Best entertainment & holiday cooking books according to redditors
We found 229 Reddit comments discussing the best entertainment & holiday cooking books. We ranked the 69 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
This is an Amy Sedaris book called I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence and we've been doing it for a couple years at our get-togethers. Without fail, someone opens it every time to the delight of our previous party attendees. The hard part is getting all the marbles to stay in medicine cabinet long enough for you to shut the door, but it's well worth the effort.
I guess you start with a good recipe
Have I got a book for you
Oooooh that's GENIUS. Sadly, this book doesn't appear to have a paper edition...
Oh you ignorant fool, there are already placenta cookbooks. See 25 Placenta Recipes or DIY Plancenta Edibles: Smoothies + Tincture + Chocolate.
25 Placenta Recipes - Easy and Delicious recipes for cooking with placenta!
Here's a cookbook!
https://www.amazon.com/25-Placenta-Recipes-Delicious-placenta-ebook/dp/B00BN2JP78
25 Placenta Recipes - Easy and Delicious recipes for cooking with placenta! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BN2JP78/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_g0KQBbH6VBMPR
It's a cookbook - you can buy it here
According to r/treedibles this book is worth a look and supposed to be all vegan.
https://www.amazon.com/Wake-Bake-cookbook-Corinne-Tobias-ebook/dp/B00HNJD1RA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438638952&sr=8-1&keywords=wake+and+bake+corinne
Sorry on mobile
I'll do you one better: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BN2JP78?pc_redir=1406541762&robot_redir=1
The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook: Entertaining for Absolutely Every Occasion - Isa Chandra Moskowitz
The Joy of Vegan Baking, Revised and Updated Edition: More than 150 Traditional Treats and Sinful Sweets - Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Vegan Mac and Cheese: More than 50 Delicious Plant-Based Recipes for the Ultimate Comfort Food - Robin Robertson
Hot for Food Vegan Comfort Classics: 101 Recipes to Feed Your Face - Lauren Toyota
Mac and cheese! 50 vegan recipes!? I'll be in my kitchen for awhile testing these recipes alone.
I...thought you were joking. I was wrong.
Upvote for ATK.
Though if you're new to ATK, I'd stick to their classic red book or green book for healthier options instead of whatever book they happen to have published this year.
My vegan cookbook (for Kindle and PC) is available for free all week on Amazon. :) If you would like to say thank you, please leave a review or share this link with your friends.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073GFQ3P2/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_0
It's in her new Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BKSLGEO/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1.
Every recipe I've tried is delicious and on point!
Fun Fact: Some people cook and eat the placenta. http://www.amazon.com/25-Placenta-Recipes-Delicious-placenta-ebook/dp/B00BN2JP78
I'll think I'll just leave this here: http://www.amazon.com/Wood-Sheep-Unauthorized-Settlers-Cookbook-ebook/dp/B00F350XH2/ref=sr_1_1
There is a section in Isa Moskowitz's book that's just Thanksgiving. https://www.amazon.com/Superfun-Times-Vegan-Holiday-Cookbook/dp/0316221899
I can tell you what's in it later and see if you're interested in any.
No, I like pepperoni and mozzarella too much!
But if you're interested in vegan cannabis cuisine, have a look at Wake and Bake by Corinne Tobias. She bases a lot of her recipes on coconut cannaoil. The recipe list is in the Look Inside preview.
Don't blame me! You ASKED for it!
But seriously, look for cookbooks that are specific to different cultural foods. Take a world culinary tour from home. It's amazing to discover the similarities and differences there are by preparing foods you wouldn't commonly prepare.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=KNFCVNy_J4TD8QHX7oDoDA&url=http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Thanksgiving-Dessert-Recipes-Delicious-ebook/dp/B00OL13EFW&ved=0CB0QFjAA&usg=AFQjCNFxOt0JW9rzR1A32eVZibwKWPdUtA&sig2=F_TrOvhqkYI52B8ITI5ynA US Amazon link for 25 Easy Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes: Delicious Thanksgiving ...
