From: mwoo@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Margaret Woo)
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
Subject: Cookbook List (from What Is Your Favorite Cookbook? thread)
Date: 26 Aug 92 23:42:22 GMT
Reply-To: mwoo@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Margaret Woo)
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Here is a list of all the cookbooks people recommended.  Note that one
respondent listed every cookbook he had 8-).  I've taken out the editorial
due to the fact that the file was 2500 lines long.

My personal favorites are:
	*  Larousse Gastronomique
	*  The Cake Bible
	*  The Fanny Farmer Cookbook and the Fannie Farmer Baking Book
	*  Mrs. Ma's Chinese Cookbook
	*  Marcella Hazan's cookbooks
	*  Cookin with Queen Ida (great pralines!)
	*  Any junior league/church fund raiser cookbook

Enjoy!

Margaret


The Moosewood Cookbook
The Family Circle Encyclopedia of Cooking
Fanny Farmer Boston Cooking School cookbook
El Norte, the cuisine of Northern Mexico
The Art of Russian Cuisine
All of Maida Heatter
all of Nick Malgieri
all of Bernard Clayton
The Yankee Cookbok printed in 1939
Bon Appetit's Favorite Restaurant Recipes
Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking 

          You mentioned that you wanted sources.  I go to a used
          bookstore in San Diego that has a great supply of cookbooks.
          The person who sells them is based out of Burbank, and they
          may have books in other used bookstores in California.  The
          source is:
                        Janet Jarvits
                        142 S. San Fernando Blvd.
                        Burbank, CA  91502
                        (818) 848-4630

          Her card says "Cookbooks - Buy and Sell, Used and
          Out-of-Print".

The New Basics Cookbook by Russo & Lukins. 
Joy of Cooking
Larousse Gastronomique 
reprint of Escoffier's book
Paul Prudhomme's first cookbook
Commander's Palace cookbook
Betty Crocker's _The_New_International_Cookbook_
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From tokin@hpmwmat.sr.hp.com Mon May 20 17:52:23 1991

I am sending you 2 lists of cookbooks that I had previously typed.  I thought
you might be interested because some of them are pretty weird.  I'm a veg-
etarian, so these lists are veggie oriented.  I don't have a favorite book
because I'm not cookbook-recipe oriented.                   

This is my methodology:
    I decide on what I want to make.
    I find every recipe that I have for the same dish.
    I spread them all out on the floor and make a chart of ingredients and
     quantities on a piece of paper.
    I circle the ingredients and quantities that I want for my own taste.    
    I make the dish.

Crazy, huh?  Somehow, it works for me.  I find that by looking at many recipes
for the same dish, I can get a pretty good feel for what's important and what's
not.

The cookbook lists are long because I collect books anyway.  I have 16 6'x3'
bookcases in my living room (and 5 fish tanks).  There is no furniture, so I
have a lot of room to spread out recipes.

I am also interested in ancient recipes.  The only one I have heard of is 
Apicius (sp?), who was Roman.  There _must_ be ancient Greek cookbooks out
there somewhere!  I know there are Egyptian recipes, but the ingredients are
untranslatable.  I'll look around for them again.  It would be fun to post
in Egyptian hieroglyphs, maybe I could start a new newsgroup - rec.food.egypt.
anc. :-)

Oh well, hope you find some good titles, I especially like; The Thistle Eaters
Guide and The Edible Ornamental Garden.

Please let me know if you get any leads on ancient recipes.  I'd like them in
the original because I don't trust other people's translation, but whatever
you get would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Toki


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Toki Noguchi                  |Take a pinch of this and a shake of that
HP Santa Rosa, MWTD           |And a splash of something good.   
Archaeologists date anything! |'Cause a cook just knows by the twitch of  
tokin@hpmwmat.HP.COM          |her nose, the way a good cook should. FraggleRock        
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My Vegetarian Cookbook List 
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The Vegetarian Epicure vol.1
Anna Thomas

The Book of Tofu
Akiko Aoyagi and William Shurtleff

The Book of Tempeh
Akiko Aoyagi and William Shurtleff

Greystone Bakery Cookbook (Zen)
Helen Glassman and Susan Postal

Chinese Vegetarian Cooking
Kenneth Lo

World of the East Vegetarian Cooking
Mahdur Jaffrey

The Moosewood Cookbook
Mollie Katzen

New Recipes from the Moosewood Restaurant 
Moosewood Collective

Whole Food Catalogue
Nava Atlas

Vegetarian Celebrations
Nava Atlas

Greens
Madison and Brown

Vegetarian Cooking
Sunset

Thorson's Guide to
 The Very Best of Vegetarian Cooking
 Ed. Janet Hunt

Tassajara Bread Book
Edward Espe Brown

Vegetarian Meals
Menu Masters

Recipes for a Small Planet
Ellen Buchman Ewald

Diet for a Small Planet
Frances Moore Lappe

Laurel's Kitchen
Robertson, Flinders, Godfrey

Sea Vegetable Gourmet Cookbook and Forager's Guide
Eleanor and John Lewallon
1983 Mendocino Sea Vegetable Company

The New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook
Ed.: Louise Hagler and Dorothy Bates
1988 Book Publishing Co.

