There are a slew of new cookbooks coming out this fall and I am wild with excitement to check them out and try something new. Nothing smells like autumn to me like a loaf of bread baking in the oven and a pot of chili simmering on the stove. I don't know about you but my cooking takes a nosedive in the summer and I live off of bread salads and BLTs and grilled salmon until the temperature outside is far cooler than the temperature inside. The shift from summer to fall always inspires me to slip on an apron and flip through cookbooks until I find the perfect dish to try. My husband's cooking bible is The Joy of Cooking but I tend to lean toward new classics like Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything Vegetarian and Kate McMillan's Soup of the Day. What cookbook or cookbooks can't you cook without?
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I love The Joy of Cooking, too...but my #1 cookbook right now is Paleo Nom Nom :)
This is not an easy question to answer! Ina Garten's cookbooks are usually my go-to books for inspiration. I like that she tests her recipes so thoroughly before printing them. I love James Beard's American Cookery--it reads like a novel and has quintessential American recipes. And even though it really isn't a cookbook, I could not live without Larousse Gastronomique. It's clarified confusing ingredients or instructions on so many occasions.
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