Hi, I’m looking for some cookbook recommendations. AI and SEO slop have kinda killed my trust for most things on the internet, and I figure it might be handy to have some physical books in case it gets even worse. Also would be nice to have at least one book for low-carb recipes (my roommate is diabetic) and a book for vegetarian recipes. If any of you have cookbooks you love, I’d appreciate your recommendations!

Edit:

Thank you all, I ended up ordering:

  • Food Lab
  • Joy of Cooking
  • Complete Mediterranean Cookbook
  • Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook

If I could have ordered one more, it probably would have been Night + Market. :)

  • JaymesRS@piefed.worldEnglish
    10·
    9 days ago

    This is going to be pretty basic, but I like having a classic plaid Better Homes & Gardens cookbook. It provides a solid but basic version of most recipes, then flesh out with a few more books that meet your preferences and requirements.

  • dumples@piefed.socialEnglish
    9·
    9 days ago

    I already seen lots of recommendations for the Food Lab which I love. My favorite and the one that made me love cooking is Salt Fat Acid Heat. It’s both specific recipes and general cooking advice

  • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
    9·
    9 days ago

    Joy of Cooking.

    Julia Child used it to learn to cook. My grandma used it to teach me to cook. It’ll teach you how to cook.

    Not so much the low carb or veggie recipes though. These are mostly traditional dishes. The newest version might have some recipes like that though.

  • Paradachshund@lemmy.today
    7·
    9 days ago

    I would highly recommend Night Market by Kris Yenbamroong. It’s a Thai cookbook and everything I’ve made from it has been spot on. It’s also very entertainingly written, with instructions like “fry it for a little longer than you’re comfortable with” (he was right).

  • Red0ctober@lemmy.world
    6·
    9 days ago

    My wife and I use The Food Lab all the time. It’s more of a techniques book, and explains a lot of the science behind why the techniques work.

    Another go to of ours is Six Seasons, which is heavily geared towards farmers market shopping. The recipes are kick ass.

    Your mileage may vary, but we love them both.

  • Sophocles@infosec.pub
    6·
    9 days ago

    I’ve read through quite a few cookbooks and these are my favorites per use-case:

    General Purpose: The Professional Chef by the Culinary Institute of America
    Culinary Basics: Basics with Babish by Andrew Rea
    Food Science & Ingredients: On Food & Cooking by Harold McGee
    Equipment: Gear by Alton Brown
    Baking: Professional Baking by Wayne Gilssen
    Flavor Combinations: The Flavor Matrix by Nik Sharma
    Grilling: Arnie Tex by Arnie Segovia
    Chinese: The Breath of a Wok by Grace Young
    Indian: The Best Ever Indian Cookbook by Mridula Baljekar and others
    Thai: Sabai by Pailin Chongchitnant
    Vintage: The Settlemennt Cook Book
    YouTuber Cookbook: Binging with Babish by Andrew Rea
    Celebrity Cookbook: From Crook to Cook by Snoop Dogg (it actually has really good recipes believe it or not)

      • godot@lemmy.world
        5·
        8 days ago

        I had it as a textbook in culinary school, as do many people, and it’s the one I still routinely use. The recipes are rock solid. I use it mostly for very basic things, but I routinely get requests for those recipes, sometimes even from other chefs.

        I also have a copy of an old King Arthur’s cookbook from the 80s that I find similarly useful and robust. Very seldom do I need a staple baking recipe that I can’t find from those two.

        • UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          8 days ago

          My only complaint about the textbook is needing to scale every recipe down to half or even a quarter. While I would love to bake a whole sheet of brownies my roommates and girlfriend already complain about the amount of delicious carbs I throw their way!

  • HotChickenFeet@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    9 days ago

    I like “How to cook everything” by mark bittman, I am also a fan of “On Food and Cooking”, but it’s less of a cookbook and more of… Food theory guide?

  • HorikBrun@kbin.earth
    3·
    9 days ago

    I’m going to strongly recommend Chef John’ videos, and his recipes are on Allrecipes.com The guy is real, and he cooks the way I like to. His recipes are bomb, and he’s dad-joke funny.

  • Levi@lemmy.caOPEnglish
    3·
    9 days ago

    Thank you so much! This has actually been a big help. Now I just need to figure how many of these I can really afford, haha.