I have too many to count. I got a new Taste of Home cookbook every year for almost twenty years. I was given cookbooks as presents, bought the ones that church and school groups sold for fundraisers.

I still use my Betty Crocker and two others on a regular basis, but now if I need a recipe, I usually just look it up on the internet.

More than I remember. Once in a while, if I want something different, I'll consult one of them. Also, if I find a recipe online, I have an electronic folder I file them in. I seem to consult those more than the books, but I keep collecting the books!

Speaking of cookbooks, does anyone remember those recipes that were printed on cards and came in a plastic box?

It was like the Dewey Decimal System of cookbooks. There would be hundreds of recipes, and when you'd find the one you want, you can pull it out of the box and have this handy little card to refer to.

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I do remember that, but I can't recall who published it. I think you could purchase recipes in "sets," and store them in the box. "Workman Press," used to release a lot of cookbooks that had novelty formats. I don't know if they're still in business.

I had some of those. They sent the cards and a yellow colored see-thru plastic container to catalog them
A relative has the complete Betty Crocker set in a solid green colored box.

A few of the recipes aren't bad but many are dated. Pumpkin ones, for example, call for a full 16 oz can which companies have since downsized to 15 oz ones.

Too many

&

Not enough!

Oh man, I have a lot of them. Since I'm on the clean eating diet, I can't really use them.

I have quite a few even after giving some away. Some are older ones which I inherited from my grandmother while others are newer from a couple of years ago. My favorite older cookbook is "The Betty Crocker Cookbook!" The recipes can be adapted to healthier versions easily.

Hey thanks Everyone!, I've enjoyed reading about your cookbooks!
And glad to know they're still being put to good use for the most part.

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Thanks anon, I've ordered "Clueless in the Kitchen" from the library,
sounds about right for me.

Thanks again everyone!

My Grandmother's (Methodist Church) Cookbook, from the 1920s

My Mom's (Presbyterian church) Cookbook, from the 1950s

My (Episcopalian) Cookbook from the 1990s

CHINA MOON COOKBOOK, Chinese Cooking and "WOK" Usage for non Asians
A 1936 FANNIE FARMER Cookbook
A WW2 "PRUDENCE PENNY" Ration Point Cookbook
The UPSTAIRS/DOWNSTAIRS COOKBOOK by "Mrs. Bridges"
FRUGAL GOURMET COOKS AMERICAN by Geoff Smith

10,000 SNACKS by Cora and Robert Brown
COUNTRY COOKING by Cora and Robert Brown
COOK'S COUNTRY COOKBOOK by Christopher Kimball
MARTHA STEWART BAKES by Martha Stewart
FOUR RECIPE BOXES: (G-Grandmother, Two Grandmothers and my Mom)
TWO CROCKPOT COOKBOOKS

and

One Fruitcake recipe that came from England, with my G-GREAT Grandmother, along with all the notations and changes of the women who made it...from my Double Great Gran, all the way down to ME!

I get most of my meal ideas online.

I got into the bad habit of buying those grocery checkout mini cookbooks, until I realized that all of that stuff is online.

I love books and have been regularly buying cookbooks for 30 years or so, I also buy books about healthy eating, healing foods, herbal remedies, nutrition and such, plus I have a big collection of books on how to grow food, composting, preserving food etc. I have easily a few 100 in total and refer to them endlessly, I find using the internet requires too much 'sifting through crap' before you find the useful stuff you were looking for, I'll never stop buying and reading books as long as they keep printing them.

I love books that cover the whole process too, from planting a seed and growing something to recipes and ideas on how to consume or preserve it, small holder manuals like 'The River Cottage Year' by 'Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall', that's one book I love and 'Dip into' regularly for ideas and tips.

I like Jamie Olivers early books, his 'naked chef' style was exactly how I like to cook, he uses a lot of my favourite ingredients a lot of the time too, very Mediterranean with a no fuss attitude. I stopped buying his books sometime back though as they started reading more like books... he was just ploughing out for the sake of releasing a new book, like stand-up comedians and their Christmas dvd's.

Rick Stein is a good writer so his books can be very interesting, his books are an interesting mix of travel, culture, history and food in equal measure. He may be a little old school in some peoples eyes but I find him very interesting and after all, truly great food is timeless.

Nigel Slater is a truly great food writer, he has a way of making you feel hungry when reading his prose, so eloquent and seductive, he just makes me drool and WANT to cook something! He's also another person who cooks the kind food I like to eat so I'm always confident there'll be plenty of recipes I'll want to try in his books, his book 'Real Food' is highly recommended reading for any food lover.