I started collecting cookbooks in college, starting with a few my grandmother gave to me and one in particular that I bought for myself- Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook Bridal Edition (even though I wasn’t a bride yet!) Here are the titles and authors of those I have in my personal library, each, in my opinion, a fantastic investment.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking: The Essential Cooking Classics by Julia Child with Louisette Bertholle and Simon Beck
The New York Times Cookbook by Craig Claiborne
Eating Italy by Jeff Michaud with David Joachim
Festive Ukrainian Cooking by Marta Pisetska Farley
Better Homes and Gardens: Mexican Cookbook
Cooking School: Thai
The Complete Book of Sushi by Hideo Dekura, Bridgid Treloar and Ryuichi Yoshii
Chocolate by Nick Malgieri
The New Cookbook, Bridal Edition by Better Homes and Gardens
The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey From Samarkand to New York by Claudia Roden
The Food of Israel: Authentic Recipes from the Land of Milk and Honey by Sherry Anskey
What You Knead by Mary Ann Esposito
The Ciao Bella Book of Gelato & Sorbetto by F.W. Pearce & Danilo Zecchin
A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking by Marcy Goldman
Baking with Julia by Dorie Greenspan
The South Beach Diet Cookbook by Arthur Agatston, M.D.
The South Beach Diet- Supercharged by Arthur Agatston, M.D.
The South Beach Diet: Quick and Easy Cookbook by Arthur Agatston, M.D.
The All New All Purpose Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker
Reader’s Digest Home Made, Best Made
Entertaining by Martha Stewart
Making Artisan Pasta by Aliza Green
Everyday Italian by Giada De Laurentiis
The Food & Wine Annual Cookbook, 2011
The Food & Wine Annual Cookbook, 2009
The Food & Wine Annual Cookbook, 2008
The Food & Wine Best of the Best Cookbook
Betty Crocker’s Cooking Basics, Learning to Cook with Confidence
The New Cookbook by Betty Crocker
Welcome to Junior’s! by Marvin and Walter Rosen with Beth Allen
Taste of Home Cookies from Taste of Home Books
Cooking in the Moment: A Year of Seasonal Recipes by Andrea Reusing
365 All-American Favorites by Sarah Reynolds
Grandmother’s Kitchen Wisdom by Dr. Myles H. Bader
Chocolate by Good Housekeeping
Hungry For Culture 