What are some good cookbooks, /ck/?
This anon inspired me to start cooking
I haven't worked my way up to the titular chili recipe yet but once I finish some of the easier ones I'll risk it
If you're like me and you grew up reading a lot of comics it's a must have
>>7778446
This is a good start. Recipies have no frill and there are great in depth explanations for all non-common sense techniques.
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My current collection, some good some bad.
>>7779032
looks good anon, which ones do you use the most?
>>7779079
Art of Simple Food is probably the most used as I've had that one the longest. They all get used for the most part except for Roast as its shit and Charcuterie as I don't have the equipment to do most of it though hopefully not for long.
Flavor bible for inspiration
>>7778446
pauli
thai food, the pink one
der junge koch
Fanny farmer is a classic with recipes and technique discussion. My favorite part is that if you've never cooked you still learn alot from the troubleshooting sections. One of the more extensive cookbooks that range from very simple to extravagant recipes. My second is cooking with wine... Because cooking is always more fun when you're drinking.
>>7778446
This grand old lady
>>7780959
>Hot damn, what's in that beast?
Here have a table of contents:
1.--THE MISTRESS.
2.--THE HOUSEKEEPER.
3.--ARRANGEMENT AND ECONOMY OF THE KITCHEN.
4.--INTRODUCTION TO COOKERY.
5.--GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING SOUPS.
6.--RECIPES.
7.--THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.
8.--RECIPES.
9.--SAUCES, PICKLES, GRAVIES, AND FORCEMEATS.--GENERAL REMARKS.
10.--RECIPES.
11.--VARIOUS MODES OF COOKING MEAT.
12.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON QUADRUPEDS.
13.--RECIPES.
14.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE SHEEP AND LAMB.
15.--RECIPES.
16.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE COMMON HOG.
17.--RECIPES.
18.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CALF.
19.--RECIPES.
20.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON BIRDS.
21.--RECIPES.
22.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON GAME.
23.--RECIPES.
24.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON VEGETABLES.
25.--RECIPES.
26.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON PUDDINGS AND PASTRY.
27.--RECIPES
28.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON CREAMS, JELLIES, SOUFFLÉS, OMELETS, AND SWEET DISHES.
29--RECIPES.
30.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON PRESERVES, CONFECTIONERY, ICES, AND DESSERT DISHES.
31.--RECIPES.
32.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE, AND EGGS.
33.--RECIPES.
34.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON BREAD, BISCUITS, AND CAKES.
35.--RECIPES.
36.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON BEVERAGES.
37.--RECIPES.
38.--INVALID COOKERY.
39.--RECIPES.
40.--DINNERS AND DINING.
41.--DOMESTIC SERVANTS.
42.--THE REARING AND MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN, AND DISEASES OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.
43.--THE DOCTOR
44.--LEGAL MEMORANDA
>>7780990
looks like a ton of good shit. What do you cook mostly?
>>7780999
It's my go to for homemade Christmas pudding, plus the general observations sections are always good, as it's a strange mix of Victorian era morality and instructions for correctly butchering meat
That and I tend to find that the gods of cooking respect the presence of the book, simply having it out with the implied threat that you'll open it and possibly follow the instructions inside tends to make fiddly tasks that much easier.
It's out of copyright now, so you can read it on gutenberg, but I like having a physical copy
>spend hundreds of dollars on cookbook collection every year
>never use recipes so books are essentially useless
Anyone else knows this feel?
>>7781053
Nearly forgot, the section on "The Doctor" is wonderful, you have to have respect for any book that lists opium in the essential medicines to have in stock, and has instructions for what to do if someone swallows sulphuric acid.
I'm trying to find the other cookbook that Mrs. Beeton wrote that has recipes for things like bear in it
I have culinaria hungary and like it quite a bit. I've been meaning to get some more culinaria books, but I'm waiting for them to finish with their overhauled reprints
it's not really a recipe book, but my favorite book is on food and cooking by harold mcgee
>>7781045
not quite that much, but i've bought cookbooks on amazon and only used one or none of the recipes. one-click ordering makes this shit too easy.
>>7781141
I've got Culinaria Italy. Made plenty of recipes out of it.
Which ones do you plan on getting? also, favourite things to make out of hungary?
>>7781176
I honestly haven't made a ton of recipes out of it, but I was already a fan of hungarian cuisine so it's nice to have to learn a bit of history. but my favorite recipes are pork porkolt, sargarepafozelek (creamed carrots), lecso (similar to peperonata) and krumplifozelek even though it's not in the book
I was tempted to get the american book, but I heard that's the weakest one they've put out. also kind of interested in the russian and german books for the same reason I was interested in the hungarian book. I already like some dishes from those countries, but I want to know some of the lesser known dishes to see if I like those as well
I'd recommend the hungarian book to anyone who loves potatoes, pork, sour cream, onions, garlic and obviously peppers
>>7781020
Any favourite examples of morality/good kitchen advice mix?
The best
>>7778446
I love this one.
>>7778446
New and coming through....
>>7785854
when will this meme die?
>>7785875
I got the book for my birthday. Her cooked vegan recipes are usually pretty innovative (maybe 80% of the book is raw, 20% is vegan). I hope she will grow out of dietary restrictions because she seems like a good pastry chef to me.
Any good vegan cookbooks?
