Check out my Fannie

My Fannie Farmer cookbook, that is! :p

My older bro, Ken bought this cookbook for me as a birthday gift during my first year of culinary school. Although it was sweet, I scoffed a bit… Fannie Farmer??? I’m like a professional, dude! I suppose this wasn’t as bad as my mom buying the Florence Henderson’s Shortcut Cooking… Yeah, that’s Mrs Brady from the Brady Bunch, if you don’t know who Florence Henderson is… What was my mom thinking… buying that awful cookbook for a culinary student??? I still tease her for that… :p
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Anyway, The Fannie Farmer Cookbook has become my absolutely favorite cookbook over the years. I lovingly refer to it as my ‘bible.’ Any time I need a recipe, I always go here first, as this cookbook has most basic recipes and very simple directions. If anyone out there is looking for a wonderful basic cookbook, get this one… I hope you love it too!

I think its obvious how much this book gets used…. check out the sad state of this book. I just don’t have the heart to replace it, although its only 8 big ones. That’s $8… LOL! I’m quite attached to it!

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I also have many, many other cookbooks… from basic cookbooks, to French desserts, to **gasp** Martha Stewart. Over the years, I have created quite the collection of cookbooks, well over a hundred. I also have all of my notebooks from Culinary School, which contains more recipes than I could ever cook in my lifetime. So I definitely don’t lack for recipes…

September 15, 2007 | Filed Under Kitchen Gossip

 

Critiques & Opinions

2 Critiques to “Check out my Fannie”

  1. Maki on September 16th, 2007 6:55 am

    I have never heard of the Fannie Farmer cookbook. What a funny name.

    I stopped buying books a long time ago. After moving so many times within 5 years, I refused to pack & lug around anymore books. I love my public library though :)

  2. Candace on September 16th, 2007 9:50 am

    Fanny Farmer was actually a real person… bless her soul! LOL. The cookbook was first published in 1896… I guess they have updated things to include electricity! I would assume its not very popular due to its lack of photographs, however.

    On another note… I love the public library too. I’d be broke without it!

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