Favorite cookbooks and recipe sites
I confess to being a complete cookbook fiend. I have way more than I'll ever need.
What are y'all's favorite cookbooks and recipe magazines, either for eating light, eating healthfully, sentimentally, or for any reason?
Joy of Cooking was pretty much the only cookbook that saw any use in our house when I was a kid. We had a few other specialty and ethnic cookbooks but either couldn't afford or couldn't get the ingredients.
I'm currently reading some of the Eatwell series and they seem pretty reasonable. I just got 500 Calorie Dinners and Comfort Food from the library but haven't had time to use them (too many leftovers to justify cooking anything new until this weekend).
I've never been a big Martha Stewart fan but I do subscribe to "Everyday Food" and I've found a lot of "keepers" in those.
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These days I rarely use cookbooks and mostly just get creative with whatever ingredients I've got lying around. When I need tips, ideas or recipes I'll just consult the almighty Google, mostly resulting in recipes from allrecipes.com or cooks.com. I do like to have cookbooks (or "food porn") for ideas and inspiration, though.
I like cooking magazines because they give you a few choice recipes at a time instead of overwhelming you with chapters and chapters of recipes. I really love Fine Cooking magazine - good format, interesting features, lovely recipes, and gorgeous pictures. A subscription makes a great gift for your gourmet friends, too.
I love all the books by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid - they travel the world, explore the local cuisine of far-flung places and write books that are part travel book, part cookbook, with an emphasis on food in a cultural context. My fave book of theirs is Seductions of Rice.
Out of all the cookbooks in my house, I'd say the Rebar Modern Food Cookbook is the one I actually cook out of the most - Rebar is an extraordinarily popular and successful vegetarian/pescatarian restaurant in my hometown, much beloved by locals and tourists alike. They released a cookbook a few years back which has been selling all over the world. The food is fabulous and the recipes are good. And I just found this blog by someone who's cooking their way through the entire cookbook! Super cool.
WOW I am surprised no one has mentioned Epicurious.com this website is full of fantastic recipes and if you have a special diet you can set dietary considerations tab to whatever special needs you have.
Oh and I like to use my Southbeach diet cookbooks too.
I too am a cookbook collector! I pick them up on vacations, gas stations, wherever! My mother-in-law recently gave me a 1930's cookbook. It is so fun to read thru the differnt cooking methods- almost like a history lesson! I have oodles of recipes torn from maganizes and written on scraps of paper... My favorite webiste is allrecipes.com! This site is AMAZING!! It has everything imaginable with reviews and tips added to the recipes, you can create your own recipebox or print themout to create your own cookbook. Hungrygirl.com has great healthy recipes and weightloss tips. I also collect them from Rachel Ray, Southern Living, Better Homes and Gardens magazines. Also whenever I make a recipe, I rate it from YUMMY to YUCKY and everything inbetween, that way when I pass it all down to my kids, they will have a little memory from me, and hopefully a smile- even though I may not be right there with them.
Guilty as charged. I'm a cookbook addict too. Currently, I love Mad Hungry by Lucinda Scala Quinn. I have magazine subscriptions to Cook's County, Food Network Magazine, and Kraft Food & Family. I figure that you can substitute if you either don't line the ingredient or want a more healthy version. I do like allrecipe.com and so use it quite a bit. Good idea for a post!
It's funny how we're all confessing our cookbook addictions...."hi, my name is Anne and I'm a cookbook addict." 
However, it's awesome to read about other great books and websites. I have to share with you about Pioneerwoman.com and on her blog you'll find TastyKitchen or you can go directly to TastyKitchen.com. This is a fantastic place to search tried and true recipes from all types of cooks...some who are way up there as a chef or super-duper cooks in the kitchen or holding their own. TastyKitchen has special diet needs listed...healthy recipes, gluten-free/lactose free, vegan/vegetarian...all kinds. These recipes come from all across the U.S. and other countries. It's a neat place to also make friends as you swap recipes. I encourage you to check it out.
Anne
Are there any good websites to recommend that have healthy recipes with nutrition info?
www.skinnytaste.com -- that has become my current favorite. I especially like the revamped no-bake cheesecake, and, taking that a bit further, I find the 1/4 cup of sugar is unnecessary, at least for my sweet tooth. Also, I spoon it into individual servings, top with a dusting of graham cracker crumbs and a teaspoon of all bran buds, and sliced strawberries. Its fantastic.
Lately I'm obsessed with the smitten kitchen. Gorgeous, simple, and totally inspiring - a little bit of innovation, a little bit of homey comfort, a little bit traditional, a little bit exotic. Overall, a wonderfully balanced and diverse array of recipes. Totally not diet food, though - don't go there if you don't want to torture yourself over pages and pages of cakes, tarts, and buttery goodness!
I like allrecipes.com as well - I have yet to fail to find a recipe that I'm looking for on that!
Original Post by ootek:
I confess to being a complete cookbook fiend. I have way more than I'll ever need.
What are y'all's favorite cookbooks and recipe magazines, either for eating light, eating healthfully, sentimentally, or for any reason?
Joy of Cooking was pretty much the only cookbook that saw any use in our house when I was a kid. We had a few other specialty and ethnic cookbooks but either couldn't afford or couldn't get the ingredients.
I'm currently reading some of the Eatwell series and they seem pretty reasonable. I just got 500 Calorie Dinners and Comfort Food from the library but haven't had time to use them (too many leftovers to justify cooking anything new until this weekend).
I've never been a big Martha Stewart fan but I do subscribe to "Everyday Food" and I've found a lot of "keepers" in those.
More-With-Less Cookbook
by Doris Janzen Longacre
Longacre has gathered 500 recipes from Mennonite kitchens that tell us how to eat better and consume less of the world's limited food resources. All recipes have been tested by professional home economists. This cookbook is written for those who care about their own health and the food needs of others in the world.
A friend recommended Cook's Illustrated "The New Best Recipe" cookbook, and I've been hooked ever since. I now have a collection of cookbooks from America's Test Kitchen, and I find them delicious and "cookable." It doesn't hurt that I can often find them at Costco. My new favorite is "Healthy Family Cookbook" from ATK. They developed healthy recipes without removing the taste. For those not familiar with them, these cookbooks include how they developed the recipes, what worked, what didn't, and include helpful tips about which products they like the best and why. The "Healthy" cookbook also includes nutrition information for all recipes - useful when using CC.
