I used to be a huge fan of the Moosewood Cookbooks when I lived in California...but I rarely use them anymore.
These are my favorites these days:
From Asparagus to Zucchini: A Guide to Cooking Farm-Fresh Seasonal Produce - This came recommended by our farm and it has been a huge help with some great ideas, storage tips, etc. I use this the most.
Smith & Hawken: The Gardeners' Community Cookbook - I picked this up at Smith & Hawken several years ago. It has nice, simple, good recipes.
The Big Book of Vegetarian - I had a gift certificate to spend one day, and this book caught my eye. I came home and read it cover to cover. It's full of paper slips of all the recipes I (still) want to try.
and I don't know what I'd do without google. I love how you can get an idea in your head "fennel tomatoes" or "cauliflower brussel sprouts" and find a bunch of recipes that combine the ingredients you want to eat that night.
I've also really liked The Busy Person's Guide to Preserving Food. I have read it cover to cover too.
On my wishlist:
Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets
Farmer John's Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables (this was also a great documentary!)
The Garden-Fresh Vegetable Cookbook
BALL Complete Book of Home Preserving
and I'd like a good dessert cookbook. Better Homes & Gardens is my old standby.
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i think i got rid of my moosewood. the only recipe i used out of it regularly was the pesto, and even that i adapted!
i have been looking for that big book of vegetarian cookbook you told me about a while ago, but it's out of print!
i have the local flavors book. i've made a few things from it. i've actually made more from her vegetarian suppers book. i feel like i should get vegetarian cooking for everyone. do you have that?
i also bought a ball preserving book, i think it's just called the blue book? it's a thin volume so it's not the complete book, but i figured it'd be helpful for my first time jam making!
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