ENZYREP@aol.com
The Best Recipe Cookbook.....Try the brined turkey recipe...outstanding!!!

Toad0212@aol.com
My favorite cookbook is one my Grandmother owned.  It's kinda ratty and the recipes call for some items I have problems finding (or figuring out what the heck they are!) but it has THE BEST macaroni and cheese recipe that my kids (21 and 23 yrs old) still clamor for!  It's called The Betty Furness Westinghouse Cook Book  (prepared under the direction of Juila Kiene).  My copy was published by Simon and Schuster in 1954.

Artistilus@aol.com
the Redbook cookbook

CaptCarole@aol.com
The Frog and Commissary Cookbook is #1.
Wonderfully novel and exciting recipes combing eastern and western influences -- at the time that Frog first opened, this was ground-breaking cuisine!  The recipes stand the test of time.  Their carrot soup is wonderful, and their carrot cake is a Philadelphia tradition now.
#2 favorite:
Main Line Cookbook by the Junior League.
Sounds stuffy?  It's not.  Really tasty, simple dishes with relatively uncomplicated ingredients.  A modern-day Good Housekeeping without the tuna casseroles!  Especially good for appetizers, which I usually don't enjoy making, but these are an exception for me!

Slgjeg4@aol.com
The Brands Name Cookbook

PBryan3@aol.com
I have dozens of diverse cookbooks....I love them! But I always go back to my Betty Crocker when I need a basic recipe. I had given it to my mom probably around 30 years ago as a Mother's Day present and took it back when I got married and realized I hadn't paid attention to my mom who was and is an excellent cook.

Epmmskewis@aol.com
The Joy of Cooking by far is the best cookbook ever.  It has basic cooking instructions, definitions, how to handle all kinds of foods as well as wonderful recipes.  My Mom used hers until it fell apart and I am on my second edition!

WizardsMagi@aol.com
I have just about every cookbook on the market today and I started my collection years ago.  My all time favorite and my most precious is one written in my grandmothers hand and words.  She was known throughout our valley as one of the best (If not the best) cooks around.  She has menus, grocery lists, recipes written on paper sacks, napkins, handkerchiefs...any thing she could find to write on at the time.  Most of the recipes have items that she tried, scribbling out the old ingredients and replacing them with 'new fangled things'.  She even has recipes for medicines like cough syrups, elixirs and they even name the plants, bushes, roots, etc. I have been pushed-prodded-called stingy for not sharing or publishing this rare, wonderful book of love. Maybe one day...who's to say.  Right now, it is all that I have left of her and every female member in this family knows how to make those recipes...Some better than others but they will NEVER taste like grandma's.  Never!  We call this wonderful gift..."NATURE'S BOUNTY--FOODS FOR THE SOUL."

BookmRita@aol.com
Better Homes and Gardens when I really want to cook. The I Hate to Cook Book when I want to fake it!

PJLDYBUG@aol.com
Betty Crockers Picture Cookbook... an old classic still used today.

Bjcmcn@aol.com
Regarding favorite cookbooks --- Any of Mollie Katzen's books are fabulous. I am a vegetarian, as are my daughter and her 2-year-old daughter.  The rest of the family are not.  There are six others and we blend the meals to everyone's liking with the help of "Mollie."  Have a great Holiday!!

Jsaofusa@aol.com
My favorite cookbook is the Betty Crocker cookbook.

UKHRH@aol.com
Betty Crocker!!!!!!!!!

NanYD@aol.com
My favorite cookbook is the Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker.  It not only has recipes for things that you don't normally find in other cookbooks but it has information and explanations with each category.  It even sometimes includes some history and how to serve the food, or when substitutions can be used.  The information in this cookbook has helped me to try foods that I might not have tried because I didn't know much about them.

Kate82050@aol.com
I have several Favorites....   I go to these first before I check anywhere:  The New York Times Cook Book and The Joy of Cooking. My favorite of all times, you can tell by the duct tape holding it together.....   Bon Appetit Too Busy to Cook?  It is the best quick and easy recipe book of all times!

