My Favorite Cookbooks

[@thepapertraveler1122]

I love READING cookbooks more than I cook from them so I always try to seek those kind. I find it so relaxing! One of my favorite cookbooks is based on Jan Karon’s books based in her Mitford series called- Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader. It reminds me of a small town community and the foods one prepares for welcoming someone, church socials or just having a good meal with friends and family. Thanks for sharing a bit of your collection!

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Hi Kim! That Jan Karon sounds wonderful. I love cozy cookbooks!

[@FiReadsBooks]

Absolutely agree re Nigella, but have you read any of Nigel Slater’s books? He’s an incredible writer, such a comfort read

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I have not read any Nigel Slater! I really really want to get The Christmas Chronicles (and anything else by him) - he looks right up my alley.

[@brices1000]

Nigel slater definitely!!

[@chrissienortham-palmer1179]

I have all his books. He's a great storyteller and a friend of Nigella who loves his books

[@hesterdunlop7948]

Loved this ..thanks for sharing this ....I love cookbooks for different reasons too ...my Good Housekeeping cookbook from 1976 is pure basic recipes , spine falling off ...for British cooking history it's Readers Digest cookbook which lasted longer than the marriage it was a wedding present for .... .for comfort and stories it's Midnight Chicken/ Ellen Rosenberg which tells how cooking healed her but it's not at all twee ....for stories and exploring it's The Jewish Cookbook by Claudia Roden ...all must have solid recipes as a given of course ...

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Thanks for reminding me about the Midnight Chicken, I have heard so much about it, but it kind of dropped off my radar. I really do want to pick that one up. I love that you still have your 1976 Good Housekeeping!

[@taylorrae3316]

I got so excited when I saw Cook, Eat, Repeat! Nigella's books are such a joy. 💕🥰 Cookbooks are just the best!

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Nigellas books are my favs, especially the Christmas one!

[@MsReadsAlot]

Very cool! I don’t have nearly as many cookbooks! My favorite cookbook is called New Food of Life by Najmieh Batmanglij. It is Persian food but it has amazing pictures and stories 😍

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I love Persian food. I don’t actually have any Persian cookbooks though. I think I’m going to have to remedy that!

[@kaortega1120]

Hi Gina! I was directed over to your channel by Olive! Loved this video! I did "favorite" The Forest Feast - Love what you showed us, Gorgeous! Looking forward to catching up on your previous videos - Nice to connect! Happy 2022~!

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting! It’s so nice to meet you. Olive was so kind to shout out my channel.

[@svance1041]

Olive sent me over! Yum, those books look amazing! Thanks for sharing them. :)

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Thanks so much for stopping by. It’s so nice to meet you here. That Olive is so darn sweet!!!

[@onceuponamakeupbrush]

I definitely need to try some of these 😊

[@chrissienortham-palmer1179]

Miss Read's cookbook a fave of mine

[@AnneEWilliamson]

Food and books are a perfect combination! This video just makes me hungry though and I just ate, lol.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I always try to have a snack when I’m watching videos LOL 😂

[@howtoreadatparties]

Gina the side-by-side editing here is fab!!! Way to go!!

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Thanks Dominic! I’m so excited to be learning some new skills here 🤗

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Veganomicon, looks interesting in the eighties I used the Vegan Cookbook by Leah Lehmann a lot, my first wife was a vegan. The pictures in the Forest Feast look gorgeous.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

The Forest Feast is one of the most pleasingly aesthetic books in my collection. I love just flipping through it for inspiration.

[@glendaw5221]

Love your channel. I have only one cookbook. It is an Alan Jackson (country singer) bbq book. I’ve never cooked anything from it but can’t bear to part with it. I finally unhauled my other cookbook to my grandson in-law who loves to cook. It’s called Gourmet on the Go. Out of print. I have friends who adore cookbooks.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Thanks Glenda. I find cookbooks to be so soothing! That’s why I love the ones with pretty pictures 👩‍🍳

[@MargaretPinard]

Forest Feast is on my wishlist, I saw it in your thumbnail, and then saw it AGAIN in a tenant's apartment...something wants me to read it!! 💖

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

It’s really a beautiful book. She’s got also got one on Mediterranean cooking that I really want.

[@MargaretPinard]

@@GinaStanyerBooks Also on my wishlist, she says guiltily...lol

[@AJ_Dunn]

Love these! I get my recipes from Pinterest, but I do love to look at cookbooks. I need to get my hands on the Veganomicon.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

It's really good (PS I have gotten some recipe inspiration from you! I'd love it if you'd do more cooking videos.)

[@AJ_Dunn]

@@GinaStanyerBooks I try to do one a month.

[@StephanieJCohen]

I love that you have favorite cookbooks. Sadly, I am a terrible cook. We do have some cookbooks - vegetarian and vegan mainly. I will have to check out Veganomicon.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I also really like her book Isa Does It - I like EASY recipes too.

[@revenantreads]

I’m always on the lookout for good slow cooker recipe books (mostly because I’m lazy).

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I’m lazy too. I use a pressure cooker now more than I do a slow cooker. I love easy food! Have you used the Set it and Forget it cookbooks?

[@revenantreads]

@@GinaStanyerBooks Not yet. I’ll be sure to look into them.

[@ansk6850]

Hi, just subscribed, Olive sent me. Enjoying the variety. Thanks.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Hi! It’s so nice to meet you here. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Olive was so nice to shout out my channel.

[@ReadingRetail]

ive started collecting cook books for my husband. he is the cook!

[@IckyChicDesigns]

We must be soul mates because cookbooks are always on my radar. Hi, I'm a new Booktuber and I just found your channel. I love reading nonfiction also. