I needed to upgrade the book case so moved in a utility shelf. The
bottom three shelves are my food references. I hate calling them
"cookbooks" since most of these are more than just books full of
recipes. If I want just recipes, the internet is full of them.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2227/goodco1.jpg

My other bookscase is just outside the kitchen. Those books are
less valuable than these, and more plentiful. These pictured here
are the "Cream of my crop".

Can anybody top the quality selection found here? :-)

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
> I needed to upgrade the book case so moved in a utility shelf. The
> bottom three shelves are my food references. I hate calling them
> "cookbooks" since most of these are more than just books full of
> recipes. If I want just recipes, the internet is full of them.
>
> http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2227/goodco1.jpg
>
> My other bookscase is just outside the kitchen. Those books are
> less valuable than these, and more plentiful. These pictured here
> are the "Cream of my crop".
>
> Can anybody top the quality selection found here? :-)
>
> -sw

Yes, but... What is that Regional Malaysian one? I don't think I
have that. Is it related to the regional Thai one? And... The
Complete Cockroach????

--
Jean B.

On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:18:42 -0500, Jean B. wrote:

> Yes, but... What is that Regional Malaysian one? I don't think I
> have that. Is it related to the regional Thai one?

"Traditional Malaysian Cuisine" (ISBN: 987969139X). No author.
Berita Publishing out of Malaysia.

> And... The Complete Cockroach????

It the life, style, and cuisine of all sorts if cockroaches. I
bought it one day on my lunch break and took it back to work and
told it was a book about Archie. My boss at the time. it's reas
pretty good.

I didn't notice until I posted the picture that the spelling is
"Compleat" rather than "Complete".

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:18:42 -0500, Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Yes, but... What is that Regional Malaysian one? I don't think I
>> have that. Is it related to the regional Thai one?
>
> "Traditional Malaysian Cuisine" (ISBN: 987969139X). No author.
> Berita Publishing out of Malaysia.

Thanks. I do believe I don't have that. You found it locally?
(I used to import cookbooks for myself, back when it was very hard
to find titles and do that.)
>
>> And... The Complete Cockroach????
>
> It the life, style, and cuisine of all sorts if cockroaches. I
> bought it one day on my lunch break and took it back to work and
> told it was a book about Archie. My boss at the time. it's reas
> pretty good.
>
> I didn't notice until I posted the picture that the spelling is
> "Compleat" rather than "Complete".

I obviously did not look back to check the spelling.
>
> -sw


--
Jean B.

On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:47:34 -0500, Jean B. wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:18:42 -0500, Jean B. wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, but... What is that Regional Malaysian one? I don't think I
>>> have that. Is it related to the regional Thai one?
>>
>> "Traditional Malaysian Cuisine" (ISBN: 987969139X). No author.
>> Berita Publishing out of Malaysia.
>
> Thanks. I do believe I don't have that. You found it locally?

Half Price Books. most of the stuff they have is crap, but
sometimes you'll find a honest, used book of quality.

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:47:34 -0500, Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:18:42 -0500, Jean B. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, but... What is that Regional Malaysian one? I don't think I
>>>> have that. Is it related to the regional Thai one?
>>> "Traditional Malaysian Cuisine" (ISBN: 987969139X). No author.
>>> Berita Publishing out of Malaysia.
>> Thanks. I do believe I don't have that. You found it locally?
>
> Half Price Books. most of the stuff they have is crap, but
> sometimes you'll find a honest, used book of quality.
>
> -sw

I understand. I am always at the lookout at local used-book
stores, etc. Usually there is nothing that worthwhile, but
sometimes I hit the jackpot. This year I have found quite a few
bilingual Chinese-English cookbooks. I am thrilled.

--
Jean B.