The Vegetarian Treasure Chest
Winifred Graham
1983 Quicksilver Productions, Ashland, Oregon 97520

Greek Vegetarian Cooking
Alkmini Chaitow
1989 Healing Arts Press

Greek Vegetarian Cookery
Jack Santa Maria
1985 Shambala

Vegetarian Gourmet Cookery
Alan Hooker

Vegetarian Cookery (5 vols)  
Patricia Hall-Black and Ruth Little Carey, PhD.

Tassajara Cooking
Edward Espe Brown

Zen Cookery
Ohsawa Foundation

Japanese Vegetarian Cooking 
Lesley Downer
ISBN 0-394-75006-3

Cordon Vert
Colin Spencer

The Vegetarian Barbeque
David Eno

The Sea Vegetable Gelatin Cookbook and Field Guide
Judith Cooper Madlener

The New French Gourmet Vegetarian Cookbook
Rosine Claire

Earth Medicine - Earth Foods
Michael Weiner

The Best of Vegetarian Cooking: Oriental Dishes
Jo Logan

A Natural Foods Cookbook: Almonds to Zoybeans
Mothey Parsons

The Back to Eden Cookbook
Jethro Kloss

Cashews and Lentils, Apples and Oats
Diana Dalsass

The George Bernard Shaw Vegetarian CookBook
Alice Laden and R.T. Minney

The Higher Taste: A Guide to Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking and a Karma-Free Diet
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness


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My Vegetable Cookbook List 
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Tofu, Tempeh and Other Soy Delights
Camille Cusumano

The Book of Whole Grains
Charlene Bumgarner

The Complete Bean Book
Victor Bennet

The Brilliant Bean
Sally and Martin Stone

Eat Your Vegetables!
Bagget, Glick, Green

Salads
Pamela Westman

Vegetables
Delphine Hirasuna

A World of Vegetable Cookery
Alex Hawkes

Joy of Gardening Cookbook
Ballentyne

Cooking with Yoghurt
Hallgarden

Quick and Easy Health Food, Fruit and Nuts
Japanese Cooking
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Fresh Vegetables
Nitty Gritty Cookbooks

The Edible Ornamental Garden
John E. Bryan and Coralie Castle

A Natural Foods Cookbook: Almonds to Zoybeans
Mothey Parsons

International Macrobiotic Cuisine: Whole World Cookbook
from the Editors of EastWest Journal

The Thistle Eaters Guide
R.E. Scammel

Home Gardener's Month by Month Cookbook
Marjorie Page Blanchard

Eggplant, Okra and Peppers
Tomatoes
Cucumbers, Melons and Squash
National Gardening Assn.

The Victory Garden Cookbook
Marian Morash

The Creative Gardener's Cookbook
Teri Michell, Ed.

The Simpler Life from Arrowhead Mills
Frank Ford

Beautiful Cooking
Kretschmer Wheat Germ

Strawberries
Maggie Waldron 

Blue Corn and Square Tomatoes
Rebecca Rupp

Cooking with Exotic Fruits and Vegetables
Grigson and Knox

The Natural Cookbook
Marshall Cavendish and Gail Duff

Super Salads
Carole Berglie

Pasta and Other Special Salads
Ceil Dyer

The Garlic Lovers Cookbook
Gilroy Garlic Festival 1981-1982

The Basil Book
Marilyn Hampstead

The New York Botanical Garden Cookbook
Sharon Bennenson

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Tassajara Bread Book --a laid back book that produces wonderful results.
Good Housekeeping cookbook-- a good basic cookbook.
Larousse Gastronomique -- excellent reference book and good reading
Betty Crocker's Mexican cookbook -- some good recipes in here

The best teaching cookbook of all time, and one of the best cookbooks:
_The Cake Bible_ by Rose Levy Beranbaum. No praise is high enough.
Runners-up:
_The Key to Chinese Cooking_ by Irene Kuo 
_The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking_ by Barbara Tropp

