She's got several other cookbooks, but this is the one I have. As you probably know, Indian cooking can get very complex. Her recipes generally strike a good balance of delicious and not-too-difficult.

i'll keep that in mind. thanks

tried are delicious. AKA Barefoot Contessa.

unless you're a family, stay away from her Barefoot Contessa Family Style.

The portion sizes are all 6-8 and it's very oriented to a full-course, sit-down meal for a number of people.

I have her other books, though, and love them.


Cher

i wouldn't have thought of her. thanks.

but haven't been able to find mine since house sold. Was rather 'old.'

He's great, simple and good.

i'll look into him

not something I'd paid attention to before, and had curry 'sauce,' which I use often w leftover chicken. Began with leftover turkey.

Everything she makes looks so yummy.

I just made her picadillo and am now going to try and make empanadas with it.

i'll look into it. thanks

too many pictures and too few recipes for me to justify the price. However, her ancho/squash mole from her website is now one of my staples.

recipes there were.

But I have been cooking off her website and really like what she does.

Not sure whether I wasted my money or not, but I don't have a big book taking up room!

I would also add "The Moosewood Cooks at Home" and "Lowfat Moosewood".

Anything by Sheila Lukins is also good. I love her "All Round the World" cookbook.

I'll bet my two MWs are rattier than yours!

Mine fell apart and I had to put them in a 3-ring binder. One time I had one sitting on the stove and turned on the burner and it has a burn hole through a couple pages.

So there!

Plus a couple times I got high and decided to color in them.

And if you think you can top that, I will tell you that about 10 years ago they had a contest down at the shore for who had the most torn up, used, Moosewood cookbooks and I drove all the way down there from North Jersey and I WON.


Cher

mentioned and they are now held together with heavy rubber bands. I have splashed olive oil on them and wine, but I have never colored in them

What an interesting contest. What did you win? Hope it was a new cookbook

The contest was during a seafood festival. I think the vegetarian groups were doing a little activism and came up with that creative idea to bring attention to the vegetarian lifestyle. They had a booth at the festival and were promoting the vegetarian restaurants in the area.

It was fun, but it was a long time ago and I don't remember too much else.


Cher

definitely on my list

The Heart of the Plate, and I'm seriously considering buying a copy. I still use the original Moosewood Cookbook, the one with the hand-written text.

Have you considered any crockpot recipes?

but i need a new one, the one i have stinks.

The dishes are simple, but classic. You can learn a lot of technique and I was totally dependent on them early in my cooking days.

i'll look into that one

that would be especially appropriate for fizzgig, since she works ft. Seriously, fizzgig, you should check this one out because the recipes are really easy but they tested them a number of ways to bring out the flavor. The cookbook is The Six-Ingredient Solution How to Coax More Flavor from Fewer Ingredients.




The really quick recipes are labeled "fast recipe" and indeed only have six or fewer ingredients. Of course, they always have that section called "Why this recipe works," and that is what impressed me. They try the recipes different ways to come up with the best version. Here's an example of one which only has four ingredients:

Crispy Spiced Chickpeas
2
(14-ounce) cans chickpeas
1
teaspoon smoked paprika
1
teaspoon sugar
1
cup olive oil

and then there's a discussion of how this dish is usually done in the oven, but they found the chickpeas weren't crisp enough. They experimented and found out:

Switching to the stovetop and frying the chickpeas in olive oil gave us the big crunch factor we were seeking. A quick toss in a sweet and savory mixture of sugar and smoked paprika made our fried legumes incredibly addictive.

looks awesome

i love those guys, watch them all the time.

I Chris Kimball.

I know you are a busy, busy gal. But if you are a baker or want to be one, the King Arthur Flour cookbook might be fun for you.

Or maybe Martha Stewart's baking book.

not too skilled yet, but i'm working on it. hadn't thought about a baking book but that's a good idea.

Also, the New York Times cookbook is quite handy.

I have too many cookbooks that just collect dust....... so I'm not eager to add to that collection unless it's a book that I will use for frequent reference.

Yes. This is a plug for my library...... having said that..... I would check out "America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook, 2001-2014"
ISBN 9781936493609 or "Cooking School" by the editors of the Test Kitchen ISBN 9781936493524.

good idea

so I would probably scan her books first and see if one had enough new things I'd like to try, but as a rule, when I buy cookbooks, which isn't often anymore, I look for books that have things I'd like to master. Peter Reinhart has a pizza book that I would consider, and I know his artisan bread book rocks, because I was lucky enough to be a home tester for him.

I also usually check out the little books that do a subject in depth...like one that is just salsas and sauces, or something that has a bunch of marinades and rub recipes.

That may not be any help, but it's where my brain is at today.
Happy Shopping!

I have one and just downloaded the Pati's Mexican Kitchen book.

One thing I really like about this is that the iPad sits in the kitchen and takes very little space. Also, there are links, so if there is a sauce you need to make in a different section, you can switch back and forth pretty easily.

Extra added bonus, they generally cost significantly less.

takes up a lot less space than the laptop.

I will sit down with a cookbook and browse the recipes like they're short stories - especially when I'm sick. I've been disappointed with the Kindle for things that require a lot of flipping back and forth.

flip back and forth.

I've got really limited space, particularly in my kitchen.

But I do miss my cookbooks at time. Full of memories that it's hard to get from a kindle.

He's an Israeli chef currently working in London (I think). "Plenty" is vegetarian dishes with a Middle East palate. "Jerusalem" is a collection of recipes from many of the different ethnic groups in that city. The recipes are straight-forward, with not too many exotic ingredients (unless you think lamb is exotic), and the few ones he does call for, like harissa, have recipes included so you can make your own.

This is a most interesting website where you can see old, out of print, and copyright expired cookbooks.

The are also many copyrighted cookbooks available on e-book that you can borrow through you library system.

https://archive.org/

Hat tip to DU member, IcyPeas for this link recommendation!

I'd say if you want to just generally improve your skills instead of working on a specific style of cuisine, get Jacques Pepin's Complete Techniques; it's basically Levels 1&2 of the French Culinary Institute's curriculum in a single easy volume.

Then, ambitious as it sounds, I'd jump into The French Laundry Cookbook - it's still incomparable even ten years on, but unlike most of the other restaurant cookbooks, you can make virtually every recipe at home with no fancy circulators or powders. It's extremely ambitious and requires developed skills and a heaping tablespoon of aesthetic perfectionism, but it's actually not terribly technically challenging.

If so, once you have a list of potential buys, see if you can borrow them from your local library and give them a test drive.

"Soup of the Day" by Lydie Marshall is a great little cookbook, BTW.
For Italian, Lidia Bastianich cookbooks are a good bet. The first two are the most basic recipes.

This is a book I come back to over and over because the recipes are just so darn good. The chocolate coffee cake is to die for.

http://www.amazon.com/Morning-Food-Breakfasts-Brunches-Savoring-ebook/dp/B00DTEL2PQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390313737&sr=1-1&keywords=morning+food

which I'm pretty sure Barnes & Noble sells. I've got them back to 1996 or something. There's very little I can't find a recipe for.