When a friend online noticed Joy of Cooking referred to as "one of America's standard cookbooks" and wondered about internationally analogous "standard cookbooks," I immediately thought, "What a great question for AskMe!" And here we are.
posted by cgc373 on Dec 11, 2009 - 46 answers

Help for the food-imagining-impaired: cookbooks and sources of recipes with pretty pictures? [more inside]
posted by bookdragoness on Nov 6, 2009 - 15 answers

Where can I find a database of cookbook indexes? [more inside]
posted by chefscotticus on Oct 3, 2009 - 4 answers

Looking for cookbooks, blogs, websites, and forums that specialize in simple, healthy recipes. [more inside]
posted by Afroblanco on Jun 2, 2009 - 20 answers

Overlap between Mark Bittman's cookbooks? [more inside]
posted by Bezuhin on Feb 15, 2009 - 9 answers

I'm looking for blogs where people are cooking their way through all the recipes in a particular book or by a particular chef e.g. Kathryn Cooks with Jamie and The Next Nigella. Do you know of any others?
posted by janecr on Feb 17, 2007 - 11 answers

Is there a website that contains a recipe directory for printed cookbooks? [more inside]
posted by chefscotticus on Mar 28, 2006 - 2 answers

Continuing the food theme: what cookbooks would you recommend that you find both inspirational and reliable? Inspirational, as in the recipes just beg to be tried, or the photographs look so mouthwatering. And reliable, as in you've learned to trust that the recipes will turn out well - if not every time - then much more often than not. We have shelf-full of cookbooks already, but I'd still like to add a few more…
posted by misteraitch on Sep 29, 2004 - 25 answers

I'm looking for recommendations for a reference cookbook to supplement my current bible, The Joy of Cooking. Your thoughts? [A list of what I've got already will greet you inside.] [more inside]
posted by me3dia on Mar 7, 2004 - 38 answers