Cooking & Baking

Phentex

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34. I guess I am failing on the purge idea

Sat Aug 10, 2024, 01:37 PM

Aug 2024

I read this and thought I HAD that book! Then I looked on a bookcase in another room and have found a dozen or more other cookbooks including the one you mentioned and What Einstein Told His Cook, Heat, Yan Can Cook, Jane Fonda! etc.

I'll have to focus on that bookcase another day!

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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