How many cookbooks do you own? and how many do you actually use?!
How many cookbooks do you own? and how many do you actually use?
I am looking around my kitchen and have counted at least 200 and there are some hiding behind things I am sure and I was curious how many cookbooks do you own and how many do you actually use.....I only use 5 on a regular basis. BUT, I love my cookbooks!
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I had more than 400 cookbooks and booklets (like those things at the grocery store) and am cutting my collection in half this month for my sister's garage sale. I actually like to read recipes, so even if I don't make anything, I enjoy them. I have made at least one recipe out of every cookbook, but not out of all the booklets. I have too much dessert stuff and only make one dessert a week. I particularly like the Taste of Home cookbooks.
I regularly use about 10 cookbooks. It's so fun to find others who love cookbooks! We are a pathetic bunch, but we eat good.
i recently reduced my collection of cookbooks from about 100 to 10. i only refer to two and my own collection of recipes.
As far as I know, I only have three. The Nelson's family cookbook (Nelson is my mom's maiden name.), The kid's cookbook, and the Italian cookbook, which we never use. Too fancy, usually.
I love cookbook also....I have about 200 as well....but when I want a recipe, I go to the Internet and do a search.
My mom passed away 3 years ago. I am an only child so I got all her stuff, including about 100 cookbooks.
I also collect cookbooks and have about 300 of my own.
So, 400.
I use about 20 of them on a regular basis.
Joy of cooking
Victory garden cookbook
The art of mexican cooking
ortho's adventure in mexican cooking
madam wu's art of chinese cooking
discover dayton (dayton jr league)
simply sensational
colorado cache
eat right, eat well the italian way
the new york times cookbook
Larousse gastronomique french cooking course.
bernard claytons book of breads
bernard claytons book of pastry
Hy vee employee cookbook
mud pies and silver spoons(dayton philharmonic)
Moosewood cookbook
greek orthodox church cookbook
Better homes and gardens cookie cookbook.
Wooden spoon dessert book
Bakery lane soup bowl.
Actually, I own approximately 150 cookbooks, however since the advent of the internet, they are currently gathering dust! If I am interested in finding a particular recipe I just plug the name of the recipe into a search engine and voila, I have many to choose from. Also, I find it is easier, and I can get a very extensive selection, if I just type the ingredients I am interested in working with into a search engine and include the keyword "recipe"! It's like having a global cookbook at your fingertips.
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we also have tons of recipe books, but we only use one - but we dont even use it for recipes, it has an amazing conversion chart in the back. :) when i need recipes, i use allrecipes.com
My husband and I own at least 100. We only use a few of our favorites, but I love them and we keep buying them!!!
I only have 4. I have used them so much during the years that they are falling apart, some have cake batter on them, etc.. but now with the internet, I have found so many wonderful recipes that I really don't buy the books anymore other than "The Sopranos" cookbook. Great Italian recipes in there from the show.
hi! i have 7 of them and i use them all a couple of them my mom passed down to me .ive been a cook from new orleans for 16 yrs but you can always turn to a great cook book to get inspiration and new ideas
I HAVE GIVEN SOME AWAY, I HAVE ABOUT40, I DO USE ABOUT 10, FOR INFO, BUT I ALSO LOVE MY COOKBOOKS NAMASTE
I only have 39, I use 3 on a regular basis but I take them all down at least a couple times a year to look for ideas. Mind you I really only have room for about 4. I love mine too, my best one yet is called "Get Saucy" I kept borrowing it from the library so I went and bought it to save on late fees.