Collecting Recipe Books Gifts

Come dine with me!

A woman standing beside a stove full of steaming pots and pans.

"Another dry scotch Manhattan, Mike. Make it a double."

Cookbooks

Two books: 'The Joy of Cooking' next to 'The Joy of Dieting'.

"Not that I have the time, but I enjoy reading."

"It's the sequel to 'Cooking for One'."

'You realize we're only having three people over...'

"'TSP' stands for 'teaspoon' not 'two solid pounds'!"

How to Deal With Leftover Turkey

"The recipe said to let the chicken rest after it comes out of the oven!"

Party time.

"If I Can Make One Critic Smile..."

'Muriel's philosophy is that what happens in the kitchen, stays in the kitchen.'

Vegetable Cook

'Men's cooking'

"Oh joy. Looks like the turkey is almost done..."

"Did you remove the bay leaf?"

How to correctly estimate cooking time

"It's a recipe called no-cook fish chowder."

"Looks like it's time to make the banana bread."

"Keep in mind, this dish is best served in a restaurant cooked by anyone other than you."

An Advance Visit From The Three Wise Men

'and then stand in dish for two hours.'

Cook in the cookery section.

Culinary surgery.

"Then add one extra large egg..."

"Bill just does celebrity cook-books these days, that's where the real money is."

Introducing Ambient Books: No beginning...no middle...no end...just a bunch of sentences specially written to soothe and relax the reader.

How to make an unforgettable dinner for four

'I'm writing a vegetarian cook book.'

Seminal moments in Chicken History

"I just explained 'kugel' to him."

"It's my family's special recipe, passed down through generations on the cream cheese package."