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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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 Posted - May 21 2004 : 5:24:08 PM
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I thought it would be fun to share our finds regarding favorite cookbooks. I recently came upon a cookbook by Sally Fallon entitled "NOURISHING TRADITIONS: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats". It is a wealth of information and a great resource about eating a balanced diet and moving away from the unhealthly ways that have been mass marketed to us. What it really boils down to is trying to reinstate a way of nourishing our bodies that is very similar to the way people ate through the 1940's. Check it out at Amazon.. read the reviews which are more in depth. It is a very good value. Clare
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0967089735/qid=1085184784/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-2971914-3447851
Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural |
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HiDez Gal
True Blue Farmgirl
122 Posts
Roberta
Joshua Tree,
CA
USA
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Posted - May 27 2004 : 10:33:07 PM
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Hi Clare,
Nourishing Traditions sounds most interesting, i am going to watch for it. Checked the county library system online to see if i could get it that way but no luck.
I read cookbooks the way some people read novels. I have always enjoyed Bert Greene "Greene on Greens" is one of my favorites. I like cookbooks that emphasize fresh foods, rather simply prepared and recently have been reading and preparing recipes from Rachel Ray's "30-Minute Meals" and Ina Garten's "Barefoot Contessa" series. Another favorite is "Cocina de la Familia", Authentic Recipes from Mexican-American Home Kitchens. I have lots of others that i enjoy but these are the ones i am currently reading and using. We REALLY enjoy Ina Garten's recipe for Herbal Iced Tea - yum! We must go through a gallon a day in hot weather,
Have you ever read Gunilla Norris' books, such as "Becoming Bread"? Not a cook book as such, perhaps a book for cooks 
From my favorite coffee cup:
"A gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do." Minnie Cody, 1901 |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2004 : 08:46:51 AM
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Thanks so much for sharing and for the recommendations! I shall check out these possibilities for rounding out my cooking reading. Think I need to make a list!
HiDez Gal, may I ask what your first name is, if you don't mind sharing? ~ Clare
Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2004 : 09:11:35 AM
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Here is a link to an interesting article about old cookbooks and real food. It is quite interesting. I must say; however, that MJ's healthy quick foods would be an exception to this statement!
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/pacificnw/2004/0530/taste.html
Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jun 02 2004 : 9:57:28 PM
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I love cookbooks too. Some of My favorites are : The Wooden Spoon Bread book, The Susan Branch "Heart of the Home" Series (every recipe is wonderful) a local cookbook called "cooking with the crazy lady" and for Italian food an old Dom Delouise cookbook called "eat this you'll feel better". I have quite a collection..and always have a hard time resisting a new one. (especially an old new one!!) I have a 1940's small cookbook called Aunt Jenny's favorites that I love>>>>:)
Jenny in Utah
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HiDez Gal
True Blue Farmgirl
122 Posts
Roberta
Joshua Tree,
CA
USA
122 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2004 : 10:26:53 AM
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Hi gals,
Aunt Jenny, i have a couple of the Heart of the Home books too. Have you ever tried making her Rainbow Jello? I have made it a number of times for potlucks and it is always a huge hit with kids and adults alike. A lot of trouble to make but such a fun thing to do. I've even done it in red, white and blue for Fourth of July. "Junk food" i suppose but better than most.
Clare, added my name to my profile :-) Sorry for not doing so before but i had some problems online with a resident of my community who was kind of following me around in person and online. This person has since left the area and if i am going to followed around in cyber space there is probably nothing much to be done about it anyway so i will post my name and city and not worry about it.
From my favorite coffee cup:
"A gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do." Minnie Cody, 1901 |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2004 : 10:43:08 AM
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Thank you Roberta! I think we're a pretty safe bunch, but I understand your hesitation. Our company has a web page with pictures... I found that all I had to do was to enter my name into a Google search, and there the whole world could see my picture and job description! HORRORS! I had them remove my picture, then I felt safer. I too have had some wierd exchanges and am thankful that nothing awful has become of them... so I understand your hesitation. I think we'll all protect each other here... may be naive on my part, but this doesn't feel like haunting space to me!
Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural |
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HiDez Gal
True Blue Farmgirl
122 Posts
Roberta
Joshua Tree,
CA
USA
122 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2004 : 6:55:00 PM
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Ummm, after you mentioned it i went to Google and entered HiDez Gal and darned if my posts from this forum didn't appear. Wish we weren't being archived to the web at large like this, wonder if there is some way to stop it from happening? I believe some forums are not archived to the web.
From my favorite coffee cup:
"A gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do." Minnie Cody, 1901 |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2004 : 9:55:48 PM
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Sounds like a question for Sarah (sourjayne).... hello Sarah! Please help us out in this quest.
Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural |
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Cntrymom
Farmgirl in Training
14 Posts
Barb
Romeoville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2004 : 11:02:29 AM
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| I can read a cookbook like a novel - I just love them. I especially like the hometown cookbooks, or ones that church groups publish - those have the best recipes. I always keep my open for them at garage sales, books sales. It is an added bonus when a handwritten note in in the margins of the cookbook. |
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cecelia
True Blue Farmgirl
497 Posts
cecelia
new york
USA
497 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2004 : 1:43:08 PM
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 I have so many cookbooks in my kitchen I no longer have room to do any cooking 
Cecelia
ce's farm |
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Paula J.
True Blue Farmgirl
68 Posts
Paula
OK
USA
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Posted - Jun 20 2004 : 07:14:27 AM
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There are a couple of cookbooks I return to again and again. Mary Emmerling's (former editor of Country Living mag) "American Country Cooking" and "At Home in the Country" are stories wrapped around menus and recipes. I've had these for years.
The "Silver Palate Cookbook" continues to surprise me, although I've had it for nearly 15 years.
And, a (relatively) new vegetarian cookbook by Crescent Dragonwagon is called "Passionate Vegetarian." She describes much of her life in and around Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where she had a bed and breakfast, throughout the course of the books. It is absolutely huge in size; I was glad when the paperback version was published! Many of the recipes are too involved for my normal weeknight cooking, but I still love to read them.
Which brings me to a question: do any of you have trouble finding the ingredients you need for your cooking? I rarely had trouble when I lived in the city, but now it's a challenge. My husband asked for a specific flank steak recipe for Father's Day; it took FOUR grocery stores before I found one that even carried the cut. I was not a happy camper. Guess I need to learn to plan more in advance, to save myself driving 100 miles to do the shopping on a Saturday, wasting a beautiful day AND getting caught in city traffic!
pj
Paula J.
Collinsville, OK
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cecelia
True Blue Farmgirl
497 Posts
cecelia
new york
USA
497 Posts |
Posted - Jun 20 2004 : 11:05:10 AM
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I have my mother's cookbook from around 1943, "The Modern Family Cook Book"; the cover is missing, pages are torn, etc. but I love it. It's somewhat out of date (lard anyone?) so I have to improvise on the recipes, and there are some things I would never eat (brains?). But it does have information on canning, preserving, daily suggested menus, holiday suggestions, etc. I've never found any new cookbook which compares as far as information.
My brother gave me "Your Country Kitchen" by Jocasta Innes, this has info on making sausage,
cooking game, using wild foods, making jam, cheese, pickles, yogurt and loads of other foods which you would normally buy. I don't use it often, but it's very informative also.
Cecelia
ce's farm |
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sourjayne
worker bee
67 Posts
sarah
seattle
washington
67 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2004 : 11:03:23 AM
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Hi gals, sorry I haven't been around much!
In response to the question addressed to me about privacy and Google -- I can certainly look into making this forum non-public, to see if it's possible if that's what you prefer, but the flip side to that is it makes all the valuable information and resources you all have been publishing here unavailable to the public. For example, someone could be looking for cookbooks via a Google search and happen upon this discussion.
