Comments on: Cookbook Meme

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:17:01 +0000

hi MM, a late feedback here as I am reading through your archives by date. I, too, collect cookbooks–I don’t have nearly as much as you but I have enough that it takes a bit of a space in the kitchen. I collect based on several criteria: primarily buying cookbooks from countries/places I visit and make sure the author is a cook and preferably a local. Secondly, based on my food interest–i.e., Filipino, Chinese, Italian, French, Mediterranean, etc. Lastly based in either trivial or historical content. One of my first cookbooks was by Goodhousekeeping.

By: peasmom

peasmom — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:45:50 +0000

I have always been on the lookout for The Joy of Cooking every time I go to Book Sale or any secondhand book stores. Lucky you to have found one in Baguio!

By: Suzette

Suzette — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:09:55 +0000

thanks a lot marketman!!! now i have some billins for my relatives abroad ;)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:25:09 +0000

Fried Nuerons I haven’t made a recipe from each. Sometimes I just buy based on regional focus, great pictures, brilliant reviews, gut feel… oddly, I do not have a Bradley Ogden book, I don’t think. Odd you should ask, I was holding one at Barnes and Noble in New York last month but ended up buying something else. I do understand he is really good but I have not eaten at any of his restaurants yet. Suzette, Besides Joy of Cooking, perhaps one of the Biba Caggiano or Marcella Hazan’s Italian cookbooks are a good choice. While some might think she is just an upscale caterer, Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa series of books has really workable easy and basic recipes that are great for a beginner cook/host. Also, in-depth books on sauces, soup or duck by James Peterson are also useful in a home library. If you want to get fancy, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller and Eric Ripert (of Le Bernardin fame) are all brilliant. In food magazines, my favorite is Vogue Entertaining and Travel from Australia…if I were to be a food magazine, I would be that one.

By: suzette

suzette — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:27:22 +0000

i would like to start my own cookbook collection, what books do you think should i start with aside from the joy of cooking