bibliography [in progress? maybe not]

For independent reviews, see Amazon.Com

We've got lots of cookbooks and cooking magazines but so little time to use them... [and since the web took over our lives, less motivation]
Marcella Hazan (Italian) and Linda Chirinian (Armenian, Lebanese, Persian) are the two gems in our collection. This is a bit outdated by modern technology.

cooking magazines
disclaimer
general cookbooks
italian cookbooks
french cookbooks
middle eastern cookbooks
pressure cooker cookbooks
vegetarian cookbooks
bread cookbooks
world cookbooks (not italian, french)
dessert cookbooks
ingredients

cooking magazines

Cooking Light

We were subscribers since 1993 and found it to be the most usable of our cooking subs because of our health conscious awareness. Abandoned after about 25 years.

Bon Appetit [Epicurious.com]

We were subscribers since 1984 (!) and continued to enjoy it for about 25 years until breaking the habit, with or without health worries. Remember, balance and moderation is the key. One individual recipe is not your diet.

Gourmet [Epicurious.com]

This is one we occasionally impulse buy at the checkout counter. Sadly this mag died.

Food&Wine

This is a web latebloomer also in the occasional impulse buy category, arriving on the internet scene only in 1999, beating the turn of the century though.

We also occasionally grab:

The Magazine of La Cucina Italiana [cucinaitusa.com]
Saveur
Taunton's fine cooking
Cook's Illustrated
Eating Well [we had a sub when it folded with the April/May 1999 issue, but then it returned as a quarterly no-ad magazine in 2002]

disclaimer

This is more like an incomplete inventory of the dr bob cooking team cookbook collection and not a bibliography in the usual sense of the word. Although some of these have been mined for treasures, the inclusion of a cookbook in this list only indicates that it was probably glanced at before shelving. Future editions may see some well deserved paring down of the list.

general cookbooks

Betty Crocker's Cookbook [2000]: Golden Press, NY 1978 0-307-09813-3 [our first cookbook]
Joy of Cooking: Irma Rombauer, Marion Becker
Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1975 0-672-51831-7
The New Basics Cookbook: Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins
Workman Pub Co, 1989 0-89480-341-7
The Frog/Commissary Cookbook: Steven Poses, Anne Clark, Becky Roller
Camino Books, 1985 0-94015-973-2

italian cookbooks

[We mostly use DeCecco pasta from Italy, but like the higher end Puglia pasta when it comes to orecchiette and cavatelli.]

Essentials of Italian Cooking [our bible of Italian cooking] ***************: Marcella Hazan
Knopf, New York, 1992 0-394-58404-x
[The Classic Italian Cookbook]
Marcella Cucina: Marcella Hazan
Harper Collins, New York, 1997 0-06-017103-0
Pasta Classica : The Art of Italian Pasta Cooking: Julia Della Croce
Chronicle Books, 1987 0877014140
Risotto: Judith Barrett and Norma Wasserman
Scribners, New York, 1987 0-684-18691-8
Risotto Risotti: Judith Barrett
MacMillan, New York, 1996 0-02-860357-5
Pasta and Rice Italian Style: Efrem Funghi Calmgaert and Jacquelyn Days Serwer
Scribners, New York, 1983 (Signet paperback: NAL Penguin, Inc, New York, 1987)
The Complete Book of Pasta: Jack Scott Denton
William Morrow, New York, 1968 0-553-23599-0 (Bantam paperback: Bantam Books, New York, 1983)
The Dictionary of Italian Food and Drink: John Mariani
Broadway Books, 1998 0-7679-0129-0 (Bantam paperback: Bantam Doubleday Bell, New York)
Look and Cook Perfect Pasta: Anne Willan
Dorling Kindersley, London, 1992
Zuppa: Margaret and G. Franco Romagnoli
Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1996 0-8050-3833-7
Soups of Italy: Norma Wasserman-Miller
William Morrow, New York, 1998 0-688-15031-4
Cooking Vegetables the Italian Way: Judith Barrett
MacMillan, New York, 1992 0-02-009076-1
Red, White & Greens: The Italian Way with Vegetables: Faith Willinger
Harper-Collins, New York, 1996 0-06-018366-7
Carnevale Italiano: Margaret and G. Franco Romagnoli
Rizzoli, New York 0-8478-1872-1
Italian Fast and Fresh: Julie Dannenbaum
Harper Row, New York, 1984 0-06-015291-5
The New Pasta Cookbook: Joanne Glynn
Tormont Press, Montreal, 1992 2-89429-393-3
The Top 100 Pasta Sauces: Diane Seed
Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 1987 0-89815-232-1
More Great Italian Pasta: Diane Seed
Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 1992 0-89815-496-0
Great Pasta Sauces: Sally Griffiths
Rizzoli, New York, 0-8478-1872-1
The Top One Hundred Italian Rice Dishes : Including over 50 Risotto Recipes: Diane Seed
Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 1987 0-89815-232-1
The Talisman Italian Cookbook: Ada Boni
Crown Publishers, New York, 1950 0-517-503875
Naples at Table: Arthur Schwartz
Harper-Collins, New York, 1998 0-06-018261-X
The Italian Country Table: Home Cooking from Italy's Farmhouse Kitchens: Lynne Rosetto Kasper
MacMillan, New York, 1999 0-684-81325-4
The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook: Jack Bishop
Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1997 1-57630-044-7
Italy al Dente: Biba Caggiano
William Morrow, New York, 1998 0-688-14877-8
What's Cooking: Rice & Risotto: Elizabeth Wolf-Cohen
Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, 2000 1-57145-254-7
Great Pasta Dishes: Antonio Piccinardi
Italian Culinary Institute, New York, 1987 0-517-63554-2
Pasta! Pasta! Pasta!: Dursel Norman
William Morrow, New York 0-688-02922-1
The Complete Book of Pasta: Carlo Bernasconi and Christian Teubner
Transedition, New York, 1999 1-898250-85-5
La Cucina Italiana: Italian Cooking: ---
Crescent Books, New York, 1993 0-517-10288-9
The Encyclopedia of Italian Cooking: Jeni Wright (editor)
Octopus Books, London, 1983 0-517-34141-7
The Complete Italian Cookbook: Carlo Bernasconi and Christian Tenbrer
Transedition, New York, 1999 1-898250-85-5
Italian Cookery: Maria Scarlatti
Octopus Books, London, 1983 0-86362-012-4
Roma in Bocca [trilingual roman cuisine: romanaccio, italian, english]: Antonella Santolini
prefazione di Piero Chiara, editrice de "Il Vespre"

