> wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:06:01 AM UTC-7, Ophelia wrote:
>> > wrote in message
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>> ...
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>> > On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 11:53:19 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove,
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>> >> I'm sure I will get grief for asking this but I will anyway. I want
>> >> to
>> >> make
>> >> roasted fennel.
>>
>> > Why do I know you didn't even search for any recipes on your own? I
>> > know,
>> > I know: "I wanted 'tried and true' recipes and input from fellow
>> > posters
>> > so I can have more attention."
>>
>>
>>
>> And your point is? I always ask before I Google. I want that very thing
>> you seem to think so derisory ... tried and tested!
>
> The problem with the web is that it is not curated. That is why we still
> have
> a collection of cookbooks -- we have benchmarked at least one recipe on
> each
> one. For example, I am confident that any James Beard recipe will be
> successful,
> and to my taste.
>
> Here on rfc, you know the recipe source (even via an alias) and so you
> know
> whether -- to your satisfaction -- they are likely to be good ornot.

I rarely use my cookbooks any more and if I do look at them it might be to
look at various stories or pictures. I've found that most of the recipes,
even from one of my favorites, Meta Givens, can easily be found online.
Often I can find the recipe that way quicker than I could if I had to go
find the cookbook. Particularly with some of the older ones. They have
broken spines so I had to put tape and covers on them to hold them together.
That's how much use they got, back in the old days. Because the name isn't
easily visible and I can't remember which cover I put on which book, I can't
always find them right away. Worse still, I might remember the era of the
recipe but not which cookbook it was in. The Internet is wonderful for
recipes! But apparently not so wonderful if you want one for fennel stalks.