My mom was a good cook, and I helped her when growing up. I watched a lot of cooking shows on TV during the summers when I was a kid (see: Frugal Gourmet). I watch a lot of cooking shows now (though I'm pretty sad that Food Network in primetime is just reality TV now). I make many different recipes. A while back after watching Julia and Julia I was inspired to do 52 new recipes over the course of a year. When I eat out at restaurants, I like to try new things. I watch random youtube cooking videos when I get bored.
I believe Stephen King once said you can't be a good writer unless you spend a lot of time reading other people's stuff. There's probably a good analogy there with cooking/eating.
If you want a good cookbook, I recommend this one by America's Test Kitchen. It has recipes for pretty much all standard American cuisine dishes, and it gives good explanation of how/why the recipe works. Plus it's spiral bound- something that's incredibly underrated with cookbooks.
This is a Doctor Who cookbook and spoilers The Doctor is an Alien!
Team Daryl!
Thank you for the contest! :)
Also from Hannie P. Scott (UK links):
Are we really sure placenta isn't involved? https://www.amazon.com/25-Placenta-Recipes-Delicious-placenta-ebook/dp/B00BN2JP78
Haha thanks! I hope it all turns out - the lasagna is so deep I'm worried about cooking time. It was in the freezer as I made it last weekend with my friend in a frenzy of big-batch cooking, and even though I took it out a couple of nights ago it's still not actually defrosted! Fingers crossed...
But I love cooking especially for a big crowd, and any excuse is good enough for me. I just recently bought this vegan cookbook that's divided by holiday, and it's so much fun! https://www.amazon.ca/Superfun-Times-Vegan-Holiday-Cookbook/dp/0316221899
It's got everything from Passover to Chinese New Year; lots of great ideas to inspire a spontaneous party :)
Isa's new cookbook has really great Thanksgiving recipes in it, including pumpkin pie. Absolutely worth it.
https://www.amazon.com/Superfun-Times-Vegan-Holiday-Cookbook/dp/0316221899
I found supernanny's book and the videos of her dealing with kids very helpful. Particularly the step-by-step procedures leading to naughty corner as consequence, the tone of authority, the firm eye-level presence/posture.
Kids around 2-3 years can be maddening. Those tantrums... My wife and I were fairly exasperated when my kid was around that age. Not sure what buddhist stuff I can say here, well maybe - time passes, just as with all things else.
Soon your kid will grow up. And it generally gets better at about age 4 when their brains develop some sort of 'self-control'. And still they continue to grow, and soon, wow...
This is going to sound a bit judgey, but I don't mean it that way at all, just thinking about things I have encountered.
My eldest rends to lose out on the attention from me the most, my husband works 12 hour days and sees them for 15 mins a night so he doesn't pick up any slack.
I began to notice he would be a hellish little shit, really to get attention, largely because he must of been thinking "any attention is good attention" even if it was me screaming at him.
Our relationship became quite strained, but I had to get over it and just kind of force myself to give him attention regardless of how much resentment I had built up around him being a shit.
I read lots of books and things about this, its about changing their behaviour through yours. The best I found was Nanny Jo Frost:
http://www.amazon.com/Supernanny-Best-From-Your-Children/dp/1401308104
I hope it all works out, its a terribly vicious circle and you end up feeling guilty and more angry at them. It hurts, but it can be sorted.
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I would suggest The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook. It has tried-and-true step by step instructions for everything you need to do, from peeling peaches for pie to the most flavorful ketchup(!). Lots of photos, and the first cookbook that I've purchased where I just want to go through and make one recipe after another. It has tons of recipes, from ice cream, and main dishes like the chicken pot pies I made last night, to hors d'oeuvres. It explains what tools you may need, and why things are done the way they are. For example, it explains that the key to fluffy biscuits is not overworking the dough. Great tool for learning. Highly recommended.
You may want to try http://foodgawker.com/ or http://www.tastespotting.com/ to get some ideas.
I really like http://www.cookingforengineers.com/ too. It's like the scientific method applied to cooking. :)
A good all purpose cookbook is America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook. It's relatively cheap, and it has a little bit of everything. There is a lot of information about technique and ingredients, as well as what a well-stocked kitchen should have. Many people recommend How to Cook Everything, but I have never used it, so I can't give an informed opinion.
