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post #1 of 23
2/20/10 at 8:29am
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To take this meme further than it ever should have gone

if (due to some convoluted reason i cannot think of at the moment) you could only keep one cookbook, which one would it be?
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post #2 of 23
2/20/10 at 8:35am
How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
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post #3 of 23
2/20/10 at 9:02am
Haven't read that many, but Cooking by James Peterson
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post #4 of 23
2/20/10 at 9:21am
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Originally Posted by Hombre Secreto View Post
How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman

Any recs from this one considering I have it sitting next to me and havent actually made anything out of it yet.
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post #5 of 23
2/20/10 at 9:30am
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Any recs from this one considering I have it sitting next to me and havent actually made anything out of it yet.

Page 415. I love Lentils.
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post #6 of 23
2/20/10 at 3:47pm
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Page 415. I love Lentils.

Page 415 is Tea-Smoked Duck. We must have different versions.

I think I'll flip through this book a bit and make something out of it today.
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post #7 of 23
2/20/10 at 4:56pm
What edition is it?

I have the 10th anniversary edition.
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post #8 of 23
2/20/10 at 5:12pm
I'm sure I'll catch grief for this, but I find any book by The Barefoot Contessa to be excellent. Her recipes work and that can't be said for many cookbooks by real chefs. The chefs have the experience, but many of them aren't real good with putting down their work in recipes for 4.
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post #9 of 23
2/20/10 at 6:27pm
The Professional Chef by the CIA staff.
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post #10 of 23
2/20/10 at 7:32pm
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What edition is it? I have the 10th anniversary edition.
http://www.amazon.com/How-Cook-Every...6705240&sr=8-2 I just finished making pancakes using the recipe in the book (yeah I know but I'd never actually made them before) and added peaches and blueberries to it. Came out great.
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post #11 of 23
2/20/10 at 7:36pm
Bouchon
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post #12 of 23
2/20/10 at 9:09pm
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The Professional Chef by the CIA staff.
+1 if you want a book about how to cook. It is my go-to because I am not one to follow recipes. If you want a recipe book, it's kind of so/so since everything in it is sized for 50 people.
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post #13 of 23
2/20/10 at 9:23pm
TFL.
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post #14 of 23
2/20/10 at 9:25pm
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If you want a recipe book, it's kind of so/so since everything in it is sized for 50 people.

+1. I have the CIA book and I can't recall the last time I used a recipe from it. My onecookbook, if I were to have one, would be James Peterson's Cooking.
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post #15 of 23
2/20/10 at 9:38pm
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TFL.
That's like telling somebody who wants to know about first aid to buy a handbook of neuro-surgery.
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