Wednesday, August 06, 2008 8:00 AM
Favorite cookbooks and recipe resources?
Even if you’re the kind of cook who just throws things together, without a recipe, there are cookbooks, magazines and online recipe indexes you can’t live without. Like the (Sorta) Complete Compendium of Macaroni and Cheese Recipes, I wanted to start an uber list of your go-to culinary resources (in addition to the endlessly helpful WC board, of course). A few of mine…
When I want to learn the basics, technique or chemistry of cooking…
Cook’s Illustrated
The Best Recipe by the Editors of Cooks Illustrated
On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee
When I want to bake…
King Arthur Flour Baker’s Companion
Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan (All credit to this board for introducing me to this incredible book.)
When I want to master a cuisine…
The Silver Spoon Cookbook by the Editors of Phaidon Press
Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child
Larousse Gastronomique by Prosper Montagne
Le Guide Culinaire by Auguste Escoffier
The Professional Chef by the Culinary Institute of America
Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking by Fuschia Dunlop
When I want a taste of home…
Encyclopedia of Cajun and Creole Cuisine by John Folse
Talk About Good (pictured) by the Junior League of Lafayette, La. (This is the first cookbook I owned, given when I left home for college)
River Road Recipes: The Textbook of Louisiana Cuisine by the Junior League of Baton Rouge, La.
Louisiana Real and Rustic by Emeril Lagasse
Post your top 3 cookbooks, food magazines or recipe resources...