Also here's another for vegan soups, all credit goes to /r/freeEBOOKS for their hard work in finding these.
If you don't have a Kindle, you can click on "read for free" or download the Kindle for PC app at:
www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/pc/download
Also I want to give a shoutout to /u/llieaay, for whom I found these e-books for after a compelling argument and after
stalkinglooking at their user history and that they frequent /r/vegan a lot, I figured the community would like it a lot as well.I hope you guys enjoy these two cook books, and I apologize if posting this here violates the subreddit's rules (although I saw nothing against it. I did read the sidebar!).
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Edit: Some more vegan cookbooks I've found for y'all.
Vegan Cookbooks: 70 Of The Best Ever Scrumptious Vegan Dinner Recipes....Revealed!
Best Healthy Vegan Holidays Recipes (Quick & Easy Vegan Recipes)
Vegan: 365 Vegan Recipes (Everyday Vegan Vegan Recipes Vegan Cookbook)
Gluten-Free Vegan Slow Cooker: Quick and Easy Recipes for Busy People
The Greatest Plant Based, Low Fat Recipes In History: Delicious Plant Based, Low Fat & Healthy Recipes That Will Make You Lose The Weight Fast
Note: I haven't gotten to read or try all these out, so I hope y'all help with reviewing which is good and which is not, and sharing all your recipes!
There is a [Doctor Who cookbook] (http://www.amazon.com/Dining-Doctor-Unauthorized-Cookbook-ebook/dp/B00AGSTV6A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374719789&sr=8-1&keywords=doctor+who+cookbook) that might help. If you have a Kindle then you'll get it immediately and should be able to cherry pick.
That is a bad idea. But I think these two cookbooks have it beat.
What book did you just finish? I love penny books! I was scoping out buying myself The Feminine Mystique for a penny today, but when I get the time to read again, I really want to read this book! It's been on my WL for a long while :) I collect cookbooks and I have Amy Sedaris' crafting book so I'm sure this one is hilarious too. I'd appreciate hardcover used. :D
Thank you for throwing the contest!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316221899/ref=dbs_a_w_dp_0316221899
Just leaving this here: 25 Placenta Recipes
Movie theaters and other concession stands use a coconut oil product with coloring and butter flavor added. They use it because it makes great tasting popcorn. Source: I'm a chef, and I've worked in a theater.
There is a redditor who wrote a weed cookbook; she gave me the ebook for free when it came out. Wake and Bake by Corinne Tobias. The foundational recipe of the cookbook is her "Green Monsta", which is basically cannabutter, but made with coconut oil.
Pop your popcorn in some Green Monsta. Then salt it with kief salt.
To make kief salt, grind some kosher salt (or butter-flavored popcorn salt) and kief together in a spice grinder, until it is very fine. This will add a final layer of weed flavor.
TIL: There are a plethora of tasty recipes right here
Now all you need is a [cook book!] (http://www.amazon.com/25-Placenta-Recipes-Delicious-ebook/dp/B00BN2JP78)
http://www.amazon.com/Asfalto-Culinario-Laboratorio-Spanish-Edition/dp/8424117298/ref=sr_sp-btf_image_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1372403762&sr=8-5&keywords=arzak
or
http://www.amazon.com/Arzak-recetas-Spanish-Edition-ebook/dp/B009TE445K/ref=sr_sp-atf_image_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1372403762&sr=8-3&keywords=arzak
buy this book you'll learn how to cook
If you have Amazon, there are a couple books that you can read with a kindle app (both low cost - free w/ Kindle unlimited - the Mediterranean Diet cookbook, and one for beginners) that are pretty good - both have details to read about, recipes, and sub options for budget shopping.
If you are also learning how to cook, I recommend Alton Brown's Good Eats - he explains the science behind why you should cook the way you do, and it's also entertaining.
> A little bratty, especially towards me because she knows I can't punish.
You need to have a conversation with your sister about this. You're the child's uncle, and you're living with them. Of course you should be able to punish when necessary.