Rhodavictor@aol.com
Fanny Farmer

Sydpep@aol.com
The Fannie Farmer Cookbook.  You can't go wrong.

Brunomag@aol.com
The Joy of Cooking. When all else fails, I end up or start with this!

Angie789@aol.com
Without a doubt, my favorite cookbook is "Desperation Dinners" -- delicious food that is easy to put together for a family on the go!

Pooki93226@aol.com
My long-time favorite cookbook is my old faithful Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, (Red and white checks).  I have had mine for the 26 years that I have been married and use it at least once a week.  The pages are falling out from all that use!  A great gift for a new bride!  I love it!

Woodhead9@aol.com
Without question, Craig Clayborn's Cooking with Spices.  But sadly, I don't know where my copy is, so it may be the wrong title, but it is definitely CC.

NGroves@aol.com
My favorite cookbook is Betty Crocker's International Cookbook. It has an excellent selection of recipes of all types that, for the most part, have been "adapted" so that they can be prepared with commonly available ingredients. It's been a favorite of mine for years.

Sulluin@aol.com
The Better Homes & Gardens red and white checked cookbook - it was my first and it helped me through times when I had questions about certain cooking techniques.  Also, the binder-style made it easy to add my own recipe pages when I found something new I didn't want to just leave lying on the shelf.

MoM3g2b@aol.com
Would have to be the "GoodHousekeeping" cookbook which I bought in 1967 as a newly engaged young woman.. Still use it to this day..  Very dog-eared and sharing space with Emeril, Southern Living (1980-2001).

Jcopek@aol.com
The old New York Times.  Can't beat it

JKsmile7@aol.com


VALAITISH@aol.com
My two favorite cookbooks are: Healthy Homestyle Cooking by Evelyn Tribole and Fat-Free Holiday Recipes by Sandra Woodruff. The former has great easy-to-prepare every day meals; the latter features easy-to-prepare to meals for a variety of holidays (Christmas, Hanukkah, Easter, Fourth of July. etc.) that also work year-round.

LMorris804@aol.com
My favorite old stand-by, even it's tattered and stained condition, is the Joy of Cooking which I received as a wedding gift in 1953.  Still couldn't do without it.

MOMACALADA@aol.com
Julia and Jacques Cooking at home

Bkbstone@aol.com
Favorite cookbook, the one I always turn to when looking for a recipe would be Better Homes and Gardens --- the one with the big red checked "fabric" on the front.  I think it was published in 1972.

DesertGma@aol.com
The best, most complete, and most honored:  Joy of Cooking by Rombauer and Becker.

pkjablonsk@webtv.net
Cookwise by Shirley Corriher

MargotTC@aol.com
Get In There and Cook by Richard Sax

BillieM633@aol.com
While I own oodles of cookbooks and 'how to' cooking books, I very, very often come back to the good old standard, 'Fanny Farmers'  version of how to do everything and cook anything!  I've been cooking for just about all of my 66 yrs..both continental, Asian, etc...but I still find I check Fanny's 'old fashioned' book when I can't find an answer or recipe after all else fails~!  It has served me and my family and circle of friends, very well.  My current version was a bridal shower gift from my sister, 41 yrs. ago!

Putter55@aol.com
My favorite cookbook is The Barefoot Contessa and her 2nd book, Barefoot Contessa Parties

KBGaddis@aol.com
To Market, To Market - Owensboro (KY)  Junior League cookbook

DiggsPoint@aol.com
I have sooooo many... Current faves are the two Ina Garten cookbooks - Barefoot Contessa and Barefoot Contessa Parties.  For the most part , the recipes are fairly simple and use easy to find ingredients.  I like to cook, so even the more involved recipes are fun for me.  The strawberry scones in the first book are the best - I make them with dried cherries. Also, don't forget to try the homemade onion dip -- easy and so much better that the preservative filled stuff  from the dairy case. No comparison!

grudolph@ixi.net
The Betty Crocker Cookbook is best for me!!

