Phentex Aug 2024 #18

And Betty Crocker cookbook biophile Aug 2024 #28

I still have all my cookbooks dhol82 Aug 2024 #4

I woke up wondering Phentex Aug 2024 #11

I have a Betty Crocker that belonged to my grandmother. onecaliberal Aug 2024 #5

Yep! Phentex Aug 2024 #12

I have quite a few, but not too many. usonian Aug 2024 #6

Have you used Copy Me That? birdographer Aug 2024 #8

Thanks. I am "invested" in Paprika in terms of having everything in one place, usonian Aug 2024 #40

The magazine and newspaper versions Phentex Aug 2024 #13

Scan everything, though I will treasure and pass along Mom's recipe cards. usonian Aug 2024 #55

We use them! birdographer Aug 2024 #7

I'm pretty sure the Good Housekeeping one I had was from the 80's Phentex Aug 2024 #14

I have done the same printing and saving! MyOwnPeace Aug 2024 #42

I have a couple old classics that I use for general recipe information Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #15

My favorite cookie recipes Phentex Aug 2024 #16

I loved Everyday Food cyclonefence Aug 2024 #27

Cooks Illustrated Phentex Aug 2024 #31

I bet you could sell those Everyday Foods on eBay cyclonefence Aug 2024 #56

Fannie Farmer Hardcover - 13th Ed. - is my favorite TBF Aug 2024 #17

Some of them are just great reading! Phentex Aug 2024 #19

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking changed the way I cook.. It's the "anti cook book" mitch96 Aug 2024 #20

I guess I am failing on the purge idea Phentex Aug 2024 #34

We have quite a few -- everything from what is essentially a textbook from the CIA, rsdsharp Aug 2024 #21

I ended up getting rid of a bunch of community type cookbooks Phentex Aug 2024 #35

Yes. No. elleng Aug 2024 #22

yeah we cook differently now Phentex Aug 2024 #36

I have many! moose65 Aug 2024 #23

Yes I think we have vented about that before Phentex Aug 2024 #37

Yeah, me too moose65 Aug 2024 #60

Cookbooks, Yes! bernieb Aug 2024 #24

That's amazing! Phentex Aug 2024 #38

I still have about a dozen cookbooks. I sold or gave away sinkingfeeling Aug 2024 #25

This thread is making me realize Phentex Aug 2024 #39

I had to purge a huge number Old Crank Aug 2024 #26

I had a bunch of cake and pie cookbooks Phentex Aug 2024 #41

Absolutely! DinahMoeHum Aug 2024 #29

Good point! Phentex Aug 2024 #43

Giant Italian books by region with beautiful photos, Kripalu Kitchen, Indian vegan cookbook, huge vegan cookbook, mahina Aug 2024 #30

Did I recently purchase a Sicilian cookbook for the pictures? Phentex Aug 2024 #44

I actually don't remember ever using any of the recipes mahina Aug 2024 #49

I prefer a hands on cookbook rockbluff botanist Aug 2024 #32

amazing! Phentex Aug 2024 #45

I have yards (x 36") of cookbooks -- I'm slowly donating them to the King County Library system fierywoman Aug 2024 #33

I love the library! Phentex Aug 2024 #46

Exactly! But with me, more often than not, fierywoman Aug 2024 #54

Yes and yes PJMcK Aug 2024 #47

I had a Silver Palate Phentex Aug 2024 #50

Here you go PJMcK Aug 2024 #61

Still have 6 shelves of them (one bookcase) zeusdogmom Aug 2024 #48

That's funny about your daughter! Phentex Aug 2024 #52

A few! True Blue American Aug 2024 #51

That used to get posted here every so often Phentex Aug 2024 #53

Yes I have a small shelf of them kimbutgar Aug 2024 #57

It's hard to let go! Phentex Aug 2024 #65

I have a few favorites sorcrow Aug 2024 #58

It's essential to me to understand the why Phentex Aug 2024 #66

I have a few and I use them tishaLA Aug 2024 #62

Never heard of a bean club! Phentex Aug 2024 #67

It's the Rancho Gordo bean club tishaLA Aug 2024 #70

My husband hated Lima beans as a kid Phentex Aug 2024 #72

i got rid of cases of them...but still buy them Fresh_Start Aug 2024 #63

Apparently I am still buying them too Phentex Aug 2024 #68

just my grandma's settlement cookbook. family recipes. + make my own basic. pimp grandma's. pansypoo53219 Aug 2024 #64

Those are the best! Phentex Aug 2024 #69

i can't get her speghetti sauce cause of the canned tomatoes, or her oatmeal cookies cause she had electric stove. BUT pansypoo53219 Aug 2024 #71

Yes and yes Marthe48 Aug 2024 #73

Impressive! Phentex Aug 2024 #74

Thank you Marthe48 Aug 2024 #75

American Wholefoods Cuisine Nikki &/David Glodbeck, Joy of Cooking Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #76

I have a few specialized ones like Mexican grilling, etc. TlalocW Aug 2024 #77

All of them. I still have all of them. chowmama Aug 2024 #78