What are your favorite cookbooks? The ones you reach for when you need a basic question answered? Or want a new variation on an old favorite dish? Or when you want something to impress?
I really like Mark Bittman's How To Cook Everything. You turn to a section about say, boneless chicken, and he lays out 2 or 3 basic ways to cook it with incredible easy ways to change it to something completely different with a little seasoning or a sauce. And the suggestions are quick and easy, plus his tastes spread pretty wide.
If I want to get a little fancy I go get Julia's The Way To Cook. She's very concise and I love that she's not afraid of butter or cream.
When I have a mob to cook for after hours I reach for
What to Cook When You Think There Is Nothing In The House To Eat by Aurther Schwartz. That's another one (besides Jim Fobel's baking book) that I read as much for fun as recipes.
And I have a couple of old Italian books I got at the used book store that I use for light snacks and desserts.
What are your cookbook bibles?
I really like Mark Bittman's How To Cook Everything. You turn to a section about say, boneless chicken, and he lays out 2 or 3 basic ways to cook it with incredible easy ways to change it to something completely different with a little seasoning or a sauce. And the suggestions are quick and easy, plus his tastes spread pretty wide.
If I want to get a little fancy I go get Julia's The Way To Cook. She's very concise and I love that she's not afraid of butter or cream.
When I have a mob to cook for after hours I reach for
And I have a couple of old Italian books I got at the used book store that I use for light snacks and desserts.
What are your cookbook bibles?
