At first glance, goal #12 on my list of 20 Things in 2010 seems easily attainable–I just need to cook a recipe from every cookbook I own. I suppose it is simple enough, except that I own an eclectic collection of cookbooks, and some, sad to say, I’ve never cooked a recipe from! That’s why I made myself that goal…so I’d at least use each of the books once.
Here’s my collection–21 books:
My favorite cookbook, and the one I always go to first is “Joy of Cooking.” Me and Joy have a good relationship. She’s always there to explain the basics, her instructions are easy to understand, and her recipes include mostly easy-to-find ingredients. I’ll have no problem cooking a recipe from Joy.
As for eclectic books, I have a nice cookbook from Scotland, and I can’t wait to try my hand at this funny-sounding recipe: Cullen Skink:
But, I’m afraid I’ll have to pull out my Russian-English dictionary and have a metric conversion table handy to get through “The Big Culinary Encyclopedia.” Mmm…looks appetizing, no? Heh, that last bit of the title says “the way to a man’s heart.” Not sure if Jay would be thrilled if I put that down in front of him for dinner…
The recipe I’m going to tackle tonight comes from “The Barefoot Contessa” cookbook my best friend gave me. Unfortunately, a lot of the recipes in this book require exotic ingredients, but I found one for broccoli that should be simple enough.
Of course, I like this book for its title (my sister’s name is Martha):
I’m sure I’ll have to try President Bush’s Texas Pecan Pie from my Aggie cookbook:
But the book that I’m most intrigued by is this old thing:
Apparently, it was written for ladies to learn how to use their new gas ovens…such a step up from wood-burning stoves.
Well, let’s hope my culinary adventure doesn’t end in disaster. Broccoli sounds like an easy starting place. We’ll see…
by mary
Nicole - You’ll have to let me know what all you cook out of Hullabaloo! I don’t think I’ve ever used mine before. Sounds like a fun goal- happy cooking!