Questions tagged [cookbook]

Specific questions about cookbooks. Please do not use for recommendations on what cookbook to use.

While we don't have a firm "cookbooks are off topic rule", most questions people want to ask about them fall into the classic Stack Exchange closing reasons. Note that we do not accept big-list questions or "best one" questions. So following types of question on cookbooks are likely to be closed:

  • "I want to start with cooking X, please suggest a good book for that"
  • "Which is the ultimate cookbook on X"

If your question is of a different type (not a recommendation which book to read), you can ask it. If it is in a grey area, the moderators and other users will work with you in formulating it in a way which can get good answers instead of getting closed.

We are currently experimenting with allowing questions about book recommendations if they are specific enough, so the problem is not "lists of books meeting my criteria are easy to obtain, which one to pick" but rather "I can't be sure that even a single of the potential books meets my very specific criteria, can somebody confirm that some book does meet them". If this is what you need to ask, please try to be specific in listing objective criteria.

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A book about croissants/viennoiserie

I am looking for a book which concentrates on croissants. I already have some recipes and other books which either present them or delve a little bit into them. I am looking for a more deep literature about them, about techniques, about folds, about…
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Discworld cookbook question

How useful is the discworld cookbook to people in our world for cooking purposes? In other words do they use real world ingredients? Any notable successes? I’m mostly curious & I don’t think it’s been covered on this stack before anyway
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What's the difference between British and American edition of McGee's "On Food and Cooking"?

It looks like there are two versions of the same book. British "McGee on Food and Cooking: An Encyclopedia of Kitchen Science, History and Culture", published on November 8th 2004 and American "On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the…
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Cooking guide for individual ingredients (not full recipes)?

I'm on the hunt for a cooking resource (website, app, or book) that focuses on individual ingredients, rather than full recipes. Something where I can just type in / look up the thing I have (filet of salmon, beets, whatever) and get instructions on…
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Preview for "The New Best Recipe"? Suitability for vegetarians?

Is there a site that offers a "look inside" preview of the book "The New Best Recipe"? I checked both Amazon and Google Books, but I couldn't preview it in either. The approach of the book sounds interesting, but before ordering, I'd like to see for…
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Should I use raw beets in my smoothie recipe?

I have a smoothie recipe which requires beets, and having never prepared raw beets, but only ever pulled the, from a pre-canned jar, I'm wondering how to proceed. I'm reading the cookbook "100 Best Smoothies & Juices" and making Beet, Pear and…
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What are some established western cook books from 1920 - 1960?

I'm looking for a book that would, preferably, have been written by a renowned chef; or a book that was a standard or staple for, say, French cuisine. I'm looking to add to my bookshelf of classic cultural texts, and I cook very often, and such a…
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Uzbek cuisine - Cookbook in English?

Is there a book on Uzbek cooking in English? I found one in Russian, but English would be preferable.
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Bread Book Suggestions

I want baking my own bread loafs, specially things like sourdough baguettes, ciabatta, flatbead, and multi grain loaf bread. I've been researching this for a few days, but as usual, there is a tremendous information overload, and I'm not sure…
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Please help me identify this Jamie Oliver cookbook

My wife wants a Jamie Oliver cookbook for Christmas. All I know is that "it's the one with the pizza dough recipe." Does anyone know which one this is?
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What electronic tools are recommended for a cooking journal?

I am embarking on a project to cook every recipe in the "The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread" cookbook. I would like to maintain a cooking journal, something similar to a lab book, to document my observations as I…
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Where to find missing pages from "The Spice Cookbook"?

I purchased The Spice Cookbook by Lillie Stuckley at a thrift shop. Awesome book, but it's in bad shape and is missing a few pages.. How can I find them? Without buying a whole new copy?
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Books for very high level vegan cooking?

I'm looking for a book, or some books on cooking vegan on a very high level. There are several nonvegan michelin star level books, and many "quick and lazy" books, but I'm having a hard time to find one that covers vegan dishes on star niveau. Can…
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Any books that teach the science of Indian cooking?

Can someone please suggest good books to understadn the science of Indian cooking ?
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What book/website should I read to help me move beyond just being able to follow a recipe?

Possible Duplicate: Books that explain the science of cooking? I am looking for a book/website or other resource to help me gain a deeper understanding of cooking and to help me move beyond just being able to successfully follow recipes. Although…
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