cookbook

a book of recipes and cooking directions

For the 2005 Missy Elliott album, see The Cookbook.''A cookbook contains information on cooking, and a list of recipes. It may also contain information on ingredient origin, freshness, selection and quality, e.g. the Slow Food movement's ark of taste criteria.While western cookbooks usually group recipes for main courses by the main ingredient of the dishes, Cuisine of JapanJapanese cookbooks usually group them by cooking techniques (e.g., Fryingfried foods, Steamingsteamed foods, and Grillinggrilled foods). Both styles of cookbook have additional recipe groupings such as soups, sweets.Famous cookbooks from the past include:

''De re coquinariaDe re coquinaria (The Art of Cooking)'' (late 4th century4th / early 5th century5th century) by Apicius

''Liber de CoquinaLiber de Coquina (The Book of Cookery)'' (late 13th century13th / early 14th century14th century) by two unknown authors from France and Italy

The ''Forme of Cury'' (14th century) by the Master Cooks of Richard II of EnglandKing Richard II of England

''TailleventViandier'' (14th century) by Guillaume Tirel alias Taillevent

''Le Cuisinier Royal'' (1817) by Alexandre Viard

''Mrs Beeton's Book of Household ManagementMrs Beeton's Book of Household Management ...'' (1861) by Mrs Beeton

''Pellegrino ArtusiLa scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene'' (1891) by Pellegrino Artusi

Various cookbooks (between 1903 and 1934) by Auguste Escoffier

The Joy of Cooking by Irma Rombauer (1931)

''The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook'' (1954) by Alice B. Toklas

''Helen Gurley Brown's Single Girl's Cookbook'' (1969) by Helen Gurley Brown

Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie KatzenThe term ''cookbook'' is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to any book containg already tried and tested "recipes" that others can use unchanged - for example a set of circuit designs in electronics, or the ''Anarchist Cookbook'', a set of instructions on destruction and living outside the law.

See also -

List of cookbooks

Food writing

External links - wikibooksparCookbook

cookbookwiki.com - CookbookWiki.com A Recipe Wiki Site.

kirkusreviews.com - Cookbook reviews powered by Kirkus Reports.

cookbookswelove.com - Cookbooks We Love offers cookbook reviews of the editor's favorite cookbooks.----A cookbook can also refer to a straightforward set of ''recipes'' or instructions for a specific field or activity other than !cooking.de:Kochbuchlb:Kachbich ernl:Kookboeksr:КуварCate gory:Literary? genres

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Friends and Family Cookbook Publishers
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Great recipes, cooking tips, step by step cooking techniques, an online food dictionary, and more... Anything about Food!!!
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With over 35,000 cookbooks on our site, we have one of the most complete selections available. Most ship in 1-2 days and we offer free shipping on orders over $50 in the U.S.
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Delights from the Garden of Eden: A Cookbook and a History of the Iraqi Cuisine
Introduces the Iraqi cuisine and its history, with recipes, photos, and excerpts from the cookbook
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The On Line Cookbook
A searchable, well-organized recipe site, with an active request and submission section and mailing list.
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Michael Stutz's weblog on the open source art movement.
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