Cookbook recommendations

scherza

Since we like to post menus, how about posting your favorite cookbooks?

My current favorites:

Cooking Light Superfast Suppers: Speedy Solutions for Dinner Dilemmas

Weight Watchers Quick Italian Favorites

The Best 30-Minute Recipe by Cooks Illustrated

slwprincess

I love my Paula Deen cookbook and I also have a Betty Crocker Cooking Basics book that has a lot of really tasty simple recipes but I like it most of all b/c it has all the conversions, substitutions, and shelf life for certain foods. 

JoJoEspana

Any Cooks Illustrated or America's Test Kitchen

Any Barefoot Contessa - Barefoot Contessa at Home is prob my fave, but I haven't made anything from her new one yet.

I've gotten good recipes out of the Weight Watcher's cookbooks in the checkout line at the grocery store as well.

I can't remember the exact name, but I have a Cooking LIght one that's a big binder (I think I got it at Target)

The Better HOmes and Gardens newleywed cookbok has a lot of good basics

I get a lot of recipes from Southern Living too

DzsGirl

I like my Southern Living and my Paula Deen.

GTLawGirl

Hands down, my absolute favorite is:

The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan

It is my kitchen bible and I couldn't live without it.

I also really like my Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child

but it's not so great if you need to make something quick.

K&P414

I like the little Martha Steward Everyday Food magazines, Southern Living, Tee Time at the Masters (both of them) and I have an old church cookbook that has a lot of good ol'home cooking recipes in it. 

On a side note, I don't like any of the Rachel Ray 30 minute cookbooks.  I think they are so hard to follow b/c all the recipes are like a conversation instead of instructions.