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re: Must have cook books for new kitchen?

Posted on 10/17/21 at 10:34 pm to
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
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Posted on 10/17/21 at 10:34 pm to
Posted by nateslu1
Mr. Belvedere Fan Club
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Posted on 10/17/21 at 10:37 pm to
I've seriously thought about it too!
Posted by LSUPHILLY72
Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 10/18/21 at 10:45 am to
Louisiana Seafood Bible's are nice
Posted by Louie T
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 10/18/21 at 10:54 am to
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The Food Lab - Kenji Lopez-Alt

Best food book money can buy
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
23341 posts
Posted on 10/18/21 at 12:43 pm to
Better Homes and Gardens

I use this one a lot. Its put together pretty well.
Posted by uptowntiger84
uptown
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 10/18/21 at 6:15 pm to
The Silver Spoon for Italian cooking.
Posted by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
74472 posts
Posted on 10/18/21 at 6:28 pm to
Down South (Link)
The New Orleans Kitchen (Devillier)
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.. life (Missy Robbins)
Ad Hoc at Home (Keller)
Franklin BBQ (Franklin)
Posted by Treacherous Cretin
Columbus, OH
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 10/18/21 at 6:51 pm to
I like this one:

Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook

Sadly, my mom mostly relied on Betty Crocker. Don’t do that. She gave me a Betty Crocker cookbook as a gift one time. It got me through college. I’ve since thrown it away.
Posted by UPT
NOLA
Member since May 2009
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 9:32 am to
If you can get your hands on one, the old Plantation Cook Book from NOLA Junior League.
Posted by Powerman
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 9:55 am to
As someone who owns too many cookbooks I'd say don't get any. I rarely look at them for actual recipes. You can get better cooking instructions on YouTube. Someone mentioned the flavor bible which isn't really a cookbook and I'd recommend that.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 12:43 pm to
I flip through to get ideas on what to cook.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 1:06 pm to
French: If you've got some decent culinary skills built already, you can't go wrong with Escoffier's Le Guide Culinaire. Get the unabridged translation by Cracknell and Kaufmann though, which is on Amazon.

It's not like a modern cookbook though. No recipes with precise measurements, no pictures, and assumes you know how to make basic building blocks like brown vs. white stock. But it is the absolute foundation of modern French cuisine and I've enjoyed the hell out of it.


Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
58274 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 1:33 pm to
I use these 2 the most. Not really for in-kitchen cooking though.

For Recipes



For technique

Posted by jfw3535
South of Bunkie
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 1:39 pm to
That's funny, I have 2 BBQ books and it's those exact 2 books.
Posted by LSUJML
Central
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 1:43 pm to
quote:

I flip through to get ideas on what to cook.


I’m not a big cook but I love cookbooks
My Grandma wasn’t one to try anything new but she loved to read cookbooks
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