Cookaholics Bulletin Board

I have a $250 credit on Gilt Group from a Christmas present I needed to return.

I need nothing they sell typically, but right now they are having a sale on cookbooks. I'd love to hear from all of you which ones of these books you'd recommend.

Amy

I gotta admit that your experience closes the door on any recommends I'd make; good golly Ms. Molly YOU'VE BEEN TRAINED

Nonetheless, I would add a caveat that you only select something that EYB has indexed. Case in point would be The Silver Spoon; I have and use it and it is pretty bullet proof. However, I decided to make, once again, Beef Braised Barolo from CI and decided to also search EYB since I had entered all of my books and magazines. Lo & behold The Silver Spoon had a recipe that I did not know about. That is strange because I read the index of most of my books and didn't remember this. I re-searched its index and there was nothing under Beef and Barolo Then I found it under Barolo /beef WTF Rarely would I search for a recipe using secondary or tertiary ingredients as my guide. I'll be trying that recipe this weekend as it differs considerably from CI; and all because EYB had indexed it.

So, since your cash is burning a hole you might consider this extra filter on your choice(s).

If you don't have "My Life in France" it's great.

I've heard good things about Dessert Fourplay, though I can't remember where.

The sorbet bowls look good. I have a set of similar bowls and they come in handy for wide variety of things, although their most important function is ice cream portion control.

Sorry.....the only ones I have are the Julia books (including My Life in France) and the Silver Palate....I suspect you already have these, if not I like and continue to these.
Ilene

I have Dessert Fourplay and I have only read the recipes. Amy, if EYB has this indexed, you might want to check it out. I think you will find it interesting.

I'd get the Whole Grains, the Sarabeth, Lidia's Italian American and the Julia Childs.
Having said that, I don't own any of these, they are the ones I want to get.

Lindsay- were you not cooking from Sass' whole grains book a while ago? Or is this a different book?

The Tom Colicchio one looks interesting.

Wino, good call to check out EYB for the indexes.

Sarabeth's Bakery is a well-written cookbook with beautiful photos and great-sounding recipes, with a good variety of categories. I won this cookbook fairly recently, so I haven't had a chance to try any of the recipes yet. Her "Chocolate Chubbies" have been reviewed a lot around the net, and the recipe is posted on the Amazon site:
http://www.amazon.com/Sarabeths-Bakery- ... 920&sr=8-1

Besides the books of Julia, my favorite on the list is Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill - a book with great recipes, though many have a LOT of ingredients, and are labor intensive - a drawback to a few friends whom have looked at it. That said, I have never tried a recipe from it I didn't like.

I was given the 2nd Ave Deli years ago, but was not impressed with it; in fact, I may have sold it. I was also not impressed by that Creole book when I looked at it at a friend's place - I had seen better.

I have all of Julia's books, so I decided on The Silver Spoon (new edition), Dessert FourPlay, Craft of Cooking: Notes and Recipes from a Restaurant Kitchen (I'm a big fan of Tom Colicchio), and (based upon the strength of Dave's recommendation) Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill Cookbook. I seriously need another bookcase...

Thanks all!

Amy