What cooking resources do you use the most? I mostly use the same cookbooks over and over. Here's mine:
1. Joy of Cooking. I've only had this one for 2 years, but I've already made up for lost time.
2. Feeding the Whole Family, by Cynthia Lair. I think I've made 95% of the recipes in this book, and a lot have become standards around here.
3. Simply in Season. This is my most used one this year. Has recipes organized by season, with some nice political reading about the globalization of food thrown in there, too.
4. Extending the Table. Like #3, this is a Mennonite cookbook, this one has "world" recipes. I'm totally digging peasant cooking from every tradition.
5. The Moosewood Cookbook, by Mollie Katzen. The vegetarian classic. :)
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I LOVE Simply in Season and Extending the Table! I use the recipes in those two more often than More With Less, but I've found More With Less to be irreplaceable with ideas! And The Joy of Cooking is a timeless classic that everyone should have in their kitchen :)
I think I need some new cookbooks. I want How to Cook Everything and some that y'all posted.
I use the Joy of Cooking and Betty Crockers cookbook a lot - mostly because I look to them for baking. I have a moosewood cookbook that is okay. I use recipes from this crazy british indian cookbook all the time. Its great.
Dawn, I actually have the cookbook that food not bombs published! Its great!
Simply in Season sounds really good. My top picks:
1. Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
Everything in here is fantastic. It amazes me every time, but it's true.
2. Better Than Store Bought
I don't cook from this enough but it's my go to book for "special food". Soft pretzels, marshmallows, peanut brittle, curried coconut chips, I hope to try english muffins soon.
3. The Cook's Illustrated Best Recipe series. I LOVE the food in here, it's my basic cookbook.
4. Better Homes
Had it forever, use it for ideas for more quick meals without exotic ingredients. Good staple book.
Right now I have found Stocking Up indispensable. It has helped me figure out how to freeze so much of our CSA share this year.
Sylwinn, for some reason I never got More with Less. But its on my wish list, since I love the other two.
Linsey, I totally want How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. I checked it out from the library and absolutely loved it. Also, I want to borrow th FNB one!
Rebecca, I totally need to move toward the idea of stocking up. It's hard to shift buying patterns, even though you know it will save you in the long run.
Rebecca, I live by the Cook's Illustrated books! Some recipes take a bit longer, but it's always worth it. And I love all the geeky little notes!
I have and use several y'all posted. LLL books are pretty good, too, if you can ignore some of the sexist comments (ex. "Even my husband can make this!"-blech!)
One you all would LOVE that I've just about worn out is "150 Vegan favorites" by Jay Solomon. I got it for 50 cents on a whim at a book fair and it's taught me how to use the massive quantities of CSA veggies I was previously unfamiliar with. We sometimes add cheese or something, since we're not actually vegan, but it's a great jumping off point for fitting in more vegetables and grains.
I also have Moosewood cookbooks. I have a Peta cookbook that has some good stuff in it, but it throws in a lot of really weird unnecessary ingredients. It's kind of lame, but I actually cook a lot from diet type books (Best Life, Superfoods, South Beach, etc.). It's a good way to find satisfying dessert ideas that aren't terrible for you.
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