13 From the Darkside.

Thirteen Cookbooks in My Collection
or
Blondie Has a Cookbook Obsession.

1. My First Cookbook {This is a cookbook with a 1959 copyright date offered by Imperial Pure Cane Sugar. My sister and I sent away for this cookbook when we were about 6 and 8 years old. We shared this cookbook and wrote our names in it proudly. I noticed as I was looking at it the other day that at some point she wrote over our joint names and put hers in red pen. Who has the last laugh? I guess that would be me since it is in MY collection. And no I am not giving her visitation rights.}
2. Every Day Italian by Giada de Laurentiis.
3. The Good Home Cookbook - More than 1000 Classic American Recipes. {I have a habit of blog surfing and I love to surf cooking blogs. In one of my surfing I came across a blog that was offering this book for FREE to the first 1000 to send an email in with their address. All that the editor asked in exchange was to pass the word along about the book once I had a chance to read and use the book. I do enjoy this book very much.
4. The Martha Stewart Cookbook
5. Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook
6. The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook
7. Martha Stewart Living Annual Recipes 2002
8. Martha Stewart Living Annual Recipes 2003 {as you can see I like the Martha Stewart Cookbooks. They have never disappointed. There are still a couple I don't own. I gotta work on fixing that soon.}
9. Hershey's Best-Loved Recipes {given to me by the son-in-law before he was, for Christmas. He gets my obsession with cookbooks. I come by it naturally and have passed this obsession on to my daughter}
10. Betty Crocker International Cookbook {This is among the first cookbooks I bought after I got married. It has been used for various favorite recipes over the past 20 plus years. I bet the X would like to get his hands on this cookbook as there are recipes within that he absolutely enjoyed. SO not gonna happen.}
11. Betty Crocker Cooky Book {I remember as a child pouring over this cookbook for hours. My favorite pages were 56 & 57. Although this book has been recently reprinted my copy is a first edition - fourth printing. It was a gift from my momma who searched for it on ebay. She knew how much I would love it and she was right. I absolutely LOVE it.}
12. The Joy of Cooking {What Cookbook collection is complete without this book?}
13. Claud Mann's Dinner & a Movie Cookbook. {This cookbook came about from the TBS show Dinner & a Movie. It is quite a fun read and follows the format of the show which makes for a delightful cookbook.}