I have a difficult relationship with cookbooks. I get a lot of them out of the library and
generally only find a small handful of interesting recipes in each one.
I do own a small number of cookbooks (less than 10) – I
used to have a lot more but gave most of them away when I got into using the
library.
The ones I own include:
Around
My French Table by Dorie Greenspan (also one of my
Top 20 Books)
Curry
Easy by Madhur Jaffrey
Edmonds
Cookery Book – a Kiwi staple
The
Cook's Companion by Stephanie Alexander
In addition to these I would recommend a few others to
you as well:
Salt,
Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
Coming
Un Stuck by Sarah Tuck
I hope this gives you some inspiration. What are your favourite cookbooks?
I have a difficult relationship with cookbooks for the reason you mentioned as well. I've donated many of them to the public library in the past and kept only a few that I actually use (or those for posterity from my grandmother).
ReplyDeleteWith access to the internet, I find it much easier to find free recipes online than buying new cookbooks.
However with that said, I do have two favorite cookbooks that I've kept in my collection:
1. The Easier You Make It, The Better It Tastes! by Jayni & Frank Carey.
I bought this cookbook in 1996 or 1997 when my husband and I first moved in together. At the time I had just graduated from college and wasn't much of a cook, so found this cookbook great as it had a lot of easy recipes that I loved making and tasted great.
Here's a link to a post I made about the above mentioned cookbook:
https://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2014/01/whats-your-all-time-favorite-cookbook.html
2. Run Fast. Eat Slow.: Nourishing Recipes for Athletes by Shalane Flanagan & Elyse Kopecky
I'm not an athlete, but I love the healthy recipes in this cookbook.