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Cooking through a cookbook

Written by foodie pam

Monday, 31 December 2007

Have you every cooked through a cookbook? My husband and I want to do this as both a fun activity and a way to help improve our cooking skills. Problem is - we’re not sure what book to cook through. We want a book that will instruct and guide us through all of the things we are unfamiliar with. Lots of great classics come to mind such as ones by Julia Child and Jacques Pépin. Michael Ruhlman has a list of great potentials in The Elements including the Zuni Café Cookbook by Judy Rogers that he just raves and raves about. Then there are more recent ones such as the French Culinary Institute's Fundamental Techniques of Classic Cuisine and James Peterson’s Cooking. Lots of great choices. But, given the amount of time we’ll devote to this we want the ‘right’ book.

Or, maybe we shouldn’t cook from just one book? We could focus on techniques and find the most appealing choices from more than one book. Or maybe not. This little 'activity' is already likely to take several years, and including more than one book could extend it to decades!

All of this brings me back to my initial question: Have you every cooked through a cookbook? If you have, do you have any suggestions or recommendations on what book to use? Or even if you haven’t cooked through an entire cookbook, if you have any suggestions please let me know…

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CUOCO (Registered) 2008-01-04 19:09:54

Ive never Done it But Try the Silver Spoon it would be Amazing But impossible to finish in a lifetime at nearly 2000 recipes... Something Doable would be Surreal Gourmet Bites Show Stoppers and Conversation Starters.. By BOB Blumer.. ITs short and all appitizer type dishes.It wouldnt take much time at all. This book would give you a great opportunity to have people over for a grazing party.. Most importantly the book deals with many skillful cooking techniques including presentation which can be the most diffiucult at times.

pam (Publisher) 2008-01-06 11:31:55

Cuoco - 2000 recipes sounds like too much even for us! We'll check out the Surreal Gourmet Bits - thanks for the tip.

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CUOCO (Registered) 2008-01-09 21:13:39

Good Luck,,,If you find another interesting Cook Book or any book for that matter let me know I am always looking for something new to add to my collection..

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