Cooking Resource Guide

Favorite Cookbooks:

  • The Best Recipe by Cooks Illustrated (America’s Test Kitchen) – basic and you can get a culinary school education by reading the explanation and science behind the recipes
  • King Arthur Flour Baker’s Companion – great all-encompassing baking resource
  • Baking by James Petterson – more advanced baking resource
  • Celebrity Cookbooks – Ina Garten, Giada DeLourentis, Paula Deen, Bobby Flay, John Besh, etc.  (Find an author that you relate to…these recipes tend to be more creative…something different)
  • Great Food Fast and “Everyday Food” Magazine – Martha Stewart
  • Church/non-profit cookbooks – usually not tested but great for “local” recipes
  • Junior League cookbooks – usually thoroughly tested but also great for “local” recipes
  • Mad Hungry – Lucinda Scala Quinn (great family cookbook)

                                                                                                                                                            

Websites w/ Review Features:

 

Favorite Food blogs (read comments following recipe postings):

 

Couponing:

 

Advanced Resources/Ideas:

  • Ideas for Seasoned Cooks:

                   -Learn to bake by using a food scale to weigh ingredients – more accurate
                   -Experiment with pastry (puff and phyllo)
                   -Seek to find your family’s own best recipe for your favorite foods (ex. pancakes, enchiladas, etc.)
                   -Experiment with new cuisines at home (Thai, authentic Mexican, etc.)
                   -Join a food co-op
                   -Make a cookbook of your family favorites…a great gift for when your kids leave the nest.  www.tastebook.com; www.blurb.com; www.lulu.com

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