Favorite cookbooks

[scho63]

Buying a cookbook today is just like using the yellow pages to look up a phone number-a complete waste of time.

There are probably 50,000,000,000 or more GREAT recipes online for every imaginable food and that includes many of the recipes from all the so called stars of cooking, like Julia Child, Jacques Pépin, Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, and Emeril Lagasse to name a few.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by scho63

Buying a cookbook today is just like using the yellow pages to look up a phone number-a complete waste of time.

There are probably 50,000,000,000 or more GREAT recipes online for every imaginable food and that includes many of the recipes from all the so called stars of cooking, like Julia Child, Jacques Pépin, Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, and Emeril Lagasse to name a few.

Yes and no, IMO. There's a bunch of crap on the internet, too. And some of the old school recipes are difficult to find outside of a book you got from your mom.

And yeah, there's a shit ton of crap in books, too. But you generally can find authors you trust and stick with them.

And beside the point - sometimes I like to just sit down and thumb through a cookbook. Using a Kindle is an awful experience for many cookbooks.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by scho63

Buying a cookbook today is just like using the yellow pages to look up a phone number-a complete waste of time.

There are probably 50,000,000,000 or more GREAT recipes online for every imaginable food and that includes many of the recipes from all the so called stars of cooking, like Julia Child, Jacques Pépin, Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, and Emeril Lagasse to name a few.

Yes but I am a Old dude I like a book for reference.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by scho63

Buying a cookbook today is just like using the yellow pages to look up a phone number-a complete waste of time.

There are probably 50,000,000,000 or more GREAT recipes online for every imaginable food and that includes many of the recipes from all the so called stars of cooking, like Julia Child, Jacques Pépin, Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, and Emeril Lagasse to name a few.

I find the Yellow Pages to be helpful. I find cookbooks to be helpful.

I like having hardcopies available.

[GloucesterChief]

With a cookbook I can browse and find something I might like to try. Its a lot harder on the internet.