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Cookbooks no home should be without
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Best Recipes from the Backs of Boxes, Bottles, Cans, and JarsBest Recipes from the Backs of Boxes, Bottles, Cans, and Jars by Ceil Dyer
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CONVENIENCE AT IT'S BEST! This the one that contains all those recipes on the backs of everything you buy... but all in one book.
The Fannie Farmer Cookbook: AnniversaryThe Fannie Farmer Cookbook: Anniversary by Marion Cunningham
Buy new: $21.45 / Used from: $15.00
MUST HAVE has been one of the best cookbooks for ages
Cook's Illustrated 2001 Annual (Cooks Illustrated Annuals)Cook's Illustrated 2001 Annual (Cooks Illustrated Annuals)
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You can never go wrong with Cook's Illustrated Cooking Annuals I recommend ALL of them
Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook: 11th Edition (Crime Line)Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook: 11th Edition (Crime Line) by BH&G Editors
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A Classic American Cookbook
The 1997 Joy of CookingThe 1997 Joy of Cooking by Marion Rombauer Becker
Buy new: $27.36 / Used from: $8.99
Whether you get this in Hardcover or Spiral it covers the basics nicely
Pillsbury Complete Cookbook: Recipes from America's Most-Trusted KitchensPillsbury Complete Cookbook: Recipes from America's Most-Trusted Kitchens by Pillsbury Company
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Again another "basic" cookbook with recipes tested over time
Betty Crocker's Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today, Ninth EditionBetty Crocker's Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today, Ninth Edition by Betty Crocker Editors
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Traditional Cooking these books never get to old
The All New Good Housekeeping Cook BookThe All New Good Housekeeping Cook Book
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Basic Simple Recipes nothing that you can not whip up in your average kitchen
The New Doubleday CookbookThe New Doubleday Cookbook by Jean Anderson
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $3.98
Another Classic Traditional Cookbook that never goes out of style
Best Recipes of the Great Food CompaniesBest Recipes of the Great Food Companies by Judith Anderson
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A wonderful and well used book that I often times pick up because it uses brand names
Great American Brand Name Cookbook (Collector's Edition)Great American Brand Name Cookbook (Collector's Edition) by Publications International Editors
Buy used from: $7.20
This is an OOP (out of print) book but if you can find it on the auctions. GET IT!!! It is worth every penny
Chez Panisse VegetablesChez Panisse Vegetables by Alice L. Waters
Buy new: $24.41 / Used from: $19.43
Everything you need to know about Vegetables from where they originally came from to what is the best way to cook them
Chez Panisse FruitChez Panisse Fruit by Alice L. Waters
Buy new: $25.16 / Used from: $13.65
All of Alice Waters books does justice to Food as a whole I think this book is one of the best about Fruit
Culinary ArtistryCulinary Artistry by Andrew Dornenburg
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $13.94
The perfect reference book
The Best Kitchen Quick Tips: 534 Tricks, Techniques, and Shortcuts for the Curious CookThe Best Kitchen Quick Tips: 534 Tricks, Techniques, and Shortcuts for the Curious Cook
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Just what you need to answer all those pertinent questions after a goof
The New Food Lover's Tiptionary: More Than 6,000 Food and Drink Tips, Secrets, Shortcuts, and Other Things Cookbooks Never Tell YouThe New Food Lover's Tiptionary: More Than 6,000 Food and Drink Tips, Secrets, Shortcuts, and Other Things Cookbooks Never Tell You by Sharon Tyler Herbst
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $2.52
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