Classic Italian Jewish Cooking by Edda Servi Machlin

The Frog Commissary Cookbook by Steven Poses, Anne Clark & Becky Roller.

All Around the World Cookbook by Sheila Lukins.

The Minimalist Cooks Dinner by Mark Bittman.

Canal House Cooking Volumes 1 & 2 by Melissa Hamilton & Christopher Hirsheimer.

Silver Palate Good Times by Julee Rosso & Sheila Lukins.The Silver Palate by Julee Rosso & Sheila Lukins.The New Basics Cookbook by Julee Rosso & Sheila Lukins.Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child.The Art of Cooking Volumes 1 & 2 by Jacques Pepin.More Smoothies for Life by Daniella Chace.Potatoes, A Country Garden Cookbook by Maggie Waldron.Mediterranean Light by Martha Rose Shulman.Entertaining Light by Martha Rose Shulman.Everyday Favorites – The Best of Cooking Light.Lowfat Favorites by The Moosewood Restaurant.International Vegetable Cookbook by Faye Levy.River Cottage Veg by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden.The Hungarian Cookbook by Susan Derecskey.The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook by Gloria Bley Miller.The Singing Nettle Cookery Book – South Africa, The Union of Jewish Women.Lidia’s Italian American Kitchen by Lidia Bastianich.Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy by Lidia Bastianich.Meditterranean Fresh by Joyce Goldstein.Classic Italian Jewish Cooking by Edda Servi Machlin.Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi.Ottolenghi by Yotam Otolenghi & Sami Tamimi.The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion by Falcinelli, Castronovo & Meehan.Mastering the Grill by Andrew Schloss & David Joachim.

Savory to Sweet Pies & Tarts by Janice Murfitt.The Wellesley Cookie Exchange by Susan Mahnke Peery.The Pie & Pastry Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum.Here is what sits on my cookbook shelves. I have made many successful recipes and they’ve become repeats at our family table. I have a small group of cookbooks that are like bibles in my kitchen. All of us have cookbooks that we’ve purchased, thumbed through and put on a shelf, never to make a single recipe. I think if you make one great dish from a new cookbook, it’s a good one. For whatever reason, I just like collecting them… it makes me happy. I also have signed books from Lidia and Giada.

I’ve been fortunate to have met Jacques Pepin, Emeril & Carole Walter through work over the years. I love to collect books signed by the Chefs. Fortunately, none of my favorites were in that box and it hasn’t hindered my collection too terribly. I made the mistake of going to work that day and not supervising what they “hauled away.” I came home that night to find that a big box full of cookbooks was missing… tragic. I remember moving a few years ago and having a haul-away company come clean out old junk from my basement. I have spent the last 20 years collecting cookbooks.