Kent wrote:
> When I want to find a recipe I sit in front of our 300+ cookbooks , and I
> almost always reach for the Rombauers' "Joy of Cooking", 1975 edition,
> before anything else. This never ceases to amaze me. It's still the starting
> point, 300 cookbooks later.
> What are your favorites? Especially newer favorites published in the last
> 5-10 years.
> Many thanks for any advice,
> Kent

I'm a big cookbook collector (and user) too! When we remodeled our
kitchen last year, I insisted on turning a lame "desk" area (read,
"crap collector") into a bookcase for my most used cookbooks. Best
thing I ever did! Anyway, JoC is of course a standby, as well as "The
Best Recipe" by Cooks Illustrated editors, "Mastering the Art of French
Cooking" by Julia et.al, "Julia and Jacques at Home" (Child and Pepin),
and "The NY Times Cookbook" by Craig Claiborne. I've become more
interested in baking in the recent years, and now I am crazy about "The
Secrets of Baking" by Sherry Yard, and "The Martha Stewart Baking
Handbook" by MS.

Sandy