<p>For those of you who want to venture into the food blogoshere- World’s Top 50 Food blogs
here it is … wjb, Smitten Kitten ( who actually visited Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond in Oklahoma last year), and 101 cookbooks on this top list, as is Pioneer Woman.</p>
<p>[50</a> of the world’s best food blogs - Times Online](<a href=“The Times & The Sunday Times: breaking news & today's latest headlines”>The Times & The Sunday Times: breaking news & today's latest headlines)</p>
<p>The best cookbook I’ve ever used is Cook’s Illustrated’s The New Best Recipe. Every single recipe works perfectly. I’m slowly collecting the rest of the series.</p>
<p>SunnyFlorida, I’m still kicking myself for losing my ‘Southern Living Best Recipes’ book when I moved to a new home a few years ago. While I have a recent edition of the book, that particular year (late 1990s) had wonderful recipes that I haven’t seen in later editions.</p>
<p>Paris79, are there any memorable fish recipes from that show? I only remember the ‘Galloping Gourmet Show’ from my adolescent days in the Pacific Northwest.</p>
<p>Forgot to mention that Tyler Florence is one of my favorite cooks. His food must be great because he’s picked up a few pounds since he first gained notariety.</p>
<p>LW…My grandmother’s show was on in the mornings m-f catering to those 50’s-early 70’s era stay at home moms. It was only in Seattle. Graham Kerr’s Galloping Gourmet show was national. I remember watching that show too…he always had a glass of wine nearby! What kind of fish recipes are you looking for?</p>
<p>This cookbook is published by the Concordia Language Villages, and it is my favorite. Tons of great ethnic recipes (and a lot of them are relatively easy).</p>
<p>[Concordia</a> College Global Connections: Language Village Recipes](<a href=“http://www.cord.edu/dept/alumni/enews/jan03/gc.html]Concordia”>http://www.cord.edu/dept/alumni/enews/jan03/gc.html)</p>
<p>The cookbook is only $10, but I think you need to pay for shipping. Also makes a great gift.</p>
<p>We have an old Betty Crocker cookbook from the 1960’s that is being held together with duct tape. H took it with him when he got his own place after college and it never has made it back to MIL. A few years ago I found another copy on line and bought it for him, but we still use the duct tape one. I think we’re saving the other one for when it’s no longer usable.</p>
<p>I also like a book called “Easy Weeknight Favorites”, it’s a Southern Living cookbook as well as “Fix it and Forget it”.</p>
<p>SJCM, thanks for that link. I can’t recommend Smitten Kitchen highly enough. Sparkling writing, beautiful photography, and great food. I’ve made 25 or so recipes, virtually all of them successful (just one real dud I can think of). The author is all over the place – swings between desserts and vegetarian fare, especially pastas and salads. She’s quirky – loves beans in all forms, but shuns fish, alas.</p>
<p>I have had a lot of success with foodgawker.com. Twenty or so new recipes entered everyday, mostly from US but some from Australia, Asia and Canada. Great intro to food blogs you might not have heard of yet. With so much available for free it’s hard to spend money on cook books anymore.</p>
<p>Many of the cookbooks already mentioned, plus Smitten Kitchen. My favorite cookbook that hasn’t been mentioned yet is Sunday Suppers at Lucques, by Suzanne Goin. Her menus take time, but everything I’ve made so far has been spectacular.</p>
<p>I have also started to rely a lot on Alice Waters’ The Art of Simple Food.</p>
<p>Paris79, what about recipes for some Pacific Northwest staples; trout, salmon, Dugeness Crab or oysters?</p>
<p>LakeWashington: have you checked ABEbooks.com for the cookbook? I did a quick check and there are lots of old editions for about $4.</p>
<p>LakeWashington: have you checked ABEbooks.com for the cookbook? I did a quick check and there are lots of old editions for about $4.</p>
<p>I just got “Food to Live By” on Amazon (great price!). Focus is on organic food. Haven’t tried anything yet, but read it last night and enjoyed the pictures and most recipes looked great…although not easy.
I love my Frog Commissary Cookbook (an oldy). Use my old church cookbook quite a bit. And I regularly consult Epicurious and All Recipes. Love reading the reviews!
Oh…and Silver Palate. The pages are starting to come out but hey, who can beat Chicken Marbella? (Actually, it’s been YEARS since I made that!)</p>
<p>Toneranger…please share the recipe “Chicken Marabella” sounds great, so it shoud taste delicious…</p>
<p>Found it online:
BTW, I know someone who used meyer lemons in place of the vinegar. Also sliced them thinly and laid on top of the dish for presentation. Was good!</p>
<p>Chicken Marbella Recipe</p>
<p>Ingredients</p>
<pre><code>* 2 chickens, 2 1/2 lbs each, quartered, bone-in, skin-on
<p>I will prepare Chicken Marbella this week…Toneranger, thanks for the prompt response.</p>
<p>All of the Barefoot Contessa Cookbooks (All of them!) My fav is the first one.</p>
<p>LakeWashington- some NW seafood cookbook suggestions
Seattle Chef/restaurant owner Tom Douglas has several books. I have “Tom Douglas’ Seattle Kitchen”- great book, slightly sophisticated recipes. He has others including “I Love Crabcakes- 50 recipes for an American classic”
-“Pike Place Public Market Seafood Cookbook” and "Rays Boathouse Seafood Secrets of the Pacific Northwest both names say it all. Great reviews but I don’t personally own either.</p>
<p>I love cookbooks. Some of my favorites:
Marcella Hazan, Classic Italian and More Classic Italian
Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything and How to Cook Everything Vegetarian
Marian Morash, Victory Garden
Mario Batali, Babbo Cookbook
Silver Palate, Silver Palate Good Times, and New Basics (forget the authors)
Kevin Graham, Grains, Rice, and Beans
Patrick O’Connell, Refined American Cuisine: The Inn at Little Washington</p>
<p>I forgot to mention before that a favorite cookbook of mine is “Beat This” by Ann Hodgman. It’s a quirky volume of just her favorite recipes, that makes no effort to cover all the bases. She was a writer for Spy magazine, and it’s hilarious, as well as having really, really good recipes and cooking tips. (It is where I first learned to cook a turkey upside down, for example.)</p>