Happy Sunday! Hope you’re weekend has been fabulous and to make it even better, I’ve joined up with some awesome food bloggers today for a giveaway. We’ve each selected one of our favorite cookbooks and ONE person will win them ALL! That’s 12 cookbooks personally curated by us. Sounds amazing, right? We think so! Oh and my favorite cookbook I choose for this was Culinary Artistry, but more about that below.
The contest will run from October 13 at 12am EST through October 20 at 12am EST. We’ll use rafflecopter to select a winner and that person will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is selected. You must be 18 years old to enter and we can only ship to an address in the US. There is additional disclaimer information in the widget but that’s the important stuff! Good luck!
Your favorite cookbook…which is it? A question as hard as answering which is your favorite child. Or what is your favorite food. Basically impossible to answer, until I really focused and thought it through:
…which cookbook do I revisit on a daily or weekly basis?
…which cookbook constantly inspired me?
…which cookbook would I save if there was a fire in our home?
And over and over, Culinary Artistry by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page came to mind. It’s not the typical “favorite cookbook”; there are very few photos and the photos included are in black and white; the recipes are staggered along the book, not organized by appetizers, main dishes, desserts, etc.
But the book is worth it’s weight in gold and who cares about photography when the amount of information accumulated in this book is so grand it’ll take you years to really peruse it and realize…it’s the best book ever. I’ve owned this book for five years and it’s highlighted, underlined, dog-warred, and bookmarked to the extreme!
Food Matches Made In Heaven might just be the main reason I adore this book. If you are always stumped on what to pair X ingredient with, this section of the book will be your lifesaver. Hundreds of ingredients are paired with their best counterparts to get your creative juices flowing! For example, did you know pumpkin pairs well with black pepper, gruyere cheese, cognac, garlic, sage, and mint? Notice how I didn’t mention cloves, butter, or brown sugar! Sure, those are also great pumpkin pairings, but this book will also show you new ways to combine traditional ingredients.
Scroll down and let the widget below load – one winner will receive ALL TWELVE COOKBOOKS! Personally curated by the sponsoring bloggers, I’m wishing I could enter this myself!
Savory Simple
The Culinary Life
Pineapple and Coconut
Bakeaholic Mama
Pass The Sushi
Cooking with Books
Farmgirl Gourmet
Foodness Gracious
Tammilee Tips
CopyKat Recipes
Crunchy Creamy Sweet
The Grommom
Silver Palette
My favorite cookbook is “My Family Table” by John Besh
I love Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom by Julia Childs.
Right now it’s a family cook book that we all sent recipes to a cousin and we had it published . I have worn it out!
Joy if Cooking is my favorite cookbook. I’m always consulting it as I tackle new ingredients and dishes.,
Awesome! Love the cooks illustrated books.
I guess you could say the internet is my favorite cookbook. I have spent hours surfing the web for new and interesting recipes and techniques.
Big Fan of John Besh’s cookbooks and Ad Hoc by Keller.
My favorite cookbook is Better Homes & Gardens. It hasn’t ever failed me.
My favorite cookbook is Southern Cakes.
Home Baked Comfort from Williams & Sonoma
The Mitsitam Cafe Cookbook. It combines my love of cooking with my love of history.
I love the whole Moosewood collection!
It’s so hard to pick a favorite! Betty Crocker still rates for the top. Thanks for the giveaway
I grew up with the JOY of Cooking in my household as a kid. But I do really enjoy modifying some I have and have to admit that Sandra Lee’s Meals Made Simple is pretty darn good for comfort food.
That is such a tough question. I have so many books, but I still love the book my grandmom wrote for me. I can’t wait to get some of new books.
Flour by Joanne Chang. All my favourite recipes in one place, clear instructions and great photos, every recipe is fantastic!
I have many great cookbooks but I find that I use my James Peterson collection the most. I’ve been wanting a copy of The Flavor Bible!
My favorite is the Joy of Cooking, but I’d love all the above books!
It is so tough to pick just one cookbook but my go to cookbook is Joy of Cooking
It’s soooo hard to choose just one favorite cookbook. I love Deborah Madison’s “Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone,” Ottolenghi’s “Plenty,” and Alice Medrich’s “Pure Dessert.”
I don’t know which cookbook is my favorite, but the most essential/used one I have is Cook’s Country.
Culinary Artistry is one of my favorites. Thanks for the giveaway.
Joy of Cooking is one of my go to books for anything basic..Mastering the Art of French Cooking is also another one of my bibles! Great selections
Aw, it’s like asking me to name my favorite child. Speaking of Child, I love Baking with Julia. It’s a wonderful baking book.
When I went to Peru i got 500 años de fusion from Gaston Acurio. It is my go to seafood cookbook!
I have this huge compilation book from a local church that I love! It’s at least 4 inches thick and has a recipe for everything
I do a lot of baking and one of my most used books is Cake Boss by Buddy Valastro. It has a wealth of tips, experiences and recipes in it. I have a cookbook habit that these 12 would fit nicely!
What a neat giveaway! I’d like to win all these cookbooks! But I’ll be thrilled with the one you’re giving away here — Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child. Thanks for all the blog support and RTs.
My favorite cookbook is the best of la cocina Goya, healthy, tasty, affordable latin cooking!
For me- the Betty Crocker is like the Bible of cookbooks. It has all the basics & everything one needs to take a recipe & run with it.
Is hard, but I will say it is La cocina de la familia, by Ferran Adria.
My all time favorite cookbook is the 1973 Betty Crocker Cookbook. I love that it has meat temps and times for different weights, and it has been instrumental in teaching my children how to cook.
Too hard to choose! The New Vegetarian Epicure by Anna Thomas. Verdura, by Viana LaPlace. The Perfect Scoop, by David Lebovitz. The Best Vegetarian Recipes, by Martha Rose Shulman. Too many.
I use “America’s Best Cook Book” sometime; it’s an old one my mom used, so everything tastes like hers. I also plan on revisiting some Marcella Hazan recipes, in her honor.
Being married to a chef, I don’t do much cooking but I can’t face Christmas time without my Martha Stewart Cookies book – it’s losing pages and covered in smeared cookie dough but it’s still my go-to cookie book.
I still use the Betty Crocker cookbook my mom gave me for my wedding, but it’s so hard to pick a favorite.
I love the Back in the Day Bakery cookbook!
My favorite cookbooks are the Loony Spoons Series and Maria Emmerich