What cookbook would you have to have if you only could have one?

[kerosene]

Originally Posted by Cloud

Some of the recipes worth the price of the book:

Chili con carne
peanut butter cookies
Hollaindaise sauce

Yes! Peanut butter cookies! I won't make them from any other recipe. I also noticed that Joy of Cooking calls for a lot of butter in many of the recipes...is that true of the newer one, too? Have the recipes changed, or have they been deleted and new ones added?