 | How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food by Mark Bittman
Buy new: $15.72 / Used from: $10.87 From blueberry pancakes to chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting, this cookbook had been my go-to resource.
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 | Southern Living: 40 Years of Our Best Recipes: Over 250 Great-Tasting, Tried-and-True Southern Recipes by Editors of Southern Living Magazine
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $7.72 Make the Pecan Pie with a homemade pie crust and add 2-3 Tablespoons of Southern Comfort in with the vanilla.
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 | The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $16.56 The "Shish Taouk" or Chicken Kebab is simple and very good served with Israeli Couscous.
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 | Simple Chinese Cooking by Kylie Kwong
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $4.82 |
 | Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $19.44 The Fingerlings with Slivered Garlic are particularly comforting during cold Midwestern winter evenings.
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 | The Best Light Recipe
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $18.85 My personal favorite recipes from this book:
One-Pot Chicken and Rice with Broccoli and Cheddar
Stuffed Mushrooms
Chipotle Chicken with Cilantro-Lime Dipping Sauce
Asian Chicken Noodle Soup
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 | King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking: Delicious Recipes Using Nutritious Whole Grains by King Arthur Flour
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $17.44 |
 | The Sweeter Side of Amy's Bread: Cakes, Cookies, Bars, Pastries and More from New York City's Favorite Bakery by Amy Scherber
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $16.61 The butterscotch cashew bars, blondies & award-winning brownies make this cookbook worthwhile.
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 | Maida Heatter's Cookies (Maida Heatter Classic Library) by Maida Heatter
Buy used from: $7.93 The fudge is absolutely the best.
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 | The Best 30-Minute Recipe by Cook's Illustrated Magazine
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $18.99 The recipes do not always take 30 minutes the first time you make them and I even tried one bad recipe, but dishes like the Skillet Lasagna have become a staple in my kitchen.
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 | Good Old-Fashioned Cookies: More Than Eighty Classic Cookie Recipes-Updated for Today's Bakers by Susan Kosoff
Buy used from: $3.58 From the gingerbread to the sugar cookies, these recipes work every time.
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 | Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way by Lorna Sass
Buy new: $21.45 / Used from: $20.56 The brown rice with stir-fried beef and vegetables is excellent. The recipes in this book can be time consuming, but it is an essential guide to the different whole grains of the world.
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 | Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving by Judi Kingry
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $16.41 The applesauce recipe is simple and tastes fresh several months after canning. I had never canned anything before and this book has acted as my "Canning Bible."
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 | The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs by Karen Page
Buy new: $20.47 / Used from: $18.69 I use this book as a reference if I have a bit of this and a bit of that on hand... Say I have some cilantro but want ideas of what I can prepare with it based on items already in my pantry. I will look up "cilantro" in the book and see that it goes great with tomatoes, lemongrass, limes, coconut, and other flavor combinations.
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