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Cookbooks?

Kwyjibo

Kwyjibo

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So I'm kind of in a new situation, I'm in my third year of school and living on my own in an apartment. I've been cooking for myself for a semester and its been pretty good but I'm the kind of person who's up for new things. So I figured as a gift from my extended family for christmas I'd ask for a cookbook.

I would like something with good variety. I like some pictures ... It doesn't need to be a clíchéd college type thing ... so basically I want a book with average to easy dinner ideas.
 
Try The New Best Recipe. It's a book put out by the editors of Cooks Illustrated Magazine. Each recipe works just as advertised.

One thing about cookbooks is that many, many times the recipes don't work and it can be frustrating.

Here is a little plug, but I tested and worked on these Food Network Cookbooks. The recipes taste great and work and there are a lot of color pictures in them (including one of me, but that's not a good selling point, believe me....)
 
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My favorite is "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone"...don't let the name put you off if you're not a vegetarian. All of the recipes I've tried have come out excellent. They're tasty, fairly easy to make, and you can add meat to them if your so inclined. Your best bet is to go to a Borders and/or Barnes and Noble and flip through some of the cookbooks and find one that you'd like and ask for that... works for me.
 
yeah ... all three of those are in my mothers cabinet and I find none of them interesting or useful. If I know what I want to make, they're awesome, but as for inspiring the unsual ... not so much.
 
these are decent, easy to follow books... with a wide range of basic ideas, to more particular dishes that take some prep... nice variety of winter/summer recepies as well... simple ingredients that allow for your own experimentation- nice starting point for serious cooking later...

barefoot contessa cookbooks
 
my wife has been trying things from two great books recently, and the results have been outstanding.

Rachel Rays - "30 minute meals"

and

Giada De Laurentis - "Every Day Italian"
 

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