I love cookbooks.
In order to keep my shelf-space under control I try to be very choosy about the ones I actually purchase and use, as opposed to hopping on the Internet to find my recipes. For eating seasonally, there are 2 cookbooks that I absolutely love and live by:
Recipes in this book represent a feast of fresh, seasonal flavor.
Local Flavors, Cooking and Eating from America’s Farmers Markets
A culinary portrait of America’s regions and seasons told through recipes, stories and profiles.
by Deborah Madison
She provides us with a wonderful journey through a variety of farmers markets bringing us recipes infused with flavor and seasonal goodness.
Great cookbook with inspiring recipes - and helpful hints on growing your own
Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life
by Jamie Oliver
Not only does this book contain enough recipes to last a lifetime, each section has gardening tips from Jamie – along with recipes for everything he grows. This book is really special.
If you have any favorites – please share!
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Oooh, good to know. I don’t normally cook with recipes, but when I do, I have a binder full of them. I also use the basic Joy of Cooking and several Moosewood books.
I so love Jamie Oliver. I have cookbooks in my kitchen for different reasons. Some are given to me and I appreciate the thought but few of those have things in them I would try. Others are the old spiral community cookbooks filled with comfort recipes tried over and over proven to still deliver good dishes for the table. The books that I choose I wouldn’t necessarily call them cookbooks but more like kitchen how-to books. Beer making, cheese making, fundamental bread making, fermenting foods, drying foods, etc. I find there to be a world of difference between recreating a recipe and learning the process of creating the food bases that then go into recipes.