Hey everyone, thanks in advance for your consideration to my project.
Essentially my wife and I are looking for suggestions for a cookbook that can be cooked all the way through. I’ve found a lot of times some chefs will have mostly normal recipes and guides, then they add in some crazy ideas (which are cool, but sometimes require expensive meats, hard to find vegetables/spices etc). I want something that can still be somewhat challenging, but possible to cook everything.
One other requirement is to not have too many seafood dishes if possible.
Some possibilities I’m considering are:
-Soups, Salads, and Sandwiches by Matty Matheson
-Dining In by Alison Roman
-Magnolia Table Vol 2 by Joanna Gaines
by FlyBoi114
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Go old school
And get the silver pallet cookbook
You mean a recipe book, really.
[Lovina’s Amish Cooking](https://socialsbylovina.com/)
The best kind of cookbooks I’ve found for that are ones published by churches, libraries, or ladies’ auxiliaries, because they’re usually well-tested recipes and they aren’t super complicated or time consuming to make.
[https://www.amazon.com.au/Australian-Womens-Weekly-Cookbook-Seasons/dp/1863960619](https://www.amazon.com.au/Australian-Womens-Weekly-Cookbook-Seasons/dp/1863960619)
I got mine from a second hand bookshop.
Don’t get Joy of Cooking. It’s the best, most inclusive and informative cookbook I’ve ever read but you’ll never make everything in there.
[Ruhlaman’s Twenty](https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/ruhlmans-twenty-the-ideas-and-techniques-that-will-make-you-a-better-cook_michael-ruhlman_donna-turner-ruhlman/351082/item/7686071/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pmax_high_vol_scarce_%2410_%2450_17400876848&utm_adgroup=&utm_term=&utm_content=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17400878123&gclid=CjwKCAiAlfvIBhA6EiwAcErpyUHlyAbsyvwibrM78f3odshNSP0RIhq77AIi3cFQN7tedyPaFAXzUBoCZqgQAvD_BwE#idiq=7686071&edition=6369367) breaks down each chapter by technique. It would be a great way to learn in the process of cooking your way through it.
All chapters include some basics that are worth knowing how to make, like chicken stock, pizza dough, mayonnaise, etc.
And the more involved recipes usually contain alternative suggestions for any ingredient that aren’t super common, though there aren’t many tbh.
What about Dinner by Melissa Clark?
You could go through the recipes in Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child like in the movie “Julie and Julia”