re: Just Got My Hands on a Hard-to-find Local Cookbook!

Very cool!!

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I'd have to leave the cabbage out. Not a fan of the taste of cabbage in soup

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I like cabbage, but I don't find it to be a dominant flavor, but rather a contributing one. If you omit the cabbage, throw in an extra turnip. It will be very tasty.

I have been trying to find the recipe for a Chocolate French silk Pie. It was a9 in pie, crust was made with chou pastry,and it was filled with a dark chocolate filling.The top of the pie was decorated with tiny profiteroles filled with the chocolate filling. Pie crust looked like a regular pie. I would love to have the complete recipe--a fave of mine as a child,--but the most important thing I want to know is how the chou paste pie shell was baked. I envy your find.

Yep, I’ve got Mrs Alzina’s books, and a whole cache of obscure LA community cookbooks. I collect mostly east of Atchafalaya basin community/fundraiser books. I often get them from friends and acquaintances who pick them up at thrift stores or used bookstores for me. Honestly, I don’t cook out of them: they’re more historic foodways documents and cultural artifacts than useful cookbooks. It is very interesting to look at trends, fads, and commonalities from one community and time period to the next.

For savory cooking, I am not really a recipe follower. I read cookbooks for inspiration, then riff as I like.

Baking is another matter....I prob have 30-40 baking books, almost all authored by bakers. The most battered are Reinhart’s Bread Bakers Apprentice, Robertson’s Tartine Bread, and Forkish’s Flour Water Yeast Salt. Plus all of Dorie Greenspan’s books.

Most recent purchase: Andrea Nguyen’s Pho cookbook, which just won a James Beard award.

Lost all my cookbooks in the big flood.

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it's a book that means nothing to anyone but me, but my grandmother is a very good cook, and particularly skillful at making candies. Several years ago, I asked if I could have her recipes, but that I'd like them written in a book, because she has beautiful handwriting. After many months, she had added all the recipes she thought I'd like and gave it to me.

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For several years my son has requested a handwritten cookbook from me to him. I've texted him photos with step by step instructions, but that's not what he wants! I thought you young'uns liked technology!

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Kajungee

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I didn’t realize this thread was bumped from 2016 but look who we have here.

May he RIP.

Rat, I looked back at my bookshelves this weekend and realized that I have two of Alzina's books...she published a "healthy eating" volume around 1995 called "Cookin' for Life". Generally speaking, health food cookbooks don't age well, but this one isn't too bad. She mostly reduces fat and salt in traditional recipes.

While wishing ... does anyone have the Remoulade recipe for the Hawk's Nest ?