cook books and the big grand daddy of em all (coffee, French)

[whyzazz]

I was perusing my cook books the other day and thought it was time for a new one, so i hit my used book store and picked up a 1961 edition of larousse gastronomique for 2 dollars, i am in hog heaven!!!! 8500 recipes!!! cant wait to dig in!!A lot of it is french cuisine, i am all giggly!!!

[swisswife]

I have some old Time Life cook books that I love using..... the old ones are the best

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by whyzazz

I was perusing my cook books the other day and thought it was time for a new one, so i hit my used book store and picked up a 1961 edition of larousse gastronomique for 2 dollars, i am in hog heaven!!!! 8500 recipes!!! cant wait to dig in!!A lot of it is french cuisine, i am all giggly!!!

I'd loooooooove to have a copy of that!

[Mooseketeer]

Originally Posted by whyzazz

I was perusing my cook books the other day and thought it was time for a new one, so i hit my used book store and picked up a 1961 edition of larousse gastronomique for 2 dollars, i am in hog heaven!!!! 8500 recipes!!! cant wait to dig in!!A lot of it is french cuisine, i am all giggly!!!

Can I come over, I make an excellent "taster" especially for French food !! No charge for my services, and I am perfectly house trained too...

[Debsi]

I don't like books so big they make my lap hurt! My mother in law likes to give me fancy cookbooks like that.. I think she has them in mind as coffee table books.

[LuckyGem]

The "Joy of Cooking" was always in my Mom's kitchen. I should probably find a copy.

I'd also like to find some of Julia Child's books.

My Mom's book looked most like this:

http://www.thejoykitchen.com/images/1963.jpg (broken link)

There's a page on the website for "Joy" which shows the different book covers.

Kinda interesting.

http://www.thejoykitchen.com/about.lasso?menu=two (broken link)