Cookbooks Well Worth the $$$

By Lindsay on December 17, 2007 3:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

It seems like almost everyone in the food world has published a cookbook ... so how do you choose in which culinary bible to invest? After years of poking around piles of cookbooks at the library and testing them in my little kitchen ... here is a list of my favorites. I chose different books for various categories. Click the link below to see them all.

Cooking 101 ~ Recipes that easily translate for a basic home chef while providing an abundance of food knowledge. Cook your way through these books and you'll be on well your way to earning the title "Gourmet Cook."
The Silver Palate Cookbooks
The Joy of Cooking

Pretty, pretty pictures ~ full color photos alway make me more confident and inspired when preparing a recipe.
The New Cook - Donna Hay

Doable, Innovative Recipes
Nigella Lawson Books

Simple Modern Healthy Cooking
The Little Black Apron

Baking
King Arthur's Baking Companion