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elleng

(136,686 posts)
22. Yes. No.
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 12:27 PM
Aug 2024

Saved cookbooks I had 'at home,' when cooked for family. Mostly 'home alone' now.

Julia Child, and a great Italian one with pics. SADLY missing great old James Beard.

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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
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