Favorite cookbook?

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LostMyJohnson: The Joy of cooking

wharpua: [Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat](https://www.saltfatacidheat.com) is less a cookbook and more a book about cooking.
It does have recipes in it, but it examines how almost all of cooking is a manipulation of those four elements, and dissects how all four elements work individually and in various dishes.
Highly recommended for cooks of any skill level.

HelloWuWu: The Food Lab by Kenji Lopez.
Kenji goes through the scientific process to test and create the best recipes. Not only do you learn to cook well, but you also learn about the science behind different techniques, why they matter, and to also dispel old cooking tales.

Thatsockmonkey: The Flavor Bible. This is just an amazing book and resource.

Charlieparkerbreath: The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis– Really well put together Southern cookbook. Worth it just for the biscuits.
Mastering the Art of French Cuisine by Julia Child–Kind of the grandmother of modern cookbooks, breaks down French cuisine in a researched and totally down to earth way.
Sundays at the Moosewood Restaurant by Mollie Katzen- Vegetarian, but very tasty. I love the way Katzen tells a recipe.
The Zuni Cookbook by Julie Rodgers–California-ish cuisine. Her recipes are hard to follow, but totally worth it. Her roast chicken recipe is one of the best.
Baking by Dorie Greenspan- The dessert bible. Her recipes just work, and a lifesaver if you’re like me and don’t bake often.

artdren: The King Arthur flour cookbook is awesome! They explain why recipes work so that you can customize and play with your ingredients.

pilatesgal1: America’s Test Kitchen
I have The Complete ATK and 100 Recipes

geekettebits: Momofuko – David Chang
As Hoc – Thomas Keller
Julia child cookbooks
Ina Garten

cebeeeee: Tamasin’s Kitchen Bible by Tamasin Day Lewis. It’s a real cookbook, if you’ve never used a particular technique before you’ll know it after this, and the range of food is incredible. One of the best presents I’ve ever received.

smitty637: The Way to Cook by Julia Child and Ratio by Michael Ruhlman will give you a pretty thorough understanding of cooking processes and some great recipes, too. Then for some specific cuisines, Jerusalem by Yotom Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi, Lydia’s Italian American Kitchen by Lydia Bastianich, and Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cooking. Lastly, Forever Summer by Nigella Lawson has some great recipes that she makes super easy to execute, and I think her writing style is so irreverent! Good luck!

Torien0: Anything by Marcus Wareing. Good variety of accessible and delicious recipes!

thefatgod: I’ve found Gordon Ramsey’s Ultimate Cookery Course book and TV series were a huge help getting my basic skills up to a good level. Also there are few delicious /easy / fast recipes in there.

Hironimus_Bix: Anything by Yotam Ottolenghi. Also – “Roast chicken and other stories” and “Tokyo cult cuisine”

sloppy: The Encyclopedia Of Cooking. I don’t know it’s still in print. I’ve had mine so long the pages are falling out and I still won’t throw it away.
If you know what it’s called, it’s in there. Be that spice, what to look for in pots and pans, how to spatchcock a chicken, bake pies, ferment mincemeat, and on and on. It’s a thick tome, so the hard cover is expensive but well worth it. I’ve had mine 40 years.

GalacticCmdr: I have not really found a cookbook that can replace an internet connection. Those I reach for the most are America’s Test Kitchen. It took a dive when ATK forced Kimball out, but I still have my old ones. But really for most things you can find better stuff digitally.

I_Am_Thing2: The Fanny Farmer Cookbook
The Big Girls Small Kitchen’s cookbook (forgot the name but it’s from the blog)
The Sunset magazine Bread Book (buy a used copy)

hetherlynn: The Essentials of Italian Cooking taught me a lot

theoneandonlygene: White house cookbook 1887. It’s fun in that it includes recipes and includes important tips any chef in the late 1800’s would need to know, like how to wrap meat to keep flies off it, and how to create a poultice that gets the stains off of one’s teeth.
The recipes are great tho as they don’t waste time with precise measurements. When I’ve cooked from it it feels much more natural “start with an amount of butter similar in size to a good size egg.” Really wish more cookbooks took this approach. There are some fun recipes in there too.

vermiciouswangdoodle: Southern Living: 30 Years of Our Best Recipes or The Ultimate Southern Living. I have probably 80 or more cookbooks, from simple church cookbooks to high end chef written ones. These are my go to books.

chickenfish77: Anything by Hetty McKinnon – Neighbourhood is great

annjeh: Umberto’s Kitchen–Umberto Menghi. Easy Italian peasant food straight from mamma’s kitchen.

br830: Keys to Good Cooking.

Willonidas: Kind of a cook book kind of a encyclopedia type source but the flavor matrix. It’s a flavor pairing guide with recipes for each main food

berger1013: The Encyclopedia Of Cajun and Creole Cuisine-Chef John D Folse
Franklin Barbecue-A Meat Smoking Manifesto. It’s a great book on bbq.

RustyIrishPearl: Women’s Day Encyclopedia of Cookery. I found the 60s print (12 books) in a second hand store for $1/book.

elizabethlacosta: Maida Heatter’s Book of Great Desserts

Paprika_Six: The World on a Plate by Mina Holland. It’s also kind of a read, she discusses history of different cuisines. Some of the sections , notably the ones on Asian & German food, leave a lot to be desired, but for Southwestern Europe and the Middle East, it’s great.

koroxus: Essentials of classic italian cooking by Marcella Hazan!!
It’s a great book that has all kinds of recipes and techniques along with some knowledge about where some Italian dishes come from and why.

charliechonch: I really like the old orange Betty Crocker cookbooks. I have never had a recipe turn out bad on me

merkinwizard: Pickles and Smoke

Abrashear: I inherited my grandmother’s “The Joy of Cooking”. That book and “The Food Lab” have been my bibles. But i also got “The Bread Baker’s Apprentice” recently for most of my bread needs

wxwall: The Food Lab by Kenji Lopez-Alt

sneef22: Over Easy is my favorite book of brunch recipes!

chiabide: Alton Brown Everyday cook and The Soprano’s Family cookbook.

Omnesquidem: About 10 years or so ago when I was a computer gamer a bunch of guys started a recipe swap thread in the forums. I saved all the recipes and have tried many with great success. So I’d say that one. Over the years I’ve added to it and I have no idea how many I actually have. So I’d say mine 🙂