salt and pepper
Executive Chef
Just wondering how many?
How Many Cookbooks Do You Have?
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Around 200 and I bought another one today.
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
A stack about 6 feet high though that's not how I store them.
Aunt Bea
Master Chef
Approx. 1,000 - 1,200.
I am working to get that number down to 100 keepers. I am losing that battle!
I am working to get that number down to 100 keepers. I am losing that battle!
4meandthem
Half Baked
A couple of hundred books but I find myself using them less and less. I now use the computer more.
As Shrek said today, "Not ANOTHER cookbook!!!"
Aunt Bea
Master Chef
Aunt Bea
Master Chef
Like I tell my family, it could be cats!
For myself, a stack about 6' tall! (maybe 60 in number) - but definitely more than I have time to read!
babetoo
Chef Extraordinaire
about 75 or 100. however am going to do a big purge and give a lot to my oldest granddaughter. she inherited the cooking gene.
Silversage
Head Chef
About 400, not including magazines and booklets.
And I'm NOT getting rid of any of them! I'll leave them to someone in my will.
And I'm NOT getting rid of any of them! I'll leave them to someone in my will.
Close to 2,000 and I keep getting more. As a matter of fact, the ones my daughter won't want are willed to the local library.
larry_stewart
Master Chef
Probably about 100 - 200
Just redid my kitchen and had a special built in bookcase made to display them. I get many recipes online, but I still like having a book in front of me. Also some that I have gotten from book signings. I also like good cooking reference books to have on hand. I prefer books with a lot of pictures. I like to see the end product even before I start.
Just redid my kitchen and had a special built in bookcase made to display them. I get many recipes online, but I still like having a book in front of me. Also some that I have gotten from book signings. I also like good cooking reference books to have on hand. I prefer books with a lot of pictures. I like to see the end product even before I start.
Dawgluver
Chef Extraordinaire
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Around 100+, plus many clipped recipes that I am slowly trying to put into my online recipe box.
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danbuter
Senior Cook
Seven.
With Recipes:
How to Cook Everything (Revised)
Home and Gardens: Anyone Can Bake
Baking with Julia
Betty Crocker Country Cooking
Non-Recipe:
Cooking Ingredients
On Food and Cooking
Flavor Bible
With Recipes:
How to Cook Everything (Revised)
Home and Gardens: Anyone Can Bake
Baking with Julia
Betty Crocker Country Cooking
Non-Recipe:
Cooking Ingredients
On Food and Cooking
Flavor Bible
I have 4 shelves worth and several that don't fit on the shelves. I am moving all my cake books to the office shelves (where I have all my decorating supplies) and then will be able to put the rest of the books in there. I have 5 books on my birthday wish list and will most likely get them.
Okay, that's books. I have a very large cardboard box that has loose recipes that I haven't yet gotten into my computer program (Oh, which also holds probably 2,000 recipes (not from their files but of my own - many are my cake and culinary recipes I have created or adapted). And there is my school binder and notebooks.
My book shelf has eight shelves but I can't fit more books on because the top four shelves contain my angel collection. When the cleaning ladies come they have in their records this unit is NOT to be touched. I do it myself!
I use the books probably more for reference than for actual recipes, but they do contain some of my favourites.
Hubby and Dad are very watchful of me when I head to book stores!
Okay, that's books. I have a very large cardboard box that has loose recipes that I haven't yet gotten into my computer program (Oh, which also holds probably 2,000 recipes (not from their files but of my own - many are my cake and culinary recipes I have created or adapted). And there is my school binder and notebooks.
My book shelf has eight shelves but I can't fit more books on because the top four shelves contain my angel collection. When the cleaning ladies come they have in their records this unit is NOT to be touched. I do it myself!
I use the books probably more for reference than for actual recipes, but they do contain some of my favourites.
Hubby and Dad are very watchful of me when I head to book stores!
That's why I go when they aren't around. But I have the feeling DH is handing my picture out to all of them....I'm actually not allowed alone in bookstores...
