NAME THAT COOKBOOK! You would want to cook your way through (636 views)
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Post by Catbatty on Apr 4, 2019 15:07:58 GMT -5
Hi folks! I have been fantasizing lately (what's new?) about cooking my way (our way...husband, too) through a coupla cookbooks. Right now, I can't remember name of last cookbook I had this overwhelming urge to inhale...but last few days, THIS IS THE ONE: (BTW: I have the hardcopy, the ebook, and a full Mastercook'd version of it! -- I just discovered these other copies of it a few minutes ago! I'm pretty ripped.) The book is vegetarian (which is our preferred way to eat--which we don't always do, at least at home -- as bacon, ham, and beef are so hard to pass up when out...but we try to reduce). AND the book is: VEGETARIAN CLASSICS by Jeanne Lemlin www.amazon.com/Vegetarian-Classics-Essential-Recipes-Every-ebook/dp/B00BOQ0UE0/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=vegetarian+classics&qid=1554407475&s=books&sr=1-3Her recipes look SO easy...and with 'normal' ingreds. (Mushroom gravy, anyone? Polenta with all kinds of toppings, anyone?) If you want a list of what recipes are in the book, it's easy for me to have Mastercook make me a list of them. Holler. Also, if you want a recipe from, let me know, k? Have YOU any book that you have dreamed about cooking your way through? (Not saying you/we ever WILL...but....) Brenda
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Post by applecrisp1 on Apr 5, 2019 11:51:30 GMT -5
I've made a bunch of recipes from Jeanne Lemlin over the years. I have her Vegetarian Pleasures cookbook and I think one more. I really like her style of cooking/recipes. Enjoy!
It would certainly be delicious food cooking through the Smitten Kitchen cookbook. Or ANY Ina Garten cookbook. And better for my waistline, Skinnytaste cookbook. I do have a few cookbooks that I've made a good dent in, but those books don't have many recipes compared to some books.
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Post by swedishcook on Apr 5, 2019 13:57:45 GMT -5
My choice would be an old book from 1968, Trader Vic's Pacific Island Cookbook. The title is a bit misleading as it also includes recipes from Mexico, San Francisco (yes, both have a Pacific coast) and Texas (because of strong Mexican influence in the kitchen). In 1968 the latter might have been "exotic" - today it's not, so I would pass on those recipes. Here is the story behind my fascination with this cookbook. When we lived in Denver for two years in the early 1970's I hadn't packed any recipes in our luggage. The public library had lots of great cookbooks that I borrowed, among others the Trader Vic's book. We had also fallen in love with the restaurant, that today has few locations in the US. After we immigrated in 1985 I was unable to find the cookbook, but our girls managed to dig up a used copy. That was a great birthday present many years ago. I have often thought about cooking my way through the whole book including all the drink recipes.
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Post by Catbatty on Apr 5, 2019 15:59:07 GMT -5
ESPECIALLY THE DRINK RECIPES! LOL I think we still have a Trader Vic's here in Portland, Or. It's downtown (over the hills) and we don't get down there too often, so we haven't been. But I can so relate to your feelings. Having loved eating there makes the book even more of a treasure. Have you made anything from it yet? Brenda My choice would be an old book from 1968, Trader Vic's Pacific Island Cookbook. The title is a bit misleading as it also includes recipes from Mexico, San Francisco (yes, both have a Pacific coast) and Texas (because of strong Mexican influence in the kitchen). In 1968 the latter might have been "exotic" - today it's not, so I would pass on those recipes. Here is the story behind my fascination with this cookbook. When we lived in Denver for two years in the early 1970's I hadn't packed any recipes in our luggage. The public library had lots of great cookbooks that I borrowed, among others the Trader Vic's book. We had also fallen in love with the restaurant, that today has few locations in the US. After we immigrated in 1985 I was unable to find the cookbook, but our girls managed to dig up a used copy. That was a great birthday present many years ago. I have often thought about cooking my way through the whole book including all the drink recipes.
