Cookbooks, Etc.

[Daisy Pusher]

Bumping again. I wandered past a great local used bookshop and encountered a shiny copy of James Villas' The Glory of Southern Cooking. I can't wait to try some of these recipes out.

Also, I found the most fantastic little booklet, in remarkably good condition, that had been published in 1949 by a group of ladies in Yarmouth, Mass trying to raise money for Cape Cod Hospital. The book's former owner handwrote several recipes, for coffee gelatin dessert, and various chowders, on the end pages, ina gorgeous script. I'll probably never use it but it made me happy to look at it.

Anyone else have any recent discoveries or purchases?

[bhaverchuck]

I was wondering, does anyone know of any good cookbooks dealing mainly in vegetables? I kind of hate vegetables, but I'm trying to eat more of them since I realized that my diet basically consists of fruit, yogurt, and rice (I'm gluten intolerant.) I have two "recipes" - olive oil and garlic, and asian-y stirfry. It occurred to me that I might like vegetables more if I actually knew what to do with the damn things.

So, yeah. Any recs out there?

[lemuralley]

I just picked up Veganomicon a few weeks ago since I enjoyed Vegan with a Vengeance. A good section of the beginning of the book is ideas on fairly basic but tasty ways to cook a wide variety of vegetables and grains. I'm not vegan or even vegetarian, but I'm trying to reduce the amount of animal I eat, so I've been referring to a bunch of stuff in those.

On the vegetarian front, I've got How to Cook Everything Vegetarian on reserve at my local library. There's a thread at the Cooking Light forums devoted to ooo-ing and ahh-ing over it, so I thought I'd check it out. There're some recipes from the book posted in that thread.

[woodchipper]

Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone is pretty good. I like it because it has simple recipes that taste great, as well as more complicate ones.

[cantienne]

My vegetarian sister has been raving about How to Cook Everything Vegetarian.

[bhaverchuck]

Thanks for the help. I looked those all up on Amazon and they sound perfect. I'll be checking them out for a test run this weekend.

The pictures are kind of freaking me out, though. The customer images feature sounds great, but the prevalence of vaguely meat-like substances with brown sauces doesn't really help with the sell.

[lemuralley]

Just as an update, I took How to Cook Everything Vegetarian out of the library, and I can definitely recommend it. I'm sort of in awe of this book. Just tons and tons and tons and tons of good information and ideas. I'm buying my own copy ASAP.

[Deleted]

I just got my copy of the 40th anniversary edition of Mastering the Art of French Cooking from Amazon, and I'm so happy. The book is absolutely gorgeous and I can't wait to try out some of the classic recipes. A friend made Julia's beef bourguignon and salad nicoise for a dinner party the other day and both were lovely.

[chonies]

Jan 24, 2008 20:07:17 GMT -4 Daisy Pusher said:

Bumping again. I wandered past a great local used bookshop and encountered a shiny copy of James Villas' The Glory of Southern Cooking. I can't wait to try some of these recipes out.

Also, I found the most fantastic little booklet, in remarkably good condition, that had been published in 1949 by a group of ladies in Yarmouth, Mass trying to raise money for Cape Cod Hospital. The book's former owner handwrote several recipes, for coffee gelatin dessert, and various chowders, on the end pages, ina gorgeous script. I'll probably never use it but it made me happy to look at it.

Anyone else have any recent discoveries or purchases?

Bumping this thread from ten years ago!

I came to this thread for a completely different reason, but I have to say coffee gelatin and its kin, Vietnamese coffee gelatin, are amazing, if you're into gelatin. I made a swirly molded gelatin dessert with coffee and condensed milk gelatin, which delighted some people and horrified others.

Anyway, I don't know if this is the right place, but I got my copy of Cooking Light and it's their farewell issue. *cries* I loved this magazine. It wasn't perfect, but I really appreciated its approach and the way it explored different themes and ideas in cooking, and especially how they organized their meal-planning features. RIP, Cooking Light.

[mojogirl]

I love the food librarian website! Her Broken Glass jello is amazing. My 12-yo requested it for a recent potluck, but it's a huge PITA to make and whomever I'm making it for has to be worth it.