Cookbook Love

A while back, a Joy and Sunshine reader (thank you SO much 🙂) asked for some recommendations to help expand her cookbook library. My response post got lost in cyberspace, thanks to a blog hacking meanie, but no worries! Here we go:

For uncomplicated recipes and great tips:

• Barefoot Contessa How Easy is That?

For step-by-step instructions with tons of illustrations (Can’t stand cookbooks without pictures…don’t just tell me, SHOW me!):

• Martha Stewart’s Cooking School

For recipes featuring simple, fresh, GOOD food:

• Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics
• Recipes by Susan Spungen (check out the Rosemary Roasted Potatoes!)

For bringing the not-necessarily-healthy YUM:

• Tyler’s Ultimate by Tyler Florence
• Barefoot Contessa Family Style

While I really like the cookbooks mentioned above, the one I reach for most is the DIY one I threw together from magazine clippings and random recipes I picked up. Just paste onto cardstock, slide pages into page protectors, slap them into a binder, and voila: you did that!

Thanks for the question, Ms. S! Hope this helps 🙂

Do you have any things you need shopped or any questions or dilemmas you’d like addressed (within the scope of the blog, of course)? Definitely let me know in the comments section, or send me an email!