Kitchen

[Nataliesgramma]

Do you still buy cookbooks? I like looking through new cookbooks, but I usually only try one or 2 recipes from it. If I make meatloaf, hubby expects it to be the way I ALWAYS make it.

With the internet, I can look up a recipe for a new dessert or side dish....instead of paging through my cookbooks. I did pare them down to one shelf.

I still get the urge to buy more when I watch ITKWD....but I talk myself out of it....LOL

[nyc1]

I LOVE Ina Garten's (Barefoot COntessa) cookbooks, so I buy those.   I still print out most of the recipes off of the internet....  even hers, so when I'm cooking,  I just have the flat sheet on my counter and I can note all of my changes on it.  If I really like the recipe (and I love 99% of Ina's) I'll keep the sheet with my notes.   I own over 200 cookbooks, and read them like novels, but I rarely buy them anymore unless I love the photos and the quality of the book is special. 

[Bowwowluv]

Can anyone recommend a gluten free cookbook for beginners? I am overwhelmed by the choices and would appreciate your suggestions. Thank you.

[KingstonsMom]

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@Nataliesgramma wrote:

Do you still buy cookbooks? I like looking through new cookbooks, but I usually only try one or 2 recipes from it. If I make meatloaf, hubby expects it to be the way I ALWAYS make it.

With the internet, I can look up a recipe for a new dessert or side dish....instead of paging through my cookbooks. I did pare them down to one shelf.

I still get the urge to buy more when I watch ITKWD....but I talk myself out of it....LOL

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My DH is the same way @Nataliesgramma!

He's not keen on trying different things than what's he's used to eating all of his life!

I keep trying to whittle down my cookbook collection for this reason, but every time I try, I can only manage to rehome a couple of them, LOL!

[debic]

I love cookbooks.   I buy more e-cookbooks these days but I still buy.   

[PINKdogWOOD]

We love cookbooks too. DH and I have many.  He loves to read cookbooks and does it often.  And yes he loves to be in the kitchen whipping up anything wonderful!  He's a great cook too.

I belong to maybe three or four sites who send me recipes of the day.  I find many great ones that I'll print off and make for dinner.  Some of these sites have cooking/recipes mags too that we get at home.  Some of them we keep, others maybe not.  We'll read each cover to cover and if they are full of great recipes we keep them.

[debic]

@PINKdogWOOD  I get a lot of email recipes as well.  If they're good I'll title them Recipe: Spanish Rice, and I will also put them in my recipe box.    My family expects me to cook when I visit, so I usually have the recipes on hand.

[Fressa]

II like the Marlene Koch cookbooks because she gives you the alternatives for blueten free and other health issues. I would search the Food Network website and check the ratings for other authors. 

[HonnyBrown]

I don't buy cookbooks or cooking magazines anymore.  I use my tablet to get recipes online.

I have enough cookbooks for three lifetimes. My favorites are: Dione Lucas Book of French Cooking (from the 1940s), a vegetarian cookbook I use to make sides, and a Thai/Indian cookbook.

[poohbear1]

I just finished reorganizing my recipes. I dont buy cookbooks anymore and usually get recipes off the internet. What I've done is bought 2 Lang recipe albums that hold 4 x 6" cards. One book has all my tried and true recipes. The other one has recipes that I've printed and want to try eventually. I put them all on index cards so when I want a new recipe, I just flip thru the book (divided into catagories) If I like the recipe, I'll move it to the tried and true book! (in fact just bought a third book for the tried and true since I filled the first one) I literally emptied an entire deep drawer filled with recipes I printed but had forgotten I had. This was my winter project!