It's almost Thanksgiving and I'm painstakingly choosing the mac & cheese recipe I'm going to use and thinking about just how many cookbooks I've bought and loved this year. Here are my favorites!
Firstly, I'm loving your new substack newsletter! Secondly, totally agreed on Ina Garten. I own four of her cookbooks and my favourite is Foolproof. I've probably made nearly three-quarters of the recipes in that book. In fact, one of my only true regrets of changing my diet to mostly vegetarian over the past three years has been not making her recipes as often! So I'm hugely interested in two of the cookbooks on your list. :)
My favourite cookbooks are Ina Garten's of course and a couple of others that I've had for ages. I don't actually collect them the way I used to. I've been mostly using Pinterest to collect new recipes and follow a couple of blogs that combine what I used to look for in a good cookbook: personality, fun recipe notes, and good food. They're This Savory Vegan, Cookie & Kate, and Rabbit Wolves Vegan (the recipe for chicken fried cauliflower steaks on this blog is a standard favourite).
I also treasure my copy of Texas Home Cooking (Amazon link has a cover update I don't like as much, but whatever, the inside is what counts) https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Home-Cooking-Comforting-Down-Home/dp/1558320598. I bought this when we lived in Texas (prior to 2005) and it became my southern cooking bible.
While living down there I also bought Authentic Mexican from Rick Bayliss. I ADORE this book and still use if often. I don't know if this new edition is as good? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061373265/ Personally, I'd look for the 1987 edition on eBay or something. ;)
Thanks, Kelly! I'm glad you're enjoying the newsletter. :) And ooh, you've given me a new list of cookbooks to check out--because clearly, I always need more lol. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving!
Firstly, I'm loving your new substack newsletter! Secondly, totally agreed on Ina Garten. I own four of her cookbooks and my favourite is Foolproof. I've probably made nearly three-quarters of the recipes in that book. In fact, one of my only true regrets of changing my diet to mostly vegetarian over the past three years has been not making her recipes as often! So I'm hugely interested in two of the cookbooks on your list. :)
For mac and cheese, our go-to recipe has always been Alton Brown's baked macaroni and cheese. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/baked-macaroni-and-cheese-recipe-1939524 I
My favourite cookbooks are Ina Garten's of course and a couple of others that I've had for ages. I don't actually collect them the way I used to. I've been mostly using Pinterest to collect new recipes and follow a couple of blogs that combine what I used to look for in a good cookbook: personality, fun recipe notes, and good food. They're This Savory Vegan, Cookie & Kate, and Rabbit Wolves Vegan (the recipe for chicken fried cauliflower steaks on this blog is a standard favourite).
I also treasure my copy of Texas Home Cooking (Amazon link has a cover update I don't like as much, but whatever, the inside is what counts) https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Home-Cooking-Comforting-Down-Home/dp/1558320598. I bought this when we lived in Texas (prior to 2005) and it became my southern cooking bible.
While living down there I also bought Authentic Mexican from Rick Bayliss. I ADORE this book and still use if often. I don't know if this new edition is as good? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061373265/ Personally, I'd look for the 1987 edition on eBay or something. ;)
For bread, my go-to is No Need to Knead by Suzanne Dunaway. https://www.amazon.com/No-Need-Knead-Handmade-Italian/dp/0786864273/ I've bought this book for several people and they all love it as much as I do.
One last link for you, a blog post I wrote about kale earlier this year. Lol. What is it about kale??? https://kellyjensenwrites.com/2021/05/28/i-love-kale-so-much-i-could-write-a-poem-about-it/
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks, Kelly! I'm glad you're enjoying the newsletter. :) And ooh, you've given me a new list of cookbooks to check out--because clearly, I always need more lol. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving!