please help! need cookbook bookclub that is not the 'good cooks'!

[bethie_alane]

i'm bummmed, good cooks will not let me join their club since i canceled my membership with quality paperback club....

are there any other book clubs that i can join that have an extensive cook book collection????????????

please help!

[hannahsmom]

no, i don't know of any other clubs, but will give you my favorites, which you can probably pick up used (and cheap!) at yard sales or book sales; 1) "the joy of cooking" (this is my all time most filthy dirty dog-eared cookbook. you can find recipes for using a specific ingredient - i.e. hmmmm, i bought too many strawberries/turnips/pork butts, now what am i going to do with them?? - or a recipe for the dish you want to make.) 2) anything from cooking light or food and wine. the first (obviously) has healthful stuff, w/o it tasting "healthful", the later for more sophisticated recipes. i use both of mine often. 3) the betty crocker red and white checked one. i refer to 3 times a week. 4)any cookbooks from religious organizations or junior leagues are chock full of yummy, not heart healthy, great for entertaining recipes. i also enjoy my mollie katzen/moosewood series, and susan branch's "heart of the home", but they are almost more for reading (for me) than cooking. hope you enjoy!! paula.

[bethie_alane]

thanks for the tip, i subscribe to cookinglight and love finding recipes on their site and the better homes & garden website ([Only registered and activated users can see links. Either login above or Register Now])

if you come up with any book clubs let me know!!!!

[hannahsmom]

will do.

[kewlgirl29]

I have some cookbooks on Half.com check there I know that there are many on there to choose from and lots of them came from the book club.
Also I love the literaryguild book club they have many cookbooks as well.

[bethie_alane]

Originally posted by kewlgirl29
I have some cookbooks on Half.com check there I know that there are many on there to choose from and lots of them came from the book club.
Also I love the literaryguild book club they have many cookbooks as well.

*******do you have literyguild book club web address info? i'd like to check that out....

the cookbooks i found at half.com were too pricey and i might as well buy them new after they tack on s/h....
however, i did get emeril's cookbook for a bargin at $5.50 before s/h!!!!! i received it about a week ago

[smurfy1]

It's not a book club but I adore Taste of Home. You subscribe for one of their cooking mags (TOH or Quick Cooking) and then they offer you the option to buy volumes of their cookbooks. I get a lot of raves. I have also seen the TOH cookbooks on half.com

[bookmarm]

Literary guild's address is their name. I think its just literaryguild.com. For more cooking ideas try FoodTV.com. This is the website that goes with the cable channel. Check out Alton Brown in the show Good Eats!

[hootieman]

Yard sales and garage sales almost always have them. Try thrift and gift shops like the senior citizens run. Also, try used book stores. They usually have them around. I must confess before I became allergic to alot of foods, I was a super cook. I have tons of recipes I pulled out of magazines. Ask your library what they do with the mags after they have expired. Ours keeps them for a certain number of months. We have a table where they sale like two for 15 cents. You can pick up Sunset or Southern living that way really cheap. Southern Living is usually packed with recipes. Try the diff internet recipe sites.
Happy cooking

[fractal]

foodtv.com is like a collection of cookbooks from famous chefs. Loads of free recipes from their TV shows.