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. :)

  • Sophocles@infosec.pub
    6·
    4 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·
        4 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·
          3 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!