On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:36:34 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:18:42 -0500, Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Yes, but... What is that Regional Malaysian one? I don't think I
>> have that. Is it related to the regional Thai one?
>
> "Traditional Malaysian Cuisine" (ISBN: 987969139X). No author.
> Berita Publishing out of Malaysia.
>
>> And... The Complete Cockroach????
>
> It the life, style, and cuisine of all sorts if cockroaches. I
> bought it one day on my lunch break and took it back to work and
> told it was a book about Archie. My boss at the time. it's reas
> pretty good.

archy!

<http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Archy-Mehitabel-Penguin-Classics/dp/014303975X>

your pal,
blake

On Dec 21, 10:18*am, "Jean B." > wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
> > I needed to upgrade the book case so moved in a utility shelf. *The
> > bottom three shelves are my food references. *I hate calling them
> > "cookbooks" since most of these are more than just books full of
> > recipes. *If I want just recipes, the internet is full of them.
>
> >http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2227/goodco1.jpg
>
> > My other bookscase is just outside the kitchen. *Those books are
> > less valuable than these, and more plentiful. *These pictured here
> > are the "Cream of my crop".
>
> > Can anybody top the quality selection found here? :-)
>
> > -sw
>
> Yes, but... *What is that Regional Malaysian one? *I don't think I
> have that. *Is it related to the regional Thai one? *And... *The
> Complete Cockroach????

I was wondering about the SPAM one....

On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:11:52 -0800 (PST), projectile vomit chick
wrote:

> On Dec 21, 10:18*am, "Jean B." > wrote:

>>>http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2227/goodco1.jpg

> I was wondering about the SPAM one....

It's a good White Trash food book. It's the history of all the
name brand foods from the early days.

Similar to the book "Kitchen Culture". Both were $2 and well worth
it considering I was boarding an Amtrak train for a 30 hour ride.
That used bookstore was near the train station in Greenville, SC.

-sw

On Dec 20, 6:14*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> I needed to upgrade the book case so moved in a utility shelf. *The
> bottom three shelves are my food references. *I hate calling them
> "cookbooks" since most of these are more than just books full of
> recipes. *If I want just recipes, the internet is full of them.
>
> http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2227/goodco1.jpg
>
> My other bookscase is just outside the kitchen. *Those books are
> less valuable than these, and more plentiful. *These pictured here
> are the "Cream of my crop".
>
> Can anybody top the quality selection found here? :-)
>
> -sw

I have a few of these. A couple of years back I bought Culina Mundi.
I love it for the beautiful pics and the interesting cuisines of
different countries. The only thing I don't like is the weight. It's
like dragging out my heaviest wok!!

lainie wrote:
>
> I have a few of these. A couple of years back I bought Culina Mundi.
> I love it for the beautiful pics and the interesting cuisines of
> different countries. The only thing I don't like is the weight. It's
> like dragging out my heaviest wok!!

Gee, it seems that right after I said I don't buy many new
cookbooks, I started buying them, and paying more attention to
them. Some of them are enormous!!!! The Thai Street Food one is
big, but I may have seen an even bigger one today. I already
forget what it was.

--
Jean B.

On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:38:32 -0500, Jean B. wrote:

> Gee, it seems that right after I said I don't buy many new
> cookbooks, I started buying them, and paying more attention to
> them. Some of them are enormous!!!! The Thai Street Food one is
> big, but I may have seen an even bigger one today. I already
> forget what it was.

Thai Street Food was just an expensive picture book. The books was
void of any descriptions, which made it useless to me.

A Day at El Buli is another one just as big and just as lame. And
costs even more.

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:38:32 -0500, Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Gee, it seems that right after I said I don't buy many new
>> cookbooks, I started buying them, and paying more attention to
>> them. Some of them are enormous!!!! The Thai Street Food one is
>> big, but I may have seen an even bigger one today. I already
>> forget what it was.
>
> Thai Street Food was just an expensive picture book. The books was
> void of any descriptions, which made it useless to me.
>
> A Day at El Buli is another one just as big and just as lame. And
> costs even more.
>
> -sw

Well, looking back at Thai Street Food, it does have recipes. I
like David Thompson, but that book is... huge. Such books really
mess up one's shelving. I actually did pass up some other monsters.

