tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261220680161590605.post6882549461956636411..comments2023-04-16T09:12:15.151-04:00Comments on The Rosendaul Homestead: An indispensable cookbook.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08471645240460235952noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261220680161590605.post-82928841759360871922011-03-09T00:53:26.239-05:002011-03-09T00:53:26.239-05:00Hey, I'm glad you like that cookbook! I think...Hey, I'm glad you like that cookbook! I think I've given it to at least three different people now :) I think it's the best general "basis" cookbook to build a library from, especially while you're still learning what foods you like to cook, what techniques work for you, and so on.<br /><br />I try to be very conservative about cookbooks precisely because it's way too easy to fill a shelf with cookbooks where maybe one or two of the recipes are good, and the rest are duds. Apart from Cook's Country magazine and Cook's Illustrated's online membership, I've only bought two cookbooks to supplement ATK: Peter Reinhart's "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" and Molly Stevens' "All about Braising", since I've discovered that braising really is my favorite way to cook: cheap, easy, and so flavorful! Both books came highly recommended and remain so :)Jeremy Fincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997735870989293976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261220680161590605.post-84164652941858897022011-02-26T21:17:01.206-05:002011-02-26T21:17:01.206-05:00Sarah, I've added a Follow button just for you...Sarah, I've added a Follow button just for you, but next time we hang out, I can show you a good way to follow any blog you want, through the Blogger dashboard.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08471645240460235952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261220680161590605.post-99281307570380922011-02-25T10:15:53.416-05:002011-02-25T10:15:53.416-05:00yes America's Test Kitchen...yes Jer got it fo...yes America's Test Kitchen...yes Jer got it for us :)Sarah Dillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02844132401777524831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261220680161590605.post-27215291331780698492011-02-25T10:15:05.087-05:002011-02-25T10:15:05.087-05:00Am I able to follow your blog? I don't see a f...Am I able to follow your blog? I don't see a follow button and am new to all this :)Sarah Dillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02844132401777524831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261220680161590605.post-13327981881234797432011-02-22T22:17:39.866-05:002011-02-22T22:17:39.866-05:00Sarah, what cookbook? The America's Test Kitc...Sarah, what cookbook? The America's Test Kitchen? Did Jeremy get it for you, too?Lynettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16011559023369538786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261220680161590605.post-42195670322727231372011-02-22T19:55:57.597-05:002011-02-22T19:55:57.597-05:00Thanks so much for the comment, Joy! We're gl...Thanks so much for the comment, Joy! We're glad your enjoying the blog!<br /><br />I think I need to buy a couple more cookbooks now! :-) Also, rosemary scalloped potatoes!?! Now there is something I've got to try! They sound wonderful!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08471645240460235952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261220680161590605.post-37260855525659565342011-02-22T14:21:11.943-05:002011-02-22T14:21:11.943-05:00I love this cookbook. It's fatastic.I love this cookbook. It's fatastic.Sarah Dillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02844132401777524831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261220680161590605.post-17197984919732378362011-02-22T09:06:46.224-05:002011-02-22T09:06:46.224-05:00Joy, thank you for your recommendations and sharin...Joy, thank you for your recommendations and sharing your story. Your proposal just made my day! Beautiful!Lynettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16011559023369538786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261220680161590605.post-35084049477827039402011-02-22T01:03:25.806-05:002011-02-22T01:03:25.806-05:00Hello! This is a topic I can chime in on!
I have...Hello! This is a topic I can chime in on! <br /><br />I have been cooking since I was old enough to stand up on a chair to stir! Being the third of five children, I found my nitch in the kitchen early on! Late in elementary school, I graduated from oatmeal cookies and cake mixes to cookbooks and frequently tried recipes from my mom’s Westinghouse cookbook. In Junior high, I got into the habit of checking out cookbooks from the school library. The Fanny Farmer Cookbook was a popular classic book back then and I read and reread the pages in that book and copied dozens of recipes.<br /><br />During high school and in my early 20’s, I was a true farmer wife “wannabee” and Farm Journal cookbooks became standards on my home shelf. When Ken and I married and moved to the west coast, my taste in food changed again, and the only thing I wanted to explore were international recipes! I remember trying a dessert while we were in Victoria and we scoured the city for a cookbook with a similar recipe! I had cookbooks for sugar free cooking, fat free cooking, high carb cooking - you name it - as research and diets changed so did our cookbooks!<br /><br />Needless to say, I have collected quite a few cookbook over the years. Family and friends learned I enjoyed cooking and bought me books as gifts, or I picked them up myself. Now at midlife, I’ve pared down to just two shelves of my most favorite books. Gone are the 15 Southern Living Annual Cookbooks, a dozen Taste of Home annual cookbooks, and countless Martha Stewarts along with a plethora of others. This is what has remained:<br /><br />Farm Journal Country cookbook: If you want some good home, country cooking, this is the book!<br /><br />Betty Crocker cookbook – a reliable, everyday, cookbook with recipes that are consistently good. I think they must update them every ten years or so and I think have the editions of 1980, 1990 and 2000! Some recipes are the same; some are very different as our nation has changed. The pages are worn out in this book.<br /><br />If I’m having folks over and want a special dinner, I have a few favorites to go to: Rebecca Rather has several cookbooks with great recipes; also Simply Classic and Savoring the Flavor of Oregon (both Junior League books) are very good for company recipes<br /><br />The New Cooks Illustrated cookbook. I tried the rosemary scalloped potatoes and it is a new family favorite! I look forward to trying more!<br /><br />I must admit though that my most favorite cookbook was only used once. You see, 26 years ago, a man I was dating gave me a gift he knew only he could rival. Easter Sunday morning, at 6:30 in the morning, he handed me a gift wrapped Fannie Farmer cookbook. As I ohh’d and ahh’d over the charm of receiving that golden book of long ago, I excitedly turned the first pages one-by-one, remembering the old recipes. Only when I was about one-third through the book, I realized that he had cut a small square through the pages and a blue velvet jeweler’s box was tucked inside where he proposed. Later that day as the story was told, my practical younger sister who knew of my love of cookbooks exclaimed “But he ruined your cookbook.” Somehow… it just doesn’t matter…<br /><br />Enjoy these early days with your bride and all the great memories you are placing in your treasure box of life. And keep up the great blog. It's a pleasure to read!<br /><br />Joy! (Snowville)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com