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Farm Kitchen:  tell me about your favorite cookbooks  |
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hikerchic
Farmgirl in Training
32 Posts
Stacey
ravenna
oh
USA
32 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 11 2010 : 12:35:04 PM
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My favorite is a 1956 Betty Crocker that my Mom got as a wedding shower gift. She has hand written notes in the margin.
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lulu bell
True Blue Farmgirl
94 Posts
Karen
Ashland
NE
USA
94 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2010 : 12:38:05 PM
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Mine is from a group of chuch ladies from a small town in Nebraska, I love the good homemade flavor everything has and I can also find a recipe for anything I need.
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Hosanna
True Blue Farmgirl
466 Posts
Hosanna
Alton
Virginia
466 Posts |
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Candy C.
True Blue Farmgirl
823 Posts
Candy
Mescal
AZ
USA
823 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2010 : 1:19:11 PM
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I love to bake bread (and bake all of our bread) and my favorite bread book is "Great Whole Grain Breads" by Beatrice Ojakangas. It was originally published in 1984 but I picked up my copy probably about 5 years ago at Barnes and Noble when I decided to try to incorporate more whole grains into our diet.
Candy C.
Farmgirl Sister #977
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. |
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
1406 Posts
Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
1406 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2010 : 2:51:02 PM
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Laurel's Kitchen, without a doubt. Wonderful vegetarian cook book. I like the new one, but loved the old one. My copy got wet and moldy. Great book for a beginner.
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
Farmgirl #680! |
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chaddsgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
843 Posts
Sarah
Farmgirl Sisterhood #639
MO
USA
843 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2010 : 3:07:55 PM
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Stacey, your favorite is my favorite too!!!! :)
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and get to bed at night and in between does what they want to do. Bob Dylan
Deeperrootsfarm.etsy.com |
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mickib
True Blue Farmgirl
267 Posts
Michele
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
267 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2010 : 4:00:36 PM
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| I use my Fannie Farmer for all the basics and it has all my notes written in. Lately, my favorite is Lidia's Italy. |
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
895 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2010 : 5:54:03 PM
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Mine is the Grider Family Cookbook. The year after my Grandmother died all her children and their children and some of their children wrote out their favorite recipe from my Grandma and then wrote out all their own favorite recipes and sent them to one of my Aunts. She typed them all up and organized them and printed out cookbooks for all of us. Since them we keep printing out more as we all get married or as the young ones grow up and get their own places. It is so much fun and we all use them all the time. My Grandma was one of those cooks that never used a book. She taught all her daughters how to cook but it is funny that when they all wrote out her bread recipe they were all just a little different. They all work but they are all a bit different. I think we are lucky she never wrote anything down because now we all have something to talk about. LOL
Farmgirl Sister 572
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delicia
True Blue Farmgirl
917 Posts
delicia
cincinnati
ohio
USA
917 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2010 : 6:56:28 PM
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I really use and love the Gooseberry Patch cookbooks. They are wonderful, normal recipes with ingredients that you have in your home. I collect cookbooks and have a gazillion but, these and my family recipe book that my aunt made with a collection from each of our family members are my favorites.
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2010 : 7:59:03 PM
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I have that Betty Crocker too plus two similar vintage Better Homes and Gardens - they were all my grandma's. I collect cookbooks so it's hard to pick one, I really like the community organization cookbooks - churches, etc. I also really love all my cookbooks on French cooking. I just got a binder full of recipes that my grandma had my aunt put together in the 60's - she had been cutting them out since the 40's so I think that is my current favorite. Plus a Searchlight Household cookbook circa 1946 that was hers too (she and my grandpa recently moved to a very small apartment from a 3000 square foot home, I got the cookbooks).
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Perennial
True Blue Farmgirl
85 Posts
Bea
Southwest Virginia
USA
85 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2010 : 04:18:08 AM
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King Arthur Flour 200th Anniversary Cookbook - it's baking,
is an absolute must for any collection. All the recipes are
perfect and it's one of my most used cook books. It's not hard cover,
but would truly be a great purchase, that's saying a lot because i am CRAZY about cookbooks - especially baking, bread, dessert cook books. I have an embarrasingly large collection and that's the most used. King Arthur also has a few others, but this is my favorite! I'm always happy to help with recommendations for cookbooks, you might think about buying. |
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hikerchic
Farmgirl in Training
32 Posts
Stacey
ravenna
oh
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2010 : 05:57:59 AM
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| I love reading about everyone's favorite. I love the family cookbooks too. That's such a wonderful idea! |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2010 : 06:38:24 AM
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Well, I have WAY too many cookbooks, but there are just a few I go to, really..
My all-time go to for basics and reference: The Fannie Farmer cookbook (I knicked my mom's)
My favorite cookbook to make things from almost weekly: The Pioneer Woman
My favorite cookbook for a variety of reasons, "Prairie Home Cooking" by Judith Fertig. A great all around reference for the midwest home--if you had the opportunity to look in your Great Grandmother's pantry, you would find all that is referenced here. And the recipes are basically history lessons from the immigrants who ploughed their way through the midwest from Ohio to Nebraska.
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2875 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2875 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2010 : 06:44:34 AM
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Ha! Jonni! We are alike in more eways than not! I have all 3 of those & love all 3. My MIL had Fannie Farmer & acted like it was nothing special & asked me if I wanted it; I tried to not act too excited lest she reconsider, & maybe TMI here, but I can remember keeping Judith Ferig's book in the bathroom for a long while. I think I finally put it on the coffee table, & remember my BIL Joe reading it for most of THanksgiving.