french cookbooks

BISTRO: The Best of Casual French Cooking: Gerald Hiriqoyen
Sunset Books, Menlo Park, CA 1995 0-376-02036-9
Simple and Healthy Cooking: Jacques Pepin
Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1994 0-87596-234-3
Look and Cook French Country Cooking: Anne Willan
Dorling Kindersley, London, 1995 1-56458-867-X

middle eastern cookbooks [web list]

Secrets of Cooking Armenian/Lebanese/Persian *************** [bob's endorsement, and selected recipe highlights]: Linda Chirinian
Lionhart Press, Connecticut, 1987 0-9617033-0-X
This is a terrific Middle-Eastern cookbook: simple, straightforward, usually photographed recipes guaranteed authentic by Isgouhi and she should know, having grown up Armenian in the food mecca of Aleppo, Syria, and having lived in Damascus, Jordan and Anjar, Lebanon. [See some Amazon.com reviews.]
Food for the Vegetarian: Traditional Lebanese Recipes: Alda Karaylan
Interlink Books, New York, 1992 1-56656-105-1 [more]
Lebanese Cookbook: Dawn, Elaine and Selwa Anthony
Weldon Publishing, New York, 1968 1-86302-071-3 [Lebanese Cooking]
Armenian Cooking Today: Alice Antreassian
St Vartan Press, New York, 1975, 1989 0-934728-20-8
Classic Armenian Recipes: Cooking Without Meat: Alice Antreassian, Marian Jebejian
Fawcett, Astoria, NY, 0-941567-38-9
Secrets from an Armenian Kitchen: Jack Hachigian
2006, self-published
The Recipes of Musa Dagh: Alberta, Anna and Louisa Magzanian
Lulu Press, 2008, 9-780557-016136
The Armenian Kitchen blog: friends of Jack and the Magzanian sisters [musa dagh]
Armenian Cuisine: Aline Kamakian and Barbara Drieskens
Leo Digital Press, 2011, 978-9953-0-2201-7
This is one of the slickest cookbooks we have ever bought: high end paper, typography, photos, and the recipes match in authenticity, and the Armenian story is woven into the labor of love of these two women: cookbook website.
Beirut restaurant: Mayrig.

