My trusty Fannie Farmer-a gift from over 25 yrs ago, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.
Over 25 years ago, my then fiance and I were browsing through a bookstore and we ran across The Fannie Farmer cookbook in paperback. I thumbed through it and asked Brian if he’d buy it for me as a gift. I probably said I would like to practice some of the recipes, so he did buy it. From the condition of the poor book, you can see it has been a standby-like for how to cook a certain cut of meat or a vegetable. It even has duct tape holding it together. I would say I used it a lot for baking, by far my favorite kitchen activity.
This past Christmas, he bought me the Martha Stewart Cookie cookbook off my wish list. I needed it like a ‘hole in the head’ (as my cookbooks run in the 100s), but I love to bake cookies. I haven’t started to use it yet, but will!
Terry mentioned she gets recipes mostly off the internet now-I’m guilty of that too! But there is something about holding a book and looking at a photo of something that looks good and trying to replicate it.
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I have the tv on Conan O’Brien and the last gig was a ‘balloon guy’ named John Cassidy. I took a peek and here it was this guy we use to see perform at the St. David’s Fair over the years. Check out this link-he holds the Guinness World Record for making the most balloon animals in one hour! Pretty neat to see him on national tv after seeing him roam the grounds of a church fair.
My friend’s ex-husband and his partner have been on Conan too-they parody Country Western singers using the names Doyle and Debby.
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I am happy to hear you DO use your cookbooks. I on the other hand find it way to easy to use the computer instead of looking through my cookbooks.
Yummy… that cookie cookbook looks like such fun! I have a different cookie cookbook my Dad bought me before I got married. I should try out some of those recipes! 🙂
I have this cook book too somewhere in my garage in a box! I must have bought it over 25 years ago! I can remember when I was first married looking through it trying the recipes.
Thanks for sharing!
Love, Ann
That confirms again : love goes through the stomac, lol !
My mom has that old cook book,I would love to get the Martha Stewart Cookie cookbook for myself.
Your cook book looks well used and well loved! Prove’s it’s a good one. I’m sure you’ll love your new cookie book too. Enjoy!
I love old cookbooks, your’s looks well loved. I’ve made some of the cookies from Martha’s new book and they are YUMMY!!,
Have a great week
I have had a lot of cookbooks myself, if I’d only known you like to collect them, I would have sent you a lot of them just this year when I downsized everything in my kitchen. I kept only a few of them since I no longer use recipes…I know all my favorites by heart by now.
My show n tell is finally posted. It’s not much this week, but it’s something. LOL
I have that Fannie Farmer book, too! And my very first cookbook – The Joy of Cooking (2 volumes in paperback). I like to collect those small community or fundraiser cookbooks, so I’d scour local Goodwills and Salvation Army stores around here, and my mom would send me books from Philly, but I ran out of space very quickly!
I love that Fannie Farmer Cookbook. Yours looks well used.
Fannie Farmer is the one cookbook I don’t have and have always wanted. I have been trying to be good and not aquire anymore as my cookbook cupboard overfloweth…
I have that exact cookbook, too! I still use it. I love cookbooks and have quite a collection of them.
Oh, you’ve got some cookin’ to do! Thanks for sharing. Happy Show and Tell Day.
Enjoy the new cookbook, Dianne. I also love them, but am partial to the “vintage” ones and ones that have odd recipes. I have one with possum casserole, for example. It totally cracks me up.
Cookbooks are addictive, aren’t they? I agree, even though I love browsing through recipes on the internet when the mood strikes me, there is still nothing like actual books to page through. Okay…I’m ready to see some cookies now! 🙂
I have my stand-by Betty Crocker paperback that is in the same condition!! I mostly use the internet now, too! Always something new, you know??
Thanks for sharing!
Becky
I love to read cookbooks, I have a bunch, but don’t use them all the time. My daughter loves to get the MS cookie cookbooks.
Katherine
I’m with you… there’s just something about reading through a cookbook!
Lucky you to have Martha’s new book:)
Happy baking!!
Linda c
I love cookbooks and this one looks like a great one. I have a few that are starting to look like that.
Love the duct tape! Your Fannie Farmer cookbook looks loved, and I’m sure you’ll love the cookie cookbook when you get at it:)
I have the FF cookbook, too. If I remember correctly it has a very good cooked chocolate fudge frosting. It’s been years since I’ve made it.
I bet Martha’s cookie book has a lot of tasty recipes. You will have to give us a review as you bake them.
That’s great you love to cook and bake! I won a Taste of Homes cookbook and made a cheeseburger soup recipe for the first time today. I thought it tasted great!