 | Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook by Martha Stewart
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $17.14 My favorite baking book! Each section gives you pictures and details on the tools you'll need and special baking techniques. The pictures are enticing and call you to flip through the book again and again. Whenever I have made recipes from this book, I have received praise and people have asked for the recipes.
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 | Paula Deen Celebrates!: Best Dishes and Best Wishes for the Best Times of Your Life by Paula Deen
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $4.88 I love Paula Deen's cooking and Food Network shows. This book has attractive pictures of some of the dishes and also arranges the recipes according to various occasions and celebrations throughout the year. You can also easily adjust these recipes with low-fat mayo or other healthy alternatives to some ingredients and they still taste delicious.
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 | Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts by Maida Heatter
Buy new: $17.81 / Used from: $5.40 I received this as a gift from someone who knew how much I loved to bake and love chocolate. She is one of the queens of chocolate and baking, and this book is filled with recipes and the stories behind them. She also gives advice on the different types of chocolate and how to treat each for the best results.
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 | The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook: Old-Fashioned Recipes From New York's Sweetest Bakery by Jennifer Appel
Buy new: $18.00 / Used from: $9.98 Yum! If you have ever been to this bakery in New York, they have fabulous old-fashioned cupcakes! The recipes in the book taste just like what is in the store. Their famous banana cream pudding is also a must try- I never knew banana cream pudding could be so good!
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 | More From Magnolia: Recipes from the World Famous Bakery and Allysa Torey's Home Kitchen by Allysa Torey
Buy new: $19.44 / Used from: $14.23 See comments for the Magnolia Bakery Cookbook.
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 | The Asian Kitchen : The Best of Chinese and Far Eastern Cooking by Lillian Wu
Buy used from: $2.18 I love Asian food. This book has many easy recipes influenced from various Asian backgrounds. In graduate school my roommate and made a number of appetizers for a party and they were a huge hit. That said, there entrees are equally delicious.
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 | Small Changes, Big Results: A 12-Week Action Plan to a Better Life by Ellie Krieger
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.90 This book is a combination of advice on nutrition and lifestyle and recipes. I like Ellie's stuff because she has such a healthy, well-rounded attitude toward living and eating. Her recipes are healthy, focusing on healthy carbs, protein, fats, vitamins and other nutrients we need, while still being satisfying and delicious.
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