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Post by Catbatty on Apr 5, 2019 16:20:16 GMT -5
Here's another cookbook I treasure and would like to cook my way through: Cafe Beaujolais by Margaret FoxStory behind: [About 2 decades ago.] We were motor-homing in No California, staying in little town above Mendocino on Calif coast. Found book in used book store. Read it cover to cover while staying there. Even went down to Mendocino--adorable town--and met the owner (Fox) as she opened the gate to go in. We made reservations, but it was too far off in future, so we had to pass and move-on along our trip. It was her first book...and is a fun read that not only has recipes but lots of stuff about starting her restaurant there in that tiny town on the cliffs along the Pacific (in her little white house with picket fence and veg garden in the back. (Several photos in black and white--not of the recipes but of staff and the place itself. Back cover also has photo of the cafe.) I get home to Oregon and notice that, in mailing list recipe group I belonged to at the time, they were raving about the Tomato Soup from the book and some others, too, as I recall. I scanned the book and put it into my Mastercook. I should get that out and finally ACTUALLY make something from it! (I can paste the recipe list if anybody wants it.) www.amazon.com/Cafe-Beaujolais-Margaret-S-Fox/dp/0898151341/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?Brenda
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Post by Catbatty on Apr 5, 2019 17:04:53 GMT -5
ANY book by Beatrice Ojakangas! I was just looking through Amazon books (I can't stay away)...and decided to buy ANOTHER book of hers. This one has recipes but is also majorly biographical. Homemade: Finnish Rye, Feed Sack Fashion, and Other Simple Ingredients from My Life in Foodwww.amazon.com/Homemade-Finnish-Fashion-Simple-Ingredients-ebook/dp/B01LYWHC2G/ref=sr_1_2?I have most of her books. Most all are baking. She and Beth Hensperger (sp?) are two authors I can never resist and would love to cook/bake all the way through. OH YES!
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Post by Catbatty on Apr 5, 2019 17:18:58 GMT -5
I'm with you on these choices, Applecrisp. (I am going through my books and ebooks now to see what other Jeanne Lemlin ones I have...I think all of them. I would love to hear about any of her recipes you have tried. Maybe you marked up the book?) I'm thinking about putting my hard copies into Mastercook. These days I like my books electronic in SOME form or another on computer or Kindle. (For me: easier storage, easier viewing--eyes wise, and no dust sneezing.) Brenda I've made a bunch of recipes from Jeanne Lemlin over the years. I have her Vegetarian Pleasures cookbook and I think one more. I really like her style of cooking/recipes. Enjoy! It would certainly be delicious food cooking through the Smitten Kitchen cookbook. Or ANY Ina Garten cookbook. And better for my waistline, Skinnytaste cookbook. I do have a few cookbooks that I've made a good dent in, but those books don't have many recipes compared to some books.
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Post by wallycat on Apr 6, 2019 12:25:24 GMT -5
I am actually considering buying these (gasp!) so would love to work my way through them: Milk Street (season 1 & 2) and just found Jamie Oliver's Quick and Easy 5 ingredient. Oliver's uses some preprepared stuff, which is fine since I know I tweak almost every recipe, LOL.
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Post by applecrisp1 on Apr 27, 2019 12:10:56 GMT -5
I am actually considering buying these (gasp!) so would love to work my way through them: Milk Street (season 1 & 2) and just found Jamie Oliver's Quick and Easy 5 ingredient. Oliver's uses some preprepared stuff, which is fine since I know I tweak almost every recipe, LOL. I've watched the Milk Street TV show a few times, don't think I've ever tried a recipe. Does your local library have the book? That way you can try it out and see how you like it. I will have to take a look at the other book, love quick and easy! I'm telling you the temptation is real. I'm trying to hold to my no cookbook buying but between being in a bookstore this morning and then online. My willpower is being challenged.
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