A Reverse Ingredient Cookbook? (pancake, fish, chili, cooked)
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When power is not always available, however, might one have to refer to the paper and ink? Is there such a book out there?
I would recommend The Joy of Cooking, a classic American cookbook that's been in print for more than 85 years and contains about 5,000 recipes. It also has a thorough index that cross references all of the recipes by ingredient. For example, if you have a bag of apples, the index would show you the 300 recipes in the book that contain apples.
Besides the print edition, The Joy of Cooking also has a website and an app.
I'm not sure what kind of book you're looking for based on the OP, but one basic cookbook that gives the basic framework for many different recipes is Ratio by Michael Ruhlman.
One that lists how to find and prepare many different basic ingredients like beans, poultry, fruits, grains, etc. in a variety of ways is Jane Brody's Good Food Book.
Books written specifically for when the power is out are The Pantry Cookbook by Kathleeen Lupole and Apocalypse Chow by a couple named Robertson. You might also try any of Poppy Cannon's legendary works, The Can Opener Cookbook, The New Can Opener Cookbook, and The New New Can-Opener Cookbook.
ALLRECIPES.COM LETS YOU ENTER INGREDIENTS, THEN WILL SHOW CORRESPONDING RECIPES.
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Originally Posted by elnina
How you want to "enter" ingredients YOU have at home into a paper book? On a computer you can make endless combinations, but in a book?
I noticed there are books with recipes for 2-3-4-5 etc. popular ingredients. But they are "popular" not what you actually have at home...
BTW. There are many websites with recipes by ingredients...
Like this:
http://www.supercook.com/#/recipes>
Start out with Herve This-Benckhard. Initially as interesting as the 1999 New York phone book. After you figure out what he is trying to convey move to Larousse and read every single page. There are no problems - just solutions.
Once all my cookbooks are unpacked and have a shelf, as oppose to the gathering many of them have right now atop the frig and on a counter, I will have to go through, see what I have, and then see what I should get.
If I'm a cook in a disaster area, I can't imagine the hungry people in said disaster area are going to be too peeved for lack of allspice in a bread recipe.
Hungry person in disaster area: Oh, what's this? A slice of bread? Get in my belly!
Same hungry person, after biting into bread: What? No allspice? I just can't with this no-allspice bread. Ptooey!
If I'm a cook in a disaster area, I can't imagine the hungry people in said disaster area are going to be too peeved for lack of allspice in a bread recipe.
Hungry person in disaster area: Oh, what's this? A slice of bread? Get in my belly!
Same hungry person, after biting into bread: What? No allspice? I just can't with this no-allspice bread. Ptooey!
Next they'll forget to chill my salad fork! The nerve!
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