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Originally Posted by castufari
It's not cheap but it's a nice cookbook - tastefully done with nice pictures. The instructions on some items could be better (as others have stated) but it's not rocket science.
I have 8 cookbooks:
-The New Professional Chef (it's a great reference)
-Death By Chocolate (from the Trellis in Williamburg)
-The Trellis Cookbook (Trellis)
-I'm Dreaming of a Chocolate Christmas (Trellis)
-French Bistro
-Classic Techniques on Italian (Bugialli)
-Cucina (it's in italian, I bought it in my home town of Oria)
-Escoffier
Between these, which take up 1/2 of a bookshelf, I can cook anything. Some of it isn't too goof for you, other parts are. You can take pretty much any recipe and clean it up. I make a lot of sauces but I always cut the butter way down or cut the portion way down.
Escoffier is my favorite. 5000 recipes in one thick tome. Most are a paragraph long and tell you how to cook the item with no details. Like "prepare a daube of beef in the way of (some town), serve with (veggies) and a sauce made of (base sauce) highlighted with (another reduction).
Get in the kitchen and just cook. It's a good skill to have. Ladies love it.
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I love daube of beef.
I have to agree and disagree here. Not on your list, since I don't know a lot of those, but as I've been cooking since I as 12, I tend to look at any recipe and naturally make it my version of healthy.
Healthy cookbooks are a great start for people who are new to cooking, though. Without a background to fall back on and plenty of failed dishes, they won't know where to start.
Even with a couple of healthy cookbooks, there's no denying the value of a good ol' cookbook on your shelf. I have a couple of standby cookbooks that you just can't find anymore, but here are some modern day basic ones.
Jamie Oliver,
Cook with Jamie: My Guide To Making You A Better Cook. This book teaches you some simple little things. I made my own mayonnaise, for instance. This is a good cookbook.
Bobby Flay,
Grilling for Life These are fairly healthy and you really see how simple healthy (or healthier can be). He shows you that the key to a great tasting healthy dish isn't trying to make it the same as the non-healthy (e.g., traditional) way. You make a different dish that's better because of the differences.
Better Homes and Gardens
New Cookbook Why "new?" I don't know. I have three versions of this book (35, 20, and 5 years old). They all say "New." Anyhow, it has pictures and charts and you can use it as a reference to cook anything, then change it around to suit your own tastes. This is a starter cookbook. The one you give your son or daughter when they move out. This is like the Joy of Cooking, but better. I don't like the Joy of Cooking. To be honest, I don't really even like the word "joy."