pressure cooker cookbooks

Cooking Under Pressure: Lorna J Sass
William Morrow, New York, 1989
Great Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure: Lorna J Sass
William Morrow, New York, 1994 0-688-12326-0
Complete Vegetarian Kitchen: Lorna J Sass
Hearst Books, New York, 1995 0-688-14185-4
A Taste of Persia: Najmieh Batmanglij
Mage Publishers, Washington, DC, 1999-2000 0-934211-54-X
Persian Cooking For a Healthy Kitchen: Najmieh Batmanglij
Mage Publishers, Washington, DC, 1999 0-934211-40-X

vegetarian cookbooks

The Moosewood Cookbook: New Revised Edition Mollie Katzen
Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA 1992 0-89815-503-7
The New Laurel's Kitchen: Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, Brian Ruppenthal
Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA 1976, 1986 0-89815-167-8
The Classic Vegetable Cookbook: Ruth Spear
Harper and Row, New York, 1985 0-06-091628-1
Low Fat and Loving It: Ruth Spear
Warner Books, New York, 1991 0-446-51535-3
The New Vegetarian Epicure: Anna Thomas
Knopf, New York, 1996 0-679-42714-7
American Whole Foods Cuisine: Nikki and David Goldbeck
NAL Books, New York, 1983 0-453-00434-2
Betty Crocker's Great Main Dishes Without Meat: Prentice Hall, New York, 1994 0-671-88251-1
Food Essentials: Grains and Pasta: Carol Spier
Crescent

bread cookbooks

The Italian Baker: Carol Field
Harper and Row, New York, 1985 0-06-181266-8
The Complete Book of Breads: Bernard Clayton, Jr
Simon and Schuster, New York, 1987 0-671-60222-5
The Complete Book of Pastry: Bernard Clayton , Jr
Simon and Schuster, New York, 1981 0-671-24276-8
Soup and Bread: Crescent Dragonwood
Workman Publishing, New York, 1992 1-56305-243-1
Bread Machine Magic: Linda Rehberg and Lois Conway, St Martin's Press, New York, 1992 0-312-06914-6
More Bread Machine Magic: Linda Rehberg and Lois Conway, St Martin's Press, New York, 1997 0-312-16935-3
Bread Machine Bounty: Better Homes and Gardens Books, Des Moines, 1992 0-696-01992-2
Great Bread Machine Recipes: Norman Barret
Sterling Publishing, New York, 1992 0-8669-8724-3
The Il Fornaio Baking Book: Franco Gallo, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1993 0-08188-0323-6

world cookbooks (not italian, french)

The World in Your Kitchen: Troth Wells
Crossing Press, Freedom, CA, 1993 0-89594-577-0
Scandinavian Feast: Beatrice Ojakangas
Stewart Tabori and Chang, New York, 1992 1-55670-179-0
Swedish Cooking: ICA Test Kitchen, ICA, Vasteras, 1983 91-534-0823-3
Joyce Chen Cookbook: Joyce Chen
Barnes and Noble, New York, 1962 0-06-464060-4
Consumer Guide Chinese Cooking Class: Beekman House, New York, 1980, 0-517-322455
The New Icelandic Cookbook: Mal og Menning, Reykjavik, 1997 9979-3-1524-5

dessert cookbooks

Mother Wonderful's Cheescakes and other Goodies: Myra Chanin
Henry Holt, New York, 1990 0-8050-1289-3
[this single book has improved our cheesecake rep immensely; see guavaberry-lingonberry cheesecake, from Myra's original hazelnut cheesecake]
Joy of Cheesecake: Dana Bovgjerg and Jeremy Iggers
Barron's Educational Series, New York, 1980 0-8120-2171-1
Cheesecake Extraordinaire: Mary Crownover
Taylor Publishing, Dallas, 1990 0-87835-721-0
Cheesecakes: Maggie Black
Exeter Books, New York, 1986 0-671-08321-0
Cheesecake Madness: John Segreto
MacMillan, New York, 1981 0-02-609040-6
The Book of Cheesecakes: Steven Wheeler
HP Books, Los Angeles, 1988 0-89586-669-2
Not Just Cheesecake: Marilyn Stone, Shelley Melvin, Charlie Crawford
Triad, Gainsville, FL, 1988 0-937404-29-2
Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese Kraft Cookbook: Beckman House, New York, 1988 0517-66773-8
Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese Kraft Ultimate Philly Cheesecakes: Beckman House, New York, 1994
Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese Kraft Cheesecakes: Beckman House, New York, 1991
Good Housekeeping Illustrated Book of Desserts: Mildred Ying (Editor)
Hearst Publishing, New York, 1999 0-688-10356-1
Elegantly Easy Creme Brulee and other Custard Desserts: Debbie Puente
Renaissance Books, Los Angeles, 1998

biblio.htm: 24-apr-2012 [what, ME cook? � 1984 dr bob enterprises]