Wow…we’re seeing all kinds of new faces stop by this week! Welcome, all of you. And…miraculously…we seem to be sticking to the topic for the majority of the posts, which is a rare thing indeed.
And, LiLi, it’s lovely to see you. My theory is that Soapy planned the topic to lure you out of the woodwork. 
I’ve posted links in the Mumpers’ Blog to all the recipes that have been linked to, I think. Let me know if I missed any. I’m also going to include a post linking to this MMP so that we can all find the cookbooks and stories related to food. I’ll also add Muppets chicken with lentils that she posted while I was writing this novel.
So sorry about the gas leak, Pie. Hugs. Hope that Best Buy reacts quickly, Pie. How many chances have they had to fix your laptop correctly now? :dubious:
And here’s hoping that the sprayer hose surgery goes well, gotti.
I was in an all-day offsite meeting today, but we took time out for a decent NOL at O’Charley’s. I went in early and came home late, which means I was exhausted by the time I got home. Not an exciting way to spend one’s birthday, I have to say. Fortunately, I have the day off tomorrow for Veteran’s Day.
I’ve seen a number of cookbooks that I think I’d like to acquire. The Marion Cunningham breakfast one sounds like it’s right up my alley, since I’m a major breakfast fan.
I appear to have 87 cookbooks, plus I have several file folders with recipes that I’ve clipped, but not used, plus I have a couple of little 3-ring binders that contain recipes that I’ve clipped or gotten from friends. Eventually, I’d like to get all of those recipes into my own blog, since that seems like the easiest way to manage recipes these days. If I did that, I could access the recipes from wherever I happened to be.
My favorite cookbooks:
Diana Shaw’s Essential Vegetarian Cooking
I’m not a vegetarian, but I own a disproportionate number of vegetarian cookbooks (it’s easier to add meat to a vegetarian recipe than to take meat away from a non-veggie recipe). This book has a lot of good cooking method information and many basic recipes with variations. It also has lots of nutrition info.
Rick Bayless’s Authentic Mexican This is the first Mexican cookbook that reminded me of how my great grandmother cooked. I like all of his books, but this is my favorite.
Mollie Katzen’s Still Life with Menu I also have her origianl Moosewood and the Enchanted Broccoli Forest, but I’ve made more recipes from Still Life.
Bert Greene’s Greene on Greens - This is one that I’ve mostly used for inspiration, although the pumpkin gnocchi and cauliflower pancakes are both wonderful as written. It’s not a vegetarian cookbook, but instead dedicates one chapter to each of the vegetables he chose to write about. It’s a yummy read.
I have (but haven’t often used) a Better Homes and Gardens cookbook whose latest copyright is 1950 (it’s the notebook kind that you would add pages to from the magazine). I’m thinking my mom probably got it as a wedding present in 1956. I grew up with a mid-50’s edition of The Joy of Cooking, but Mom won’t let me have it yet. I have one from the 70’s and one from the 90’s (the Ethan Becker re-write). I probably ought to get the latest one sometime.
Most Unusual Cookbook: International Recipes from Alcoa (Really just a bound booklet) that is a collection of recipes from food editors around the world from a 1957 International Food Editors Conference. In reading the recipes, I’ve concluded that some of them have been “translated” to include ingredients that were commonly available in the U.S. at the time, because some of them seem blander than what I’d expect.
OK…that’s way more than I intended to write. Guess I’ll go investigate what else to eat for din din. Cheerios, maybe?
GT
The Boy has an aversion to most cheese-based things, and so isn’t all that fond of cheesecake… as far as sacrifices in the name of love go, it’s one I can live with, but I do get a hankering for a big slice of cheesecake every so often. Sniff.