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I wanted to start a thread to share some of my favorite blogs and cookbooks. I hope we can use this thread to share new blogs or cookbooks as they become available.

Cookbooks Patti Jinich- Treasures of the Mexican Table This is a fantastic cookbook that’s broadened my understanding of Mexican cuisine. The Achiote Chicken in particular is always a crowd pleaser.

The Woks of life blog and cookbook has been in the rotation of our weekly meals for some time now. I originally tried their chicken and brocolli recipe as our local Chinese restaurant is not that great. I have come to love their ultimate chili oil. It’s kinda like the Frank’s Red Hots commercial- I put it on everything.

Blogs

I love these two blogs, as they are fantastic introductions to Japanese and Korean cooking.

Just one cookbook The Oyakdon recipe from here might be one of my favorite meals hands down. Simple, easy to throw together and great flavor.

Korean Bapsang The bibimbap recipe is a great starting point to introduce yourself to Korean cuisine. I wasn’t a huge fan of it while I lived there, but it has really grown on me since returning to the States.

Edit: future dish has a fantastic fresh kimchi recipe that lives in our fridge. It tastes exactly like my lunch ladies in Korea made. Most of their stuff is tasty.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Awesome! I love everything that I’ve ever tried from J. Kenji Lopez-Alt. In particular Food Lab has taught me a lot of fundamentals and I just reviewed his bbq chicken ahead of Father’s Day grill out!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Have his wok book but honestly I find other Asian cookbooks to be more appealing. He is very clinical at times.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I've been really enjoying Dessert Person. Every recipe I've tried so far has gone well, and she's actually honest about how long the steps will take.

The Food Lab is my other favorite. It's incredibly nerdy and I'm getting through it extremely slowly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sally's Baking Addiction - really enjoy the pumpkin bread. might make it again once pumpkin is in season once more. Budget Bytes Many of the recipes are adaptable to Southern Ontario prices. Add a few dollars for estimation and you're golden. Cooking On a Bootstrap - I really like the concept of it, but I haven't quite made any recipes just yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sally’s baking addiction is the BEST!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sally's Scone Recipe is fantastic. During the pandemic, I made several different kinds of scones based on her recipe. Also agreeing with Budget bytes, which is where I get most of my daily recipes these days.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just one cookbook is my go to. I take tidbits from recipes to mix I not o my recipes for Miso Ramen / Stock and trying new Asian dishes I just learn about.

Bon Apetit for variations on recipes. I use the cooked butter Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe lost from here. I used to grab Brad Leone recipe sheet before me busted out (get his cookbook if you can.)

Budget Bytes for when you want to make meals for an entire week or empty your pantry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just one cookbooks nikujaga is a great, light beef stew.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just One Cookbook is great! For some fun cooking instructions check out Kitchen Overlord they have cool recipes inspired by popular media.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Great thread - bookmarked! I find BBC Good Food has good recipes which tend to turn into my favs.

That's at the top of my mind, but there's a few so I will come back tomorrow and add more!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great thread, thanks all for sharing.

I personally use Tea for Turmeric quite a bit for Pakistani/South Asian cooking!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for that! I would love more Indian and Pakistani blogs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Moosewood Simple Suppers and Weeknight One-Pot Vegan Cooking are two books I use regularly, and I swear by Cookie and Kate as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

BBC good food is pretty good for me, can be at little hit and miss but more than makes up for it with having a massive catalog

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Love that Just One Cookbook has already been recommended. I really enjoyed her baked versions of chicken katsu and tonkatsu (frying in oil makes me so nervous).

For Korean dishes, I really like Maangchi's blog. Her bibimbap recipe is tasty.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Personally, I love Hugs and Cookies XOXO.

Also I love delicious day on YouTube, too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't seen anyone mention chef John from food wishes He has a YouTube and all his recipes are also on Allrecipes.com

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I really wish I could get over his cadence in videos. The recipes look good, but I can’t stand his way of talking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My favorite is Gregory Gourdet’s [https://gregorygourdet.com/book](Everyone’s Table). His Haitian restaurant in Portland is amazing, and the global recipes in his book are delicious. Most of them are Paleo and Gluten-free.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Now that might make my list. I’m low key hoping they choose him as the next judge of top chef.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing! These look very interesting. I've been looking into Chinese food for a while, but I'm also interested in Japanese and Korean.

My favorite place for Chinese recipes is Chinese Cooking Demystified . The Mapo tofu and Dan Dan noodles recipes are now two of my monthly meals.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I added a kimchi recipe I keep for giving out to friends and family when they request it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I get a lot of ideas from Recipe Tin Eats. Great selection, and always a lot of variations/substitutions in the recipe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Cooking on a Bootstrap got me through uni on a low income. Would recommend to anyone as the recipes are easy to follow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

George Motz’s newest edition of The Great American Burger Book is absolutely worth grabbing. Wild recipes and plenty of history and method.

Currently cooking one every other week for my neighbors, and I gotta make a cheese sauce!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's hard to pick favourites because I love cookbooks and have far too many, but "Gran Cucina Latina" by Maricel Presilla is an amazing compendium (in English!) of South American recipes. I've just bought "Vegetarian Tagines and Couscous" by Ghillie Basan, which has some interesting variations on traditional dishes.

For blogs, I'll also second Woks of Life - we use those recipes a lot!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A few of my favorite cookbooks, tools, and websites.

Cookbooks

Tools/Websites

  • Paprika - recipe manager, used it for over a decade. Syncs with all of my devices.
  • Gumbo - find recipes based on the ingredients you already have on hand.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The Garlic Lovers Cookbook, Tra Vigne Cookbook, the Moosewood and Authentic Mexican by Bayless are my go tos on my shelf.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've gotten a significant amount of mileage out of BudgetBytes. I especially enjoy the ingredient cost breakdowns even if they're outdated or inaccurate. My other big source lately has been Food Network's Worst Cooks in America (typically features dishes that are easy to learn)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • America's Test Kitchen - I pay for the subscription. It is technically 3 websites in 1 and includes recipes from all of their print books.
  • Cooking for Two - ATK's physical cookbook as been great for making enough for one person, plus leftovers for later. Or just enough for me and my partner.
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