Nigella Lawson. My absolute favorite. I have a definite crush on her.
Mollie Katzen. What would I do without Mollie? Her recipes have made me look good time and time again. Also, incredibly high quality books. I'm convinced the woman knows everything.
Claudia Roden. I also have "Arabesque."
Harold McGee's "On Food and Cooking." People will never stop recommending this book, so if you've ever thought about buying it, you defininately should.
Laurie Colwin. "Home Cooking" & "More Home Cooking." HUGE inspiration for me. Of course, because she is an author that I love, she passed away years ago.
A Swedish cookbook.
Awesome vintage cookbook
That green paperback book in there is "The Brown Bag Lunch Cookbook." Essential for anyone who loves Bentos or just bringing their lunch to work in general. Next to it, "The Teenaged Chef." Hilarious vintage book.
"Vegetarian Epicure" I & II. Got these in San Rafael while visiting the wedding photographer. Their versions of crepes and fondue make me drool.
"How to Cook without a Book." I do that quite often anyway. (So now I'm embarrassed by the number of cookbooks I own... most not pictured...
Mark Bittman has some great recipes.
Mother's. From the late 1960's.
More Bittman. Love this one, too.
"Joy of Cooking." For all the randomata you crave.
I do own one Rachel Ray book, even though I own to not really caring for her all that much. Some of these recipes look pretty good, while some are revolting. I think part of that is because she grew up in a different part of the country than I did and she ate different things as a matter of course.
"Delights from the Garden of Eden." THIS was almost impossible to find. Took months to track down.
"Natural Food Feasts." Indispensible. Cook from it all the time and would be lost without it. In this case, the "Natural" seems to denote a fondness for brown rice and lots of veggies. Authentic recipes from all over the world: China, India, Japan, the Middle East, etc. One of my favorites, easy.
"Laurel's Kitchen." I have two vintage copies, both were Grandma's. I have cooked so many things from this book that were fantastic. Some of her more "natural" recipes looked unappetizing, however.
"Let's Cook It Right." A 1940s cookbook from BEFORE the war. Incredibly outmoded nutritional and social advice, but I still love this book.
This book was recommended to me by one of the blogs I was reading (can't remember which one). A handy book for American classics.
Celebrity books. Barefoot Contessa was a wedding present and it made me decide to love Ina Garten. She had a great recipe for tea that I served at my cousin's baby shower because it was "baby safe" for her. And I admit to buying Jamie's book because of my weakness for cheese sandwhiches.
Both of those "French Women Don't Get Fat" books are here. They were cute, if not particularly useful.
A California cookbook. I regret this purchase a bit because I've never used it, although the recipes look interesting.
Another vegetarian recipes from around the world. The artwork is as delicious as some of the recipes.
"College Cookbook" and "Healthy College Cookbook." Beginner recipes. Some are quite good. Some are questionable.
"Kitchen Science" borrowed from Aunt and Uncle.
Haven't tried anything from "Vegetarian Planet" yet.
"Stocking Up." Vintage book on canning and preserving. Useful for the Apocolypse. ;)
what you don't see is the signed French
Laundry I bought, took down to Napa and had
signed while eating there! (you can see just
an edge of it in the bottom left corner.
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k8tron (53 months ago | reply)
Oh wow. You have an excellent collection of cook books. Whoa. I have one. The Joy of Cooking!
ex.libris (53 months ago | reply)
I have the most recent JoC, which I like, but I'd love to have one from 1940.
k8tron (53 months ago | reply)
Same here. I feel like such a rebel, I have a hard hard time following recipes.
xxxrmt (52 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Ina Garten, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
ex.libris (52 months ago | reply)
Thanks xxxrmt! Added it.
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L. Z. (26 months ago | reply)
"Nourishing Traditions" from Sally Fallon wod be a great addition to your library.
biktopincanada (24 months ago | reply)
some of my neice's...
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what you don't see is the signed French Laundry I bought, took down to Napa and had signed while eating there! (you can see just an edge of it in the bottom left corner.
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