Gastro-Love! Foodies and Kitchen-Dwellers UNITE!

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Medusa

I'm currently pining away for "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" by Julia Child but also culling my other cookbooks so I can't justify getting a new cookbook while trying to weed things out of my belongings.

I actually really enjoy the "Better Homes New Cookbook"! My Mom gave it to me on my 18th birthday and it has been a loyal companion since then and has some of my favorite old standby recipes.

Other favorites:

The New Amish Cook
"Dinnertime" by Ree Drummond (the Pioneer Woman)
Treasured Amish and Mennonite Recipes
An old raggedy-assed cookbook from 1929 that belonged to my Great-Grandmother and that still has her handwriting in it!


What are your favorite cookbooks?!

i lost mine, but it was an index card box filed with cards of recipe's from my mamere' and my mother. The cards hand their handwritings on them..some were typed on a typewriter... . and my mamere' would jot down "a dab of ole"o or something else that only meant something to her.

This was a treasure that i hold dear in my memory.

[Medusa]

Originally Posted by girl_dee

i lost mine, but it was an index card box filed with cards of recipe's from my mamere' and my mother. The cards hand their handwritings on them..some were typed on a typewriter... . and my mamere' would jot down "a dab of ole"o or something else that only meant something to her.

This was a treasure that i hold dear in my memory.

Aww! I remember my Great Auntie had a little box like that and I was so upset when her asshole daughter took it and threw it away. My Great Auntie made the best pasta sauce aka "spaghetti gravy" that I've ever put in my mouth and without a recipe, the family spent years trying to recreate it but we all failed miserably.

That's one thing I think about with everyone "going digital". I hope the hand-written recipes with boxes and little cookbooks stay around in paper form