Monday, June 8, 2009

Titles Nine - #9 - cookbooks

Yes, it's a long-overdue installment of the riveting FMS series, "Titles Nine," whereby I go to my many bookshelves and pick out nine volumes to share with you, my faithful reader[s]. This time we're browsing the cookbook shelf. I have actually used each of these cookbooks at least once in my culinary tenure but you'd have to ask Mr. Mouse as to the quality of the results.

  • The Cake Mix Doctor by Anne Byrn - with everyday pantry item additions, you too can fancy up an ol' box of cake mix! (I've actually made the Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake several times - mmmmmmmmm)

  • Pasta Harvest by Janet Fletcher - given to me by the Mouse Parents who claim there is not a bad recipe in the lot

  • Leafy Greens by Mark Bittman - lots of different ways to eat lots of different kinds of leafy greens

  • Dishing Up Maine by Brooke Dojny - another one from the Mouse Parents. Gorgeous photos, lots of information on Maine and the recipes are awfully excellent too

  • Cooking Down East by Marjorie Standish - a classic Maine cookbook

  • Cold-Weather Cooking by Sarah Leah Chase - famous Nantucket restauranteur/chef

  • The Frugal Gourmet by Jeff Smith - no-nonsense, tasty and cost-minded

  • The Daily Soup Cookbook by Leslie Kaul, Bob Spiegel, et al. - I went through a soup phase a couple of winters ago and used this book a lot

  • James McNair's New Pizza - because sometimes you want something besides pepperoni


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  1. Yankee1969June 8, 2009 at 9:59 PM

    "Cooking Down East" is where the whoopie pie recipe I use comes from. It's the one Mom used and they are awesome. They were a huge hit at the very interesting pool party we went to last week.

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  2. Friend MouseJune 8, 2009 at 10:44 PM

    Marjorie Standish rules, no doubt. I don't know what's better: the good, honest food that comes out of the recipes, or the way she wrote them that just SOUNDS like an old lady Mainer.

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  3. Reel WhoreJune 10, 2009 at 1:46 PM

    My local library has the New Pizza book. We live on pizza in my house so I'll be giving this a whirl. I used to watch the Frugal Gourmet, never thought to get his book tho.

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