{"id":10070,"date":"2020-03-24T01:13:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T06:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10070"},"modified":"2020-03-24T02:17:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T07:17:21","slug":"top-ten-tuesday-cookbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10070","title":{"rendered":"top ten tuesday: cookbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, here’s the thing: I don’t actually do a lot of cooking. And even my baking is way less than I think it should be. But … I love buying cookbooks. I am a sucker for them! It’s gotten bad enough that I now force myself to take them out of the library and won’t let myself buy a copy unless we’ve made a recipe out of them.<\/p>\n

But, at the moment, no one’s libraries are still open. (That’s true, right? Chicago finally closed theirs, right?) And we’re all stress baking. So, if you need a new cookbook, let me give you some recommendations (and a link to one of my local bookstores<\/a>, which will ship them to you for free through the end of the month).<\/p>\n

So, here are ten of my favorite cookbooks, with thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl’s Top Ten Tuesdays<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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  1. Marion Cunningham’s The Breakfast Book<\/em> — Hands down, my absolutely most-used baking book.<\/li>\n
  2. Six Seasons<\/em> by Joshua McFadden & Martha Holmberg — A great option if you eat seasonally and lots of veg.<\/li>\n
  3. Teeny’s Tour of Pies<\/em> by Teeny Lamothe — Teeny is a local baker who wrote a cookbook where you can make mini pies in cupcake tins<\/li>\n
  4. The Language of Baklava<\/em> by Diana Abu Jaber — Actually more of a foodie memoir, but with Middle Eastern-American recipes at the end of each chapter, including my favorite hummus recipe.<\/li>\n
  5. Electric Bread<\/em> by Suzan Nightingale — My favorite cookbook for my breadmaker.<\/li>\n
  6. Any Moosewood cookbook — Honestly, I buy these any time I see them at a used bookstore, which isn’t as often as you’d think, in part because their recipes are straightforward, vegetarian, and well loved and, therefore, home cooks don’t often part with their copies.<\/li>\n
  7. Laura Werlin’s Great Grilled Cheese<\/em> — Okay, so this is less great cookbook and more just inspiration in a book when I’m wanting melty cheese in a different way (brie with apricot jam, for instance).<\/li>\n
  8. Perfect Pops<\/em> by Charity Ferreira — Popsicles are very comforting and can be made while you sleep.<\/li>\n
  9. The Joy of Cooking<\/em> — Because sometimes you just need an all-purpose, no nonsense cookbook to give you the bare basics.<\/li>\n
  10. My grandmother’s collection of recipes — Sorry. You won’t find this in the bookshop, but it is one of my most treasured possessions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I have not cooked from either of these cookbooks, but they would be next on my list to buy: Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Andres’ and Matt Gouldings’ Vegetables Unleashed<\/em> (it’s only a matter of time before he adds Nobel Peace Prize winner to his resume) and The Hot Bread Kitchen<\/em> by Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez (all bread products originated by the women who have trained\/work at this NYC immigrant-friendly bakery). I have read all the recipes in the latter and would absolutely bake my way front to back.<\/p>\n

    How about you? What are your favorite cookbooks\/baking books?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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