Have you received Culinaria China yet? I am most curious about
it. When I last looked, Jessica's Biscuit didn't have it, and I
sure haven't seen it in any local stores.

--
Jean B.

On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 17:25:31 -0500, Jean B. wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:38:32 -0500, Jean B. wrote:
>>
>>> Gee, it seems that right after I said I don't buy many new
>>> cookbooks, I started buying them, and paying more attention to
>>> them. Some of them are enormous!!!! The Thai Street Food one is
>>> big, but I may have seen an even bigger one today. I already
>>> forget what it was.
>>
>> Thai Street Food was just an expensive picture book. The books was
>> void of any descriptions, which made it useless to me.
>>
>> A Day at El Buli is another one just as big and just as lame. And
>> costs even more.
>>
>> -sw
>
> Well, looking back at Thai Street Food, it does have recipes.

But the book was 90% pictures with no descriptions. If I saw
recipes, I blew them off. They must have been few and far between.

> Have you received Culinaria China yet? I am most curious about
> it. When I last looked, Jessica's Biscuit didn't have it, and I
> sure haven't seen it in any local stores.

None of the Borders or B&N's are going to be carrying it. And I
have other things that need to be bought first.

-sw

On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:20:55 -0800 (PST), lainie wrote:

> I have a few of these. A couple of years back I bought Culina Mundi.
> I love it for the beautiful pics and the interesting cuisines of
> different countries. The only thing I don't like is the weight. It's
> like dragging out my heaviest wok!!

Culina Mundi is the same format as "Europe's Master Chefs" that you
see pictured there. They both weigh the same. I may pick up
Culina Mundi after I get through this. It's being liquidated for
$20 at most major bookstores (think of it as costing only $1/pound
;-)

-sw

On Dec 20, 3:14*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> I needed to upgrade the book case so moved in a utility shelf. *The
> bottom three shelves are my food references. *I hate calling them
> "cookbooks" since most of these are more than just books full of
> recipes. *If I want just recipes, the internet is full of them.
>
> http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2227/goodco1.jpg
>
> My other bookscase is just outside the kitchen. *Those books are
> less valuable than these, and more plentiful. *These pictured here
> are the "Cream of my crop".
>
> Can anybody top the quality selection found here? :-)
>
> -sw
>
>
You have an older edition of the Joy of Cooking on your book case.
That's frequently the #1 book I reach for when I want to cook
something I haven't done in awhile.

While the internet has changed everything, I there are a few cookbooks
I have to have on hand on my main bookcase, including those below. We
have about 350 cookbooks.

1. Julia Child's "The Way to Cook", published in 1989. That's the
second book I reach for.
2 Marcella Hazan's "Classic Italian Cooking"
3 The Time-Life ingredient series, edited by Richard OIlney, and
containing recipes from a large variety of cookbooks.
4. The Larousse Gastronomique.

While the Internet has changed everything, I think you need to go back
to a benchmark recipe for what you're looking to make. It's then
easier to decide the validity of what you see on the internet. It's
great, however, to search out for something new and untried. Trying
something we haven't is great. Coming up with somethinig new on your
own is what it's all about.

Hope you and all had a Happy Holiday,

Kent

On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:09:21 -0800 (PST), kent >
wrote:

>While the Internet has changed everything, I think you need to go back
>to a benchmark recipe for what you're looking to make. It's then
>easier to decide the validity of what you see on the internet.

That is a great point.

-- Larry

On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:09:21 -0800 (PST), kent wrote:

> You have an older edition of the Joy of Cooking on your book case.
> That's frequently the #1 book I reach for when I want to cook
> something I haven't done in awhile.

I have 3 editions of JoC going back to 1956, IIRC.

-sw