Approach your sister. Apologize for some of the disconnect between you and her about your niece. But let her know that you are very concerned because the niece show you no respect, and you're confident that it's because the niece knows you're not permitted to discipline her (do NOT use the word "punish"). And repeat to her what /u/joantheunicorn said: consistency is key. Tell your sister that the niece isn't stupid--she knows that she can get away with a lot more shit because you're not allowed to punish.
Make an investment in some Supernanny books (or DVDs, if you can find them; there's also some of her stuff on Youtube). Read them. Watch the videos. Watch them with your sister, if possible. Make it clear that you're trying to learn how to properly discipline so that you don't lash out at your niece. And always frame it in terms of what's best for the niece.
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I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence, by Amy Sedaris?
Weeeelllll... Not technically. There are laws that discourage and punish the acts leading up to and surrounding it, but a lot of places don't have laws specifically targeting cannibalism.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e6l6k76cFqM
Brings to mind all of the women who give birth then eat the placenta to replenish nutrients. There are even published cookbooks for that.
https://www.amazon.com/25-Placenta-Recipes-Delicious-placenta-ebook/dp/B00BN2JP78
Humans and what are basically double standards, am I right?
America's Test Kitchen cookbook is a great resource for cooking newbies and first-timers. It contains a ton of easy and delicious recipes, with a minimum of fancy ingredients or techniques, and explains why you have to do things a certain way and spells out cooking-speak in plain English (e.g., what the heck is "al dente?").
This book was a lifesaver senior year in college, when I got shut out of the housing lottery and suddenly found myself with a kitchen and no idea where the heck to start.
http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Kitchen-Cookbook-Heavy-Duty-Revised/dp/193361501X/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416248131&sr=1-11&keywords=americas+test+kitchen
Some more details. Link 1 Link 2
The latest one from Isa Chandra Moskowitz is really good. I cooked a couple of recipes from this book for my husband's birthday, and they really hit the nail.
25 Placenta Recipes - Easy and Delicious recipes for cooking with placenta! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BN2JP78/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Tm3UAbETPTDZK
Set Of Five Finger Hands Finger Puppets https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OAC9BUO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_oo3UAb3SWT8G4
Chicken nugget soap
https://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Nuggets-Novelty-Crazy-Mamas/dp/B06XVL9BSP/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1522234426&sr=8-3&keywords=Food+soap
Moskowitz just put out a book on vegan holiday feasts called The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook: Entertaining for Absolutely Every Occasion.
Might have some useful information.
Here's my go-to simple baked chicken recipe (no sauce unless you count butter):
Prep time: 10 min.
Cooking time: 45 min. (or until chicken is at least 165 degrees with meat thermometer)
Ingredients (sorry it's inexact)
Whole chicken, cut up
Butter (I use unsalted, but in a pinch, olive oil works too.)
Salt, pepper to taste (I use kosher salt and you can add whichever spices to this mix to make it spicy, i.e. cayenne and paprika, or more savory, i.e. garlic and sage, etc...)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
So, use whatever raw chicken you have. Rinse, pat dry with paper towels.
In a bowl (or plastic baggy), mix up salt, pepper (& whatever spices you like) and apply to the chicken, underneath the skin.
Arrange chicken in casserole dish or metal pan.
Cut up some butter, like one pat into four pieces, and tuck a couple pieces (2-3) underneath the chicken skin. Put a couple more on top of the skin. (If using olive oil, rub that chicken down till it's shiny.)
Place in oven and cook until golden yellow, brown (usually 45 minutes for whole chicken or 4 breast or leg quarters.)
Goes great with rice (I love basmati or jasmine) and is very good as leftovers. I think this is basically Amy Sadaris' recipe from her wonderful cookbook I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence .
I would use a clearer plate, something not as earth colored. As to where I get my ideas: everywhere.
I follow food stylists on instagram, I read food blogs, I own around 200 cookbooks that I use mostly for pictures, I go to museums to look at art (important in being how colors work together, specially abstract art, as it tends to be nothing but color).
But you can find inspiration even in the street. There is this great book which pretty much talks about finding inspiration in the street. You don't have to go to that length, but it shows that if you are always looking, you will likely always find.
Good luck!
This is the book I found it in. I didn't read it online. :/
>as if he's just making a fucking stew
That's exactly what he did. What's your problem?
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