Alton has shared his top five favorite cookbooks over at the Wall Street Journal.
1. The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer
2. The Frugal Gourmet by Jeff Smith
3. Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan
4. Outlaw Cook by John Thorne
5. Ratio By Michael Ruhlman
I own Joy and the Frugal Gourmet. In fact, Jeff Smith was my first real culinary instructor and the first recipe I attempted from a TV cooking show was his blueberry muffins. I'm trying to find that recipe, if any one has it. I'm also planning on getting a copy of Ratio because a fan of Mr Ruhlman's work.
Head over to the WSJ for AB's complete reasons for selecting each book
3 comments:
Cool! I own the first three.
Lisa Ive created my own blogger finally and ID like to friend you . Im following your Alton site already .
im http://carriesramblingsandsongs.blogspot.com/. enjoy . it will just a be personal blog , but i might Ab things in there too .
The first recipe from tv I ever tried was a tomatillo salsa from Rick Bayless' "Mexico, One Plate At a Time". Still the best one I've had. Love those little blurbs about the books!
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