Angie789@aol.com
Without a doubt, my favorite cookbook is "Desperation Dinners" -- delicious food that is easy to put together for a family on the go!

rivrpath@ntelos.net
The old edition of THE JOY OF COOKING. Also RIVER ROADS COOKBOOK by THE JUNIOR LEAGUE of BATON ROUGE.

TaylorTyp@aol.com
Dinah Shore cookbook (she wrote three, this is the best). Love the little intros into the recipes. Caution, written before the consciousness was raised against fat and sugar, I make it once her way and then decide if I want to adjust for next time. Worth the effort! A lot of dinner party favorites using favorite dishes from everyone in her life. (Example: Sausage and Peppers from Frank Sinatra)

DOVEHOUSE@aol.com
Julia Child's The Way to Cook

Gtormama@aol.com
I own over 400 cookbooks and consistently my favorites are Joy of Cooking, the two Junior League books San Francisco ALA Carte and Encore, Real Thai by McDermott, and any Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen. Best soups in the world are Mollie's and I also treasure the recipes in Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes. Thanks for asking......

Sheltie729@aol.com
My favorite cookbook is the classic Joy of Cooking.

JEarh13191@aol.com
Southern Living's annual cookbook

Shell725@aol.com
Definitey Mrs. Fields Cookie Book!  I use it every year and always try something new.  Everyone loves all the recipes I prepare.

JRG0143@aol.com
A local cookbook from Jackson, Mississippi called "Bell's Best."

Carmexi@aol.com
This is tough for me as I collect cookbooks and have for years.  One can find darned near everything in The Joy of Cooking. I have spent a fortune on those cookbooks guaranteed to keep me abreast of all the nuveau ingredients in the 90's and none the more satisfied for the effort, only to come back to the old standards for comfort food. A close second is The New Basics by Rosso and Lukins.  I'm a sucker for the sidebar tidbits (I love them!) and the advice is sound, but Joy covers all the bases.  When I dared to try aspic, it was in Joy.  Strange cookies?  I could find a passable recipe to duplicate them there.  It has all the basics and then some.  If the Raumbauers could only incorporate the great graphics and antecdotes of the Silver Palate, I'd never need another cookbook for the rest of my life!

SuzyS1012@aol.com
The Joy of Cooking

MARGOU5253@aol.com
Noteworthy, 1 and 2, from the Ravinia Festival

ZOHEA@aol.com
My favorite cookbook is Lean Cooking.  I regret to say I can't remember the names of the people who put it together, but it was healthy lowfat food that tasted excellent and I wouldn't pass it up twice if I could.

Njm629@aol.com
This is not an easy question to answer because I have a handful to which I always return. But if I could only live the rest of my life with two -- there is no way that I can trim the list any more -- I would have to say: Betty Crocker's Cookbook (she's never failed me yet) and Country Pies by Lisa Yockelson (try the apple-pear pie)

Dveit2go@aol.com
Spice Cookbook

VTPiano@aol.com
Pillsbury Cookbook

jlsltd@gte.net
The Italian Kitchen by Gabriella Mariotti.

SLowe19513@aol.com
My favorite is (are) Cooking Light magazine issues. Easy, healthy, attractive meal planning.

Bhhawley4@aol.com
My favorite cookbooks are from Weight Watchers. They have softcover cookbooks that come out about twice a year and they are fantastic! The recipes are almost all delicious, and low in fat and sugar.

Linpeace1@aol.com
Diet For a Small Planet

bluhrig@inct.net
Although I own several cookbooks, the one I continue to use is Betty Crocker's New Picture Cook Book, 1961.  In fact, I just washed the cover when I did general kitchen cleanup.  The book has food stains on many pages and the spine is torn, but when I need to find out something regarding cooking, I end up with this book.

HOSTEBKLadyJ@aol.com
Pillsbury Bake Off

Jeanida@aol.com
The Good Housekeeping from 1953. The later ones say, 'open this can then add this package".  I wish I could get a new copy, mine's in bad shape.

maryfeat@kcls.org
From Julia's Kitchen by Julia Child