GumTurkeyles
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Post by GumTurkeyles on Jan 15, 2018 10:18:07 GMT -5
Gave the girlfriend Andrea Nguyen's book Asian Dumplings and a fancy pants French rolling pin for Christmas. I'm so subtle! Also, we're jumping in this weekend and looking forward to lots of dumplingy goodness. I just looked a the free preview from amazon, and I want to pick this up. I'll check it out from the library first. I was saying to my wife last week that I want to do a DIY dim sum party (we've already done DIY sushi and spring rolls parties). Have you made any of these yet, and if so, did you make the wrappers or buy them? |
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moimoi
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Post by moimoi on Sept 30, 2020 19:47:37 GMT -5
Reviving this thread because I'm pretty satisfied with my cookbook inventory going into this fall season of quarantine cooking. I've limited myself to no more than a baker's dozen, trying to cover my actual - rather than aspirational - needs for cooking guidance. Here's what I currently have, listed by how excited I am to use them: 1. Time to Eat by Nadiya Hussain - I needed at least one Bake-Off winner represented in my Bake-Off inspired kitchen, and this book's focus on quick meals is exactly what I need now, when I'm trying to increase turnover in my fridge/cupboards so nothing goes to waste. 2. The Immigrant Cookbook: Recipes that Make America Great - This new(ish) release that benefits the ACLU is available for the list price from a number of vendors other than Amazon (which is currently charging double  ). Pretty much every American chef you can think of has contributed, but I'm particularly excited about José Andrés gazpacho, Brenda Abdelall's kushari, Martin freakin' Yan's steamed fish in ginger-wine sauce, and Dominique Ansel's madelines. 3. Japanese Cooking At Home - I got this at Borders some 20 years ago when I got back from my first time in Japan. It's a nice, unassuming, simple guide to home-cooked staples like miso soup, hayashi rice (my personal favorite), and nabe. Unfortunately it looks like this is also out of print. 4. The Hideout's Soup & Bread Cookbook - As mentioned earlier on this thread, this is unfortunately out of print, but it's a really nice collection of simple soup/bread recipes that benefitted local hunger charities. 5. The Bloomsbury Cookbook - This is mostly a group biography of the Bloomsbury group, but it contains a slew of period recipes for actual meals enjoyed by the Group, both in Edwardian England and abroad. 6. Travels Through Indian Kitchens - This is mostly about architecture & design, though it does have some accessible home-cooking recipes that are worth trying. 7. Happy Days with the Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver - Lots of college memories from this one. Jamie's accessibility ensures this is probably the only 'European' chef's cookbook I'll ever need. 8. From Curries to Kabobs by Madhur Jaffrey - An all-time classic guide to diasporic Indian food. I got mine signed by the author at the South Asian Literary & Theatre Arts Festival when I was living in DC. 9 .The India Cookbook - This tome from Phaidon is like the Physician's Desk Reference of Indian food - broken out by ingredient, course, and region. It's not beginner friendly, as there are very few pictures, but it is useful when I find myself with a random ingredient like kantola (bitter gourd) that I've never cooked with before. *How to Eataly - After the revelations about Batali, I'm somewhat ambivalent about keeping this, but it has been a good introduction to Italian cuisine for a beginner like myself. *Jamba Juice Power - I probably don't need this, but again, it has given me nice ideas about how to use up fruit. I might just photocopy my favorites and donate this. |
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Post by Lord Lucan on Oct 15, 2020 20:31:39 GMT -5
I like Nadiya Hussain a lot too.
Meera Sodha and Ravinder Bhogal are active sources of Indian recipes—vegan in the former case. (It’s been so long since I’ve had curry, though I enjoy it as much as anything.). Claudia Roden, Yotam Ottolenghi, Nigel Slater, and Raymond Blanc come to mind too. Still love Nigella.
Elizabeth David, Marcel Boulestin, and E. A. Bunyard on dessert are great authors now deceased.
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Post by moimoi on Jun 7, 2021 21:15:39 GMT -5
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Aug 18, 2022 16:22:17 GMT -5
I managed to score a remarkably well preserved 1968 The Joy Of Cooking and a more actively used* The Good Housekeeping Cookbook of the same provenance in the Friends book sale. I'm probably giving the latter to a coworker, but I'm keeping the Joy. That shit's gold. It even has the squirrel skinning instructions they took out in the 90s.
* like it has cut-out newspaper recipes used as bookmarks, like my mom's (1976) Joy had
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Post by pantsgoblin on Aug 18, 2022 20:42:21 GMT -5
I managed to score a remarkably well preserved 1968 The Joy Of Cooking and a more actively used* The Good Housekeeping Cookbook of the same provenance in the Friends book sale. I'm probably giving the latter to a coworker, but I'm keeping the Joy. That shit's gold. It even has the squirrel skinning instructions they took out in the 90s. * like it has cut-out newspaper recipes used as bookmarks, like my mom's (1976) Joy hadSo when are we getting some savory squirrel melts? |
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LazBro
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Post by LazBro on Nov 8, 2022 8:04:23 GMT -5
Last night we received a late, unexpected delivery, addressed to Mrs. Bro. It was a random gift from her stepmom's mom, who doesn't live nearby and who I have never met. It was the latest edition of the America's Test Kitchen Complete TV Show Cookbook. Every recipe from 2001 to now. 1200 pages. Along with a lovely handwritten inscription in the front cover wishing the Mrs. well and hoping she enjoys cooking from the book.
It's a lovely gift, but the idea of someone giving the Mrs. a cookbook was pretty hilarious to us. And so random.
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). Pretty much every American chef you can think of has contributed, but I'm particularly excited about José Andrés gazpacho, Brenda Abdelall's kushari, Martin freakin' Yan's steamed fish in ginger-wine sauce, and Dominique Ansel's madelines. 