My favorite reading cookbook, and damn fine (& easy) recipes:
_Growing Up on the Chocolate Diet_ by Lora Brody

Favorite gastronomy:
_Out to Lunch_ by Paul Levy
_Villas on Food_ by James Villas
anything by: Mary Francis Kennedy Fisher

Cookbook with the most bizarre recipe:
_The [Gilroy Garlic Festival] Complete Garlic Lovers' Cookbook_
Before you ask: Chocolate-covered garlic cloves, p. 328

Best collection of recipes for the experienced Chinese cook:
_The Chinese Cookbook_ by Craig Claiborne & Virginia Lee

Odd ends:
Paul Prudhomme's books (cajun)
_Cookin' With Queen Ida_ (likewise)
Bernie Clayton's books (mostly bread & pastry)
Maida Heatter's books (desserts)
_The Bluffer's Guide to Gourmet Cooking_ ("Instant Erudition")
_The Joy of Pigging Out_ by David Hoffman (decadence)


Madhur Jaffrey's "A Taste of India

I like "The Higher Taste", put out by the Hare Krishna dudes

Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook.

My favorite cookbook is "Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate
Desserts."

I also like "The Victory Garden Cookbook," although Marian Morash
tends to go a little overboard with the butter and cream for my
tastes.

However, my favorite books for actually using for recipes are the 3 by
Marcella Hazan.  I think the best recipes are in the "More Classic
Italian Cookbook" and the best anecdotes are in "Marcella's Kitchen" but

James Beard cookbook
Betty Crocker Cooky Book

"Brownies" by Linda Burum and "The Joy of Chocolate" by I forget.  

I second people's support of Charmaine Solomon's Asian Cookbook and anything
by Madhur Jaffrey. 

_The Frugal Gourmet_ by Jeff Smith
_The Fanny Farmer Cookbook_
_The Pepperidge Farm Cookbook_ by Margaret Rudkin

  I'd like to add my voice to the clamor--I had already read everything
by Laurie Colwin in the fiction section when I came across _Home Cooking_.
I love the way she writes about her passion for good food!  So far I've
only made one thing in the book:  the gingerbread cake with a nice lemon
icing.  It was dense and spicy and very, very tasty.


My personal favorite is _The_Joy_of_Cooking_.  It is one
of the best basic cookbooks I've ever seen.  I was given
a copy for my 8th Christmas and have used it ever since.
Another good cookbook is the Fannie Farmer Cookbook.

	    ----------------    France    ----------------

Mme. Saint-Ange, La Cuisine de Madame Saint-Ange, Larousse 1924 (still
     in print, though)

	    ----------------    Italy    ----------------

?, Il Piccolo Codice della Pasta (paperback), Bompiani (?)


			   ----------------

Touring Club d'Italia, La Cucina Regionale d'Italia (?), TCI


	 ----------------    Middle East    ----------------

Claudia Roden, Middle Eastern Cookery, Penguin

	    ----------------    India    ----------------

Dharamjit Singh, Indian Cookery, Penguin


	    ----------------    China    ----------------

xxx Cost, Cost's Guide to Oriental Ingredients


Side Orders
by John Egerton

			     COOKBOOKS!!

Someone mentioned that they collected old cookbooks.  Well I just
received my quarterly newsletter from "The Cooks Library" here in Los
Angeles.  They will basically order any book you can think of from
anywhere.  Up until last month this service was free but now they are
charging a nominal fee of $2.00 for a search.

They also have a HUGE collection of old, rare, new...you name it they
either have it or can get it!  They are the ONLY bookstore in Southern
California which sells exclusively cookbooks.  It's a great place,
very homey, comfy and the staff are quite knowledgeable without being
stuffy.  They also have Author's visit and sign books monthly!

Here are their vitals if anyone is interested:

	The Cook's Library
	8373 W. 3rd St.
	Los Angeles, CA 

	213-655-3141


"Peasant Kitchen", Perla Meyers.

The two "Silver Palate" books and "New Basics", Rosso & Lukins.

"Julia Child & Company" and "Julia Child & More Company"

"James Beard's American Cookery"

"Romagnolis' Table

Favorite cookbook of the moment: Sundays at the Moosewood


Other favorites: Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin
                 Simply Scones by (I forgot)

Amusing cookbook for people without any culinary skills (well, women):
                  Official Single Women's Cookbook

Weirdest Cookbook: The Back to Eden Cookbook

Wish List:  A Good Thai cookbook (preferably vegetarian)
            Something by Julie Sahni
            A bread cookbook
            A French cookbook


Richard Olney's ``Simple French Cooking''.


