November 2011 Cookbook of the Month Voting
The nomination thread has closed and we have narrowed it down to the books listed below. Now is the time to decide which book will be chosen for November. Please remember to VOTE IN ALL CAPS. Voting will close at midnight this coming Wednesday (October 19th) and I will post the winner Thursday morning.
There didn’t seem to be a lot of voting, or a lot of agreement, but four books got at least 3 votes. Please choose from the books listed below, and remember to post your vote in ALL CAPS.
THE GOURMET COOKBOOK (the first, yellow one, known forever to some of us, thanks to The Dairy Queen, as Gourmet Yesterday), by Ruth Reichl, et al.
The 150 BEST AMERICAN RECIPES, by Molly Stevens and Fran McCullogh
THE FOOD OF SPAIN, by Claudia Roden
JAMES BEARD’S AMERICAN COOKERY, by James Beard.
Here is a link to the nomination thread if you’d like to read more about how we narrowed it down to these books: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/811933
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LulusMom
Oct 20, 2011 03:30 AM
This one really came down to the line, but I think voting is clear enough that we don't need a re-vote. I counted 15 votes for Gourmet, 10 for 150 Best American Recipes and 3 for The Food of Spain. Voting is now closed.
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re: oakjoan
Caitlin McGrath
Oct 21, 2011 04:14 PM
Joan, we did Gourmet Today, which is a different, later book (green cover, as opposed to yellow).
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re: ChristinaMason
So it looks like it is Gourmet yellow. I would be interested in hearing from those of you who have it if you have the first or second edition. I hear that one has better print quality than the other. I would love to know if the lighter print quality has made a difference for you.
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re: dkennedy
JoanN
Oct 20, 2011 04:59 AM
My copy of the book is from the second printing. I believe that this printing still has the "butter-yellow" recipe titles some people were complaining about. It's only the recipe titles, not the ingredients or the instructions, that were printed in a color some found difficult to read. I'd completely forgotten about that until I read your post so it obviously doesn't bother me at all. If the color of the recipe titles is the only thing that might be keeping you from buying a used copy, I wouldn't worry about it.
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LulusMom
Oct 20, 2011 05:36 AM
It wasn't a very smart publishing move, from all the complaints on Amazon. But I went ahead and bought a copy. Pretty cheap too - something like $15? I even indulged in Bon Appetite's Fast Easy Fresh. Figured at $14, it had to have enough good and easy recipes to make it worthwhile.
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greedygirl
Oct 19, 2011 01:55 PM
The vote doesn't close until midnight (not sure whether that's GMT/EST or something else??).
I'm not voting this time as I don't have any of the books, and none of them are available at a reasonable price in the UK. Strangely, the Roden book doesn't appear to have been published here at all. The one new copy available on Amazon is nearly £40! For that reason, I'd prefer it if we could nominate and vote again in December, but if people would prefer to choose now that's fine too. It means I have more time to get the December book from the US, if it appeals!
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re: greedygirl
greedygirl
Oct 19, 2011 03:59 PM
I've just realised that Food of Spain isn't out in the UK until next March, which is odd.
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herby
Oct 19, 2011 04:09 PM
Lulusmom, I would like to change my vote to THE GOURMET COOKBOOK from The Food of Spain above. I would love to cook from the The Food of Spain and have it on my shelf but it will not win and my library does not have 150. Sorry for the trouble and many thanks for putting up with our mind changing:)
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I'm going with THE GOURMET COOKBOOK this time. (FOOD OF SPAIN also sounds excellent, but I won't have much time for exploratory cooking next month.)
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re: Goblin
Lulusmom, this might be confusing , but can I also change my vote to 150 BEST AMERICAN RECIPES (from Food of Spain above)? I think the voting is going to come down to between 150 Recipes and Gourmet, and I've got 150 Recipes and there are some really appealing recipes in it. Not a huge compendium, which maybe works for me better this month. That having been said, they both look good.
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nomadchowwoman
Oct 16, 2011 10:27 AM
I'll vote for THE GOURMET COOKBOOK, simply for the scope of dishes, many suitable for holiday cooking (but I'll be just as happy w/150 BA recipes; love that series).
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Breadcrumbs
Oct 16, 2011 09:52 AM
I have all these books and would be happy to cook from any of them so November is shaping up to be a great month! That said, my vote goes to:
THE 150 BEST AMERICAN RECIPES
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Well, this is a first. I was so busy with my day to day life I completely forgot about the nomination thread! Missed out on nominating, but still in time to vote. I hear a lot of us would rather hold off on The 150 BEST AMERICAN RECIPES until January but I am up for it now.The others do not appeal to me at the moment.
The 150 BEST AMERICAN RECIPES
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