cookbooks-survey?

Question

do you guys think cookbooks are too complicated, have too many ingrediences?
What would you change about cookbooks

Answer 1

I love cookbooks. The recipes are good and the pictures are beautiful, however, I rarely use them when cooking. I usually look up recipes on the internet. I still like my cookbook collection, though!

Good question!

Answer 2

i love cookbooks. although i do find recipes and suggestions online too, i use cookbooks in most of my adventures in the kitchen.

I really like the charts and cooking basics in cookbooks because, i'm only 23 and my mom never liked cooking so i'm kind of learning on my own and it's really helpful in determining, for example when fish is done. or it'll include tips and tricks for easier cooking.

The thing i really dont like about them is the will include many recipes but a lot are traditional, which is a nice base to start off of but what if i don't want something bland. (Unless of course you have an ethic cookbook). And sometimes they could give more options for substitutions, "if you don't have any ___ you can use ___", kind of thing. I know betty crocker does but a lot of the time it's almost the same thing, i could go for more variation.

I use the internet and my cookbooks about the same, but i will never get rid of my cookbooks because they are just great to have around.

Answer 3

i love and live for my cookbooks
and always looking for more recipes
i just started putting all my recipes on a program on my pc so i can easily reference them and search thru them with just the click of a button

i have even joined a few myspace recipe groups

oh ps check out ebay for ebooks of thousands of recipes for only pennies or a buck or two

Answer 4

GoodFood (by the BBC) cook books are great!

Check them out!

They are simple, tasty and shows you all the nutritional values with colour pictures all in a few tiny steps.