>>7785906
>Raw
TV series is also worth a watch
Vegetarian here. These are my go tos
And here's my collection
>>7780990
>invalid cookery
>>7786318
>fifty shades of chicken
>>7786352
It was a gift. Decent enough recipes
Best goddamn book any professional, aspiring, or learner chef can buy. And it's dirt cheap compared to school textbooks for uni students
>>7786316
Which do you recommend?
>>7786447
Genius Recipes is a best of and probably the one I flip through the most for inspiration--it's a best of sorta deal and everything in it is lovely.
Bowl is how my gf and I eat a lot so we cook from it together a lot.
For ATK/CI books, if you're just a single bro that eats a lot of meat with maybe a side or two, the Meat Book is probably the one you'll use the most. After that, I'd get the complete TV show cookbook which is also fun to flip through for inspiration and every recipe is excellent. (Sort of underwhelmed by the vegetable cookbook but it has good technique for pretty much any veg you'd want).
Anyone have some recommendations for Chinese cooking books? I mean cooking Chinese food, not books written in Chinese...
I really like their food but most of what I find on the interwebs is kinda American - Chinese cuisine, basically stuff you order online...
Not even American so that stuff isn't really what I'm looking for
>>7786620
Land of Plenty: a treasury of authentic Sichuan cooking by Fuchsia Dunlop
>>7780990
I'm curious about the chapter on invalid cookery.
>>7786650
Yea I saw that she's very successful. Will most likely start with one of her books I guess
It makes sense, but it's weird to see that all books on Chinese cooking are either from American-chinese people or foreigners. I was hoping for something like a translated book of an actual Chinese author
Any recommendations for baking related books?
Come on, guys.
>>7786651
http://www.mrsbeeton.com/38-chapter38.html
>>7786821
Oh, cooking for invalids. I haven't heard that usage in a while.
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This is one of my favorites and my most used cookbook.
I also like the Food Lab
For beginners I'd recommend Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything
>>7786827
Well it is from the Victorian era
This one's pretty good.
the god
anyone own the cooking in russia channel companions? worth buying?
>>7787713
I loved it when that guy cried when he realized us americans aren't going to be told by some arrogant brit how to eat "better."
>>7786388
Why just got chefs?
>>7785875
when all the animals die and we all have to eat vegan. then it will just be referred to as regular food.
>>7785902
no. picky eaters don't make good cookbooks.
>>7787744
Everyone who likes to cook and wants to know more about cooking is a chef in my book. (Excluding self proclaimed fruitbags who think they're the shit)
>>7788952
Everyone who likes to use a computer and wants to learn how to get rid of a virus is an IT-professional for me.
(except stacy that only uses Instagram)
I like buying mostly local stuff since it aligns with the produce I have a available.
>>7789750
I see what you did there, except chef isn't nearly as large a title as it professional. Notice how you used an adjective there and I just used chef. Also you missed the point of my post, that anyone who has the will to become better as a chef and wants to become one already has the necessary attributes necessary to make it and become a chef
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>>7778446
If you like Thai food, there is a really good one:
"Pok-pok" by Andy Ricker.
Good recipies and great stories. Haven't seen many cookingbooks that are this complete. A joy to read
>>7787733
yes, and fuck yes. It's filled with random helpful little cooking tips as well as some historical info
>>7786776
>like a translated book of an actual Chinese author
I'd like to see the same. But Dunlop is not bad at all. She speaks Chinese and studied Chinese cooking in China. She attended a government-approved cooking school in China.
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Where can I find cooking ebooks for free? Couldn't find anything on the books posted on this thread even on torrent sites.
Also, what's a good cooking book for starters? I only know the basics like cooking rice and pork
>>7790391
Email hearts, she'll hook you up.
>>7790391
#bookz
>>7778446
I Know How to Cook, by Ginette Mathiot.
Basically it's babby's first French cookbook (for ~85 years now) and was traditionally given to new wives, much like the Joy of Cooking, so the recipes tend to be simple, easy and home-style. I have nothing against Julia Child by any means but in Mastering the Art of French Cooking the emphasis is on the "master"; her recipe for beef bourginon has fifteen goddamn steps while Mathiot's has four.
It's an excellent cookbook from cover to cover and includes pretty much everything you could imagine, from canapes to capons to candy-making.
>>7781045
I scour every single bookstore I come across for cookbooks. Most of them are garbage but the ones worth keeping are often really exceptional.
>>7778446
Whats the point of cookbooks now days? Whenever I want to look up how to make something I just google it, or do you look through them for just ideas?
>>7791118
I literally said that it was babby's first cookbook and was home-style cooking. It's not haute cuisine or even bistro-tier.
>>7791085
It's like reading an e-book vs a physical book. Some people prefer one over the other. Plus, most cookbooks (that I've owned, at least) have lots of tips and shit
>>7791085
Online has tons of resources, but it's still doesn't beat the feel (or the speed) of flipping pages in a physical book. Also, the internet is filled with a bunch of bullshit recipes. When you're a noob it can be hard to filter out the bullshit from the legit ones. Cookbooks from a trusted source help out in that regard.
>>7791085
I've often found I prefer following a recipe in paper than in my phone (no tablet, too big and clunky). Somehow I the format is better
So what in doing now is writing down recipes in the format that I want, in a sort of personal wiki, and I can nicely export them to PDF for printing. Hopefully I'll manage to make muh own personal cook book, just as I like it
