First cookbook for college kid's first apartment

dmd77
Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:23:51 +0000

I gave both kids the 1964 edition of Joy of Cooling, which I prefer to the more modern editions, as it emphasizes the process of cooking from the beginning–breaking down whole foods, etc. It’s also available quite cheaply, used, from [AbeBooks: New & Used Books, Textbooks, Rare & Out of Print Books](http://www.abebooks.com) , which is where I buy most cookbooks. And it jibes with Michael Pollan’s advice: eat food your grandmother would recognize.

As weird as it seems, my daughter really uses her cookies-only cookbook. She enjoys making cookies for her friends.