tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post2598877563620139669..comments2024-03-27T00:13:45.857-07:00Comments on Tote Bags 'n' Blogs: Cookbooks can be false advertising -- Susanna CarrLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14583249444580245924noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-17105293319774110232011-04-04T07:27:58.682-07:002011-04-04T07:27:58.682-07:00I have one that was handed down from my grandmothe...I have one that was handed down from my grandmother to mom to me. It's a depression era one and has some things we wouldn't consider using today (lard, anyone) but over the years we have all adapted recopies from it. There are lots of handwritten notations in it.<br /><br />I think my fave modern ones are the Alton Brown ones. Not so much because they are full of recipes but because of evhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17115095440272797137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-68893305671941849932011-04-04T06:08:39.138-07:002011-04-04T06:08:39.138-07:00My favorite cookbook is one I got from my Aunt a f...My favorite cookbook is one I got from my Aunt a few years back , I am ashamed to say I very rarely cook but when I do it is from this book , it is filled with all kinds of wonderful Italian recipes , what can I say I adore Italian food !<br /><br />But really a Zen like experience never heard that one before lol!!<br /><br />Best,<br />Deseredesere_steenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18108693180466406034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-4356540738123587722011-04-04T06:06:21.452-07:002011-04-04T06:06:21.452-07:00My favorite cookbook is my mother's old cookbo...My favorite cookbook is my mother's old cookbook she put together herself. Some of the recipes are hand-written, some are cut from newspapers or magazines. They are all the favorite recipes from my childhood. But she still makes them better than I do!<br /><br />Susanna, I noticed your blog is one long paragraph. Did you have trouble getting the paragraph breaks in. Blogger keeps Jennifer Skully/Jasmine Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836284910015618204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-30518985943847267162011-04-04T03:01:21.896-07:002011-04-04T03:01:21.896-07:00I'm ashamed to say that I don't have a sin...I'm ashamed to say that I don't have a single cookbook. I never had the need for it. Learnt cooking and baking from my mum and elder sister. Once I had thought that I might need to buy a book which teaches Indian Sweets but then I got a lovely sister in law, who taught me how to make indian sweets. <br /><br />I'm thankful to all these lovely people in my life who taught me so much!Nashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984530648140460594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-74958522422152466162011-04-04T01:02:15.374-07:002011-04-04T01:02:15.374-07:00My favorite cookbook is an exercise book that I ha...My favorite cookbook is an exercise book that I have pasted tried & true recipes into over the years. It's battered & dog-eared but it works.<br /><br />marypres@gmail.comMary Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201076939557413255noreply@blogger.com