All the Frugal Gourmet books by Jeff Smith:
	The Frugal Gourmet
	The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine
	The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American
	The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines

America's Best
	A cookbook to benefit the US Ski Team.

Chef Chu's Cuisine of China

Jane Brody's Good Food Book

Barbara Kafka's Microwave Gourmet and Healthwise Microwave Gourmet

Greene on Grains and Greene on Greens, both by Bert Greene

My favorite collection of Chinese recipes is _The Chinese Cookbook_ by
Craig Claiborne & Virginia Lee. 

Sahni's book _Classic Indian Cooking_ has been recommended not by
anyone who has learned the cuisine as a native, it has been


Most consistently unusual recipes (for western palates):
_Unmentionable Cuisine_ by Calvin Schwabe. Not for those at all
squeamish about eating the flesh of animals, Schwabe's book is a
collection of recipes for "alternative protein sources" from all
corners of the globe.

Most beautiful:
_A Taste of Provence_, collected, illustrated, & hand-calligraphed 
by Leslie Forbes. 


My favorite all-around cookbook remains The New Doubleday Cookbook by
Jean Anderson and Elaine Hanna (Doubleday, 1985).  

For microwave recipes, my first choice is The Microwave Gourmet by
Barbara Kafka.  

Peg Bracken, The I Hate to Cook Book and its sequels

I have yet to be disappointed with any Time-Life cookbook series.  I
wish The Foods of the World was still in print.  The Good Cook, which is
available, is an excellent guide to the basics.

Helen Witty's Fancy Pantry and Better Than Store Bought

The best book on grilling:

	Thrill of the Grill, by Chris Schlesinger & John Willoughby
	(ISBN# 0-688-08832-5)

My best Italian cookbook (Northern cuisine, my fave):

	A Tuscan in the Kitchen, by Pino Luongo (ISBN# 0-517-56916-7)
	[This book is interesting because it only gives ingredients 
	and cooking technique, no amounts.  Makes you feel FREE!!!
	Besides, I can add loads of garlic, basil, lemon, etc and not
	feel guilty.]

My best French cookbook (Julia Child, sorry):

	Fresh from France series -- Dinner Inspirations: Classic, 
	Country, & Contemporary Entrees Made Simple, by Faye Levy
	(ISBN# 0-525-24814-5).  [Superb recipes, simple to prepare --
	hard to believe with French food, I know, but true here.]

Best Cajun cookbook if I ignore Prudhomme's books (especially
his family's cookbook):

	The Evolution of Cajun & Creole Cuisine, by Chef John D. Folse,
	C.E.C., ISBN# 0-9625152-0-5.  To order send $19.95 per book 
	plus $2.50 postage and handling, LA residents add $1.20 sales
	tax, to: The Evolution of Cajun and Creole Cuisine, P.O. Box
	1128, Donaldsonville, LA  70346.

Best all-around book on chiles:

	THE Whole Chile Pepper Book, by Dave DeWitt and Nancy Gerlach,
	ISBN# 0-316-18223-0

Most Fascinating book on southern baking:

	Biscuits, Spoonbread, and Sweet Potato Pie, by Bill Neal,
	ISBN# 0-394-55941-X

My favorite Chinese Cookbooks (sorry, just can't choose 1):

	Henry Chung's Hunan Style Chinese Cookbook, by Henry Chung,
	ISBN# 0-517-533251 [EVERY!!! recipe is excellent]

	The Good Food of Szechwan: Down-to-Earth Chinese Cooking, by
	Robert A. Delfs, ISBN# 0-87011-231-7

	Florence Lin's Complete Book of Chinese Noodles, Dumplings, and
	Breads, by Florence Lin, ISBN#0-688-03796-8

For Indian, I like:

	Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Vegetarian Cooking, by 
	Yamuna Devi, ISBN# 0-525-24564-2

	Classic Indian Cooking, by Julie Sahni, ISBN# 0-688-03721-6
	[I have two of Madhur Jaffrey's books, but I absolutely could
	not properly prepare Indian dishes until I read this book, in
	particular instructions about browning onions to seve as the
	basis of so many dishes.  And the Dum Aloo recipe in this book
	is worth it alone.  My family calls them "mud balls" but 
	snarfs them down.]

OK, all you cookbook collectors:

My favorite cookbook is "Feasts for all Seasons" by Roy Andries de Groot,
published by Alfred A Knopf, 1966O, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number
66-19374.  This book is no longer in print.



THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FISH COOKERY.
Author, A.J. McClane; ISBN 0-03-015431-6; Publisher, Holt, Rinehart & 
Winston.  
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