The information here is meant to be public. If you are nervous about any personal information being found on the web, don't post it on the web. We all understand the need for privacy. I for one never use my last name -- not even in my web-based e-mail account. If you need to use an assumed name and leave your location blank, we'll understand.
Let me know if you still want me to look into making this forum private in light of that information.
Thanks!
Sarah (sourjayne)
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sugar1
Farmgirl in Training
19 Posts
Diane
Fostoria
MI
USA
19 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2004 : 09:56:25 AM
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There is a great cookbook put out by the food coops & CSA's in WI. It's called From Asparagus to Zucchini. It is arraigned in alphabetical order and each chapter is dedicated to a single vegetable. When your garden is overrun with tomatoes, for example, flip to the tomato pages and you'll have a bunch of tomato recipes. I like it because it makes it easier for me to try new types of vegetables in our garden. They only publish it every few years, but if you can get your hands on one--grab it! (I will post their address when I get home in case anyone is interested...) |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2004 : 9:35:56 PM
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I am for sure interested...that sounds so useful!! Especially in August and Sept!!!!!
Jenny in Utah
Bloom where you are planted! |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jul 22 2004 : 1:02:58 PM
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Hi all-
I don't personally own this cookbook, but my daughter cooks from it almost every day of her life. I wish I had one and it is on my Christmas list! She and her family are as organic as you can be in a normal world, and almost vegetarian, but they do eat fish and pasta. This book has some really good recipes. Just this week, she made me butternut squash soup from it, and it was yummy.
The cookbook is called "Recipes for Life from God's Garden" by Rhonda Malkmus. It is available from a website called www.hacres.com. I am not affiliated with this website or the company; I just know from experience the recipes are healthy and good.
jpbluesky
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Nov 06 2004 : 5:14:09 PM
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A "new" edition to my cookbook shelf is another one that jumped into my cart at Goodwill yesterday! This one sounds just up my alley, as I try to avoid all processed foods. It is called "The Natural Foods Book.. the ingredients, the methods, the recipes for a wholesome diet" by George Seddon/Jackie Burrow, published in 1977. Originally published in the UK as "The WholeFood Book". It has great color photos, sketches of methods of preparation, recipes and descriptions of all foods. It covers EVERYTHING. If you find a copy, snatch it up... I don't think you'll regret it!
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Nov 07 2004 : 07:05:34 AM
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Lorij, I still use my old Moosewood Cookbook that I purchased 28 years ago. It is stained and torn but it still has some of the best vegan recipies I have ever found. The veg lasagna is out of this world. I still use my Mother's 1955 BHG cookbook and Fanny Farmer Cookbook I recieved as wedding gift. I have collected recipies from newspapers and magazines for decades. They are scattered all over my house as well as my cookbooks. Someday hopefully I will get organized.
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2004 : 9:02:33 PM
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I love my moosewood book!!! I like to try to use all my cookbooks more often by each week when I figure out my menu for the week picking one book to use at least a couple times during that week. It is fun and I have made recipes that I had forgotten alot of times. I always make up a menu on Sunday night for the upcoming week. We stick pretty close to it and it sure helps me alot. I hate trying to decide last minute what to cook. This week I am using an autumn Susan
Branch cookbook I just recently bought..it has some neat stuff in it.
Jenny in Utah
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Idahospud
True Blue Farmgirl
67 Posts
Nikki
Emmett
Idaho
USA
67 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2004 : 9:47:31 PM
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My favorite cookbooks are the ones put out by church or other local groups where you know they are tried and true family recipes. And if they don't work you can call the contributor and ask her if there was a misprint!
I'm working on gathering up all the recipes I've collected from others and on the internet and putting them in a binder. I'm not a very adventurous cook (I don't really like to cook), but I always get compliments on my cooking and get asked for recipes.
