Thread: Two of my latest favorite cookbooks

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Andrea B <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm a huge cookbook collector, and I know many of you are as well. But
> I'm so tired of all the Food Network stars getting all the glory.
> There are so many wonderful non-TV personalities who have great
> cookbooks right now. Here are two of my current faves:
>
> "Williams-Sonoma Weeknight Fresh & Fast" by former Bon Appeit food
> editor, Kristine Kidd. This book is my new go-to cookbook for dinners.
> I love how healthy and delicious the recipes are. Kristine uses very
> little butter or oil (and I'm a huge fan of butter and oil, but these
> recipes always turn out really well) and using seasonal veggies. Most
> of them can be whipped up in minutes.
>
> "Beyond the Pasta" by Mark Leslie. This is a memoir/cookbook and not
> one of the recipes has failed me. All delicious and Mark has the most
> wicked and wonderful sense of humor. He loves Italy and his experience
> of learning to cook from a n Italian Grandmother is so fun to read
> about.
>
>
> What are your favorite cookbooks right now...that aren't written by a
> famous Food Network cook?
>
> PS I'm also LOVING Amanda Hesser's NYT cookbook.

I've been enjoying "Food and Wine" magazine's annual cookbook from 2009. My
father got it as a perk from one of his credit cards, AE I think, and it was
just collecting dust over there, so I talked him out of it. It's not like
he's going to cook!

MartyB.

"The Picayune Creole Cook Book" first published in 1901 by the New Orleans
newspaper "The Times Picayune" is a favorite of mine. There are later
editions but the best is of the first one reprinted in 1971. A good read, a
rather uppity attitude and a grand help. If you are not alarmed by buying
used books, I see that www.abebooks.com has some copies in assorted
conditions and easy prices. Not affiliated, just a place I really enjoy
searching for cook books. Polly


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> Andrea B <> wrote:
>
>> I'm a huge cookbook collector, and I know many of you are as well. But
>> I'm so tired of all the Food Network stars getting all the glory.
>> There are so many wonderful non-TV personalities who have great
>> cookbooks right now. Here are two of my current faves:
>>
>> "Williams-Sonoma Weeknight Fresh & Fast" by former Bon Appeit food
>> editor, Kristine Kidd. This book is my new go-to cookbook for dinners.
>> I love how healthy and delicious the recipes are. Kristine uses very
>> little butter or oil (and I'm a huge fan of butter and oil, but these
>> recipes always turn out really well) and using seasonal veggies. Most
>> of them can be whipped up in minutes.
>>
>> "Beyond the Pasta" by Mark Leslie. This is a memoir/cookbook and not
>> one of the recipes has failed me. All delicious and Mark has the most
>> wicked and wonderful sense of humor. He loves Italy and his experience
>> of learning to cook from a n Italian Grandmother is so fun to read
>> about.
>>
>>
>> What are your favorite cookbooks right now...that aren't written by a
>> famous Food Network cook?
>>
>> PS I'm also LOVING Amanda Hesser's NYT cookbook.
>
> I've been enjoying "Food and Wine" magazine's annual cookbook from 2009.
> My father got it as a perk from one of his credit cards, AE I think, and
> it was just collecting dust over there, so I talked him out of it. It's
> not like he's going to cook!
>
> MartyB.
>