We’re pretty into recipe swapping here at Affordable. Each Friday on the blog we bring you one of our many tried & true favs (see here and here for a couple of our most beloved dishes) and our Pinterest page is brimming with recipes we recommend or are dying to try.
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It’s our business to help home cooks create the kitchens of their culinary dreams, so we think it makes sense to celebrate the realization of those dreams by making delectable meals for you and yours. Kitchens. Cooking. They go hand-in-hand, right?
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We thought we’d take our recipe swapping a step further and share some of our favorite cookbooks that we think every home chef should have in their culinary library. After all, every new kitchen needs some new cookbooks to spruce up your decor and your menu!
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Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics
Some of our favorite recipes from this flawless cookbook include the Chive Risotto Cakes (which we blogged about here) and the Oven Roasted Vegetables.
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Molto Gusto: Easy Italian Cooking
Simple, authentic and accessible Italian recipes that will make you feel like you’re an Italian grandmother. You will get raves. Just a couple of our many go-to recipes include Cauliflower with Olives (which we blogged about here last week) and the Asparagus with Pecorino.
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Plenty: Vibrant Recipes from London’s Ottolenghi
All the recipes in this brilliant cookbook are vegetarian, but even the most dedicated carnivores won’t miss the meat in any of these flavorful and intriguing recipes. Some of our tried & true favorites include the Black Pepper Tofu and the Pear Crostini (which we plan to share with you on the blog tomorrow!).
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Baked: New Frontiers in Baking
We call this the Baking Bible. If you want to wow at the bake sale or during the holidays, make anything from this or the two other cookbooks (see titles below) from baking geniuses, Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito. We are planning a pilgrimage to one of their bakeries in NYC or Charleston soon. Must makes include the Sour Cream Coffee Cake and the Root Beer Bundt Cake.
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Baked Explorations
Close your eyes, point to any recipe in the book and bake it. EVERYTHING in this cookbook is perfection. Favorites include Salt-n-Pepper Sandwich Cookies and the Soft Candy Caramels.
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Baked Elements
This holiday season, you can’t go wrong with baking the Brown Butter Snickerdoodles or the Brooksters (that’s a chocolate chip cookie baked inside a brownie . . . whaaaat???).
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Cooking in the Moment
Seasonal, wholesome, incredibly unique recipes that encourage sustainable and local produce. Our all-time favorite recipe is the Roasted Spareribs with Crushed Fennel and Red Chiles. Spicy, but soooo good.
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Fanny at the Chez Panisse
Part children’s book, part cookbook, this whimsical, charming tale of a young girl who essential grows up in the famous Chez Panisse will inspire the cook anyone.
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Cook’s Illustrated Magazine
Not a cookbook, per se, but even better. This monthly publication is more than a magazine. It features brilliant recipes, techniques, tips, recommendations for cooking tools and much more. So worth the subscription!
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Sweet Paul Magazine
Again, not a cookbook, but even better. This online publication is free to download and unending in it’s ability to inspire home cooks and share, original and interesting recipes and entertaining ideas.