I did Once A Month cooking fairly regularly until the last year or so, and have many freezer-meal cookbooks. When I did low-carb religiously I found many recipes on the internet that are still family staples. One thing I don't like is when a recipe has a lot of steps or unusual ingredients--funny, those are the ones my sister likes to try the most! I guess it's just how adventurous in the kitchen you are. |
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
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Posted - Nov 10 2004 : 10:07:50 AM
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I have just checked out a cookbook from the library by Bharti Kirchner
"The Bold Vegetarian" I spent a couple of hours last evening just reading through it. I am impressed and think this is one I will buy.
I decided to look at it after I read her novel "Pastries" To write a novel that was that good she must know something about really good cooking, so I had to look. I am ready to try some of her recipies today.
As far as the question about some of the exotic ingredients availibility, I too find it difficult to get some things but there is a good market about an hour from here that I go to about once a month just for the special things. Otherwise sometimes I make substitutions or just cook simple things. I also think there must be a mail order business where we can get Oriental and Mediterranian spices. Our food co-op is stocking more and more of these great things as our members keep asking for them.
Some of my old stand by cook books are "The lilly Wallace Cook Books" 1939 edition, The Fanny Farmer cookbook and Joy of Cooking as well as an old(not the new)Betty Crocker cookbook, before all the packaged soup mixes replaced all the real food in her cookbooks. I am also a collector of cookbooks and have the Susan Branch books as well as the better homes and gardens series along with a lot of really old ones that I just look at but seldom use.
My main cookbook is an old daytimer from 1972 that I have used the journal pages to write down all the experimental foods that I have made for my family as I was beginning to develope my own cooking style.It is complete with all the scribblings of seasoning changes made during process. My kids all have copies of those pages that they especially enjoyed and wanted to cook for themselves after they left home.
Eileen
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Nov 10 2004 : 11:12:41 AM
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Cookbooks! Now there is a subject for this house! My husband is a great cook and collects cookbooks too but he crossed the line when he brought home "Elvis Presley:Are You Hungry Tonight?" under the guise of it being a collectible! We use alot of different books but my old standbys are some that have already been mentioned (Fanny Farmer,
Mary Emmerling, Susan Branch, Moosewood, Alice Waters/Chez Panisse, and Mom's old copy of BHG Family Cookbook w/ red and White cover stuffed full of her recipes and clippings. I have an old 4-H cookbook that both my husband and I contributed recipes to as kids that's kind of neat. One that nobody mentioned but I think is a MUST is the New York Times cookbook in any form you find it. The food editors are always top notch, the recipes tested and successful, the selections vast . A real treat book if you can find it is "Recipes and Reflections: A Journey of Food and Friendship from the Inn at the Round Barn Farm ". You have to love a book that starts with the cookies! Gorgeous photography, amazingly GREAT recipes; there hasn't been one thing I've been disappointed with from this book. But beware... you know how those B&B menus are... truly decadent! Hey and what about Julia and Jacques Pepin? Can't forget them! Bon Apetit!
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jbartos3
Farmgirl at Heart
9 Posts
June
Victor
NY
USA
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Posted - Nov 12 2004 : 12:37:17 PM
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I have to admit, I have several obsessions in life that lead to collecting an awful lot of....stuff, blank notebooks, fabric, and well cookbooks....
I just recently ordered one called "The Farmers Wife Cookbook". If you love nostalgia, you'll love the pictures and the old magazine articles included. The recipes are good too, and many if not all can be easily updated to healthy and organic. It was a fun read, and a nice addition to my "collection." :)
Here is a link, I think it's available in several different places though. http://www.eggcartons.com/item611.htm
June
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” --- Oscar Wilde |
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - Nov 13 2004 : 07:44:31 AM
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I LOVE cookbooks, I have quite a collection of new and vintage cookbooks. I especially love anything from the 40's & 50's. I too feel I've hit the jackpot, when I buy an old cookbook and the prior owner has made notations or left pages from newspapers, etc. in the book.
farmgirl@heart
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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Farm Kitchen: Cookbooks |
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