I also love Tasha Tudor's cookbook of receipts. |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4738 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4738 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2010 : 06:55:07 AM
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I love all of Ina Garten's, "The Barefoot Conterssa", cookbooks. I have had success with all of her recipes and constantly use her recipes even though I have tons & tons of other cookbooks too.
Dawn in IL |
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palmettogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
571 Posts
sue
camden
south carolina
USA
571 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2010 : 10:42:30 AM
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| i love ina garten's too, and i also like rachael ray's....i find her's quick and easy for a week night sometimes. |
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hikerchic
Farmgirl in Training
32 Posts
Stacey
ravenna
oh
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2010 : 1:08:29 PM
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Originally posted by ddmashayekhi
I love all of Ina Garten's, "The Barefoot Conterssa", cookbooks. I have had success with all of her recipes and constantly use her recipes even though I have tons & tons of other cookbooks too.
Dawn in IL
I have all of Ina's too, love her! |
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jaimigirl
Farmgirl in Training
15 Posts
Jaimi
Sequim
WA
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Posted - Feb 13 2010 : 09:46:20 AM
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What a fun question! I 'm always looking for ways to prepare bumper crops of veggies, herbs and fruit. The cookbooks most frequently used are "The Gardeners' Community Cookbook" by Smith and Hawken and "Recipes From a Kitchen Garden" by Renee Shepherd and Fran Raboff. As many of you mentioned, I have a few shelves of cookbooks to choose from.
I like everything published by "America's Test Kitchen" because it explains the WHY and WHY NOT in recipes. Very engaging and stimulates creativity. Yummy! |
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adnama
True Blue Farmgirl
171 Posts
inge
fargo
north dakota
USA
171 Posts |
Posted - Feb 13 2010 : 12:18:00 PM
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| subscribing to this topic, cause I got multiple copies of some of those 50 plus cook books, and if you are really wanting them for your self, I will email those gals and see if we can come up with some type of deal. |
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Singing Tree Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
196 Posts
Cari
Chase
Michigan
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - Feb 15 2010 : 06:34:04 AM
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I like my Fannie Farmer, too. My favorites are Nourishing Traditions and Craft of the Country Cook. Both are much more than just recipe books. NT is a health and history book and CotCC is a complete how to from A-Z.
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vintagejenta
True Blue Farmgirl
83 Posts
Sarah
Walden
NY
USA
83 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 2:41:50 PM
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I have more cookbooks than is good for me (I especially love to collect vintage ones). My favorite cookbook to READ is Grassroots Cookbook by Jean Anderson. It's a great book from the 1970s that catalogs regional food that is essentially from the 1920s and '30s and tells the stories about the women whose recipes it features.
For cooking, I turn to The Joy of Cooking (1980s version) and for baking I turn to Dorie Greenspan's "Baking: from my home to yours."
Can't wait to check out the other cookbooks mentioned here!
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 6:24:07 PM
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Sarah - that grassroots cookbook sounds interesting
Jaimi - I love the Smith and Hawken Gardeners Community cookbook - my mom got it at Goodwill and gave it to me, indispensible!!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
613 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 09:43:39 AM
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my faves? the 1982 edition of Betty Crocker.... when i was first learning to cook, my MIL had this book, which was falling apart cause she used it so much. it's alway's been DH's favorite because it's what he grew up with, all those recipes his mom cooked came primarily from this book, so i knew i wanted it. i searched around for it and found a later edition in a used book store, but it just wasn't the same. but, miraculously, i found that edition i wanted in an antique store when i moved to WY! i can't believe it was the same edition and in perfect condition, too! it's been my favorite cookbook ever since....
one of my new favorites is 1998 The Complete Guide to Country Cooking. i'm on paperbackswap.com and will request cookbooks that sound interesting every once and awhile and requested this one.... turned out it was wonderful! every meal i've cooked from it so far has been delicious.
i collect cookbooks, too. don't have a huge collection yet, but i'm picky with my books... they have to have that certain something. and if i make a couple recipes from a book and they don't turn out, i'm through with that book.
I love cookbooks that combine my interests... i have a Monet cookbook, a collection of recipes the impressionist Monet used... who knew he was an avid cook! and one i want to start using more that is Currier & Ives Four Seasons cookbook.... included their beautiful lithographs and divided the recipes to fit into each of the seasons... many of the recipes seem to be old English recipes, so i'll be interested in trying them!
If anyone is interested, I have a book titled "The Family Home Cookbook" from 1956 if anyone is interested in trading or I can just send it out. It's in good shape, I just wasn't overly impressed and I can't swap it because it's older. If anyone is interested, e-mail me or reply to this topic!
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
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phonelady
True Blue Farmgirl
323 Posts
Carla
Loveland
Colorado
323 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 7:51:51 PM
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For me it’s my Mother’s old Betty Crocker cookbook [the Ethel’s Sugar Cookie recipe is the first one she taught me when I wanted to learn how to cook].
My favorite old cookbook is the Lorain Cooking book published in 1930. It’s interesting to look back at the cooking culture here in America when I read old cookbooks.
Currently, I’m working on a family and friends cookbook that will incorporate my family and friends recipes and some from all the different books and cutouts we’ve all saved over the years. It has pictures of the person who cooked the food or photos of the dish taken by the one who cooked it.
It’s even got Great-grandma Nonnie’s Prune Cake. [With the caption, “Will you dare to prepare it?”]
Smiles!
Carla
It's not just Life-
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classygram
True Blue Farmgirl
1812 Posts
Brenda
Pleasant Hill
Mo.
USA
1812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2010 : 04:14:10 AM
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Michele mine is the Fannie Farmer also. It was my aunts from many years ago. Then I'd have to say Gooseberry Patch cookbooks.
Brenda
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony" Mahatma Gandhi |
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