Comments on: COOKBOOKS – AGAIN http://alabamachanin.com/journal/2011/12/cookbooks/ Fri, 24 May 2013 16:34:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Laura M http://alabamachanin.com/journal/2011/12/cookbooks/#comment-32061 Laura M Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:23:15 +0000 http://alabamachanin.com/journal/?p=11593#comment-32061 Marcella Hazan’s classic Italian cookbook – simple ingredients, deep flavors. The recipes that I’ve made from this book have a depth of flavor that I’ve only found when I lived in Louisiana – simple, everyday food deeply and thoughtfully seasoned. Also, Cooks Illustrated magazine really is the last word on the best of the best recipes for everything. I’m famous in my town for “my” cookies – but they’re really recipes I found in Cooks Illustrated.

]]> By: Susan http://alabamachanin.com/journal/2011/12/cookbooks/#comment-31992 Susan Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:54:21 +0000 http://alabamachanin.com/journal/?p=11593#comment-31992 I have two favorites. My everyday cookbook is Modern Italian Cooking by Biba Caggiano. It is a fantastic, easy Italian cookbook by an Italian woman who moved to this country as a young bride in the 60′s. All the dishes I have made from this book are fabulous. It is out of print, but we keep buying copies from Alibris as gifts. The second book is one I go to throughout the year for special occasions or just a special treat and it is especially good for the holidays: Great Holiday Baking Book by Beatrice Ojakangas. I believe this one is also out of print, but I got mine out of the library, loved it so much that I bought from Alibris, my goto site for used books.

I also go the library and check out cookbooks when I tire of my own cooking. Sometimes I discover a good one this way. Right now, I love Ina Garten’s books. I have checked several out, and I am now trying to decide which on of her many to buy!

]]> By: Mary Beth http://alabamachanin.com/journal/2011/12/cookbooks/#comment-31983 Mary Beth Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:32:39 +0000 http://alabamachanin.com/journal/?p=11593#comment-31983 I, too, am returning to my cookbook library! While I love reading the online reviews for second opinions, nothing replaces the feel of cookbooks in hand. I just received Hugh Acheson’s book as a wedding present, along with a wonderful southern book of nothing but pies…cannot wait to dogear and splatter those!
Looking forward to your selections.

]]> By: Julie Bowersett http://alabamachanin.com/journal/2011/12/cookbooks/#comment-31982 Julie Bowersett Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:26:13 +0000 http://alabamachanin.com/journal/?p=11593#comment-31982 June, I inherited my grandmother’s Joy of Cooking, dogeared, splattered, notated and stuffed with hand written recipes of her own. It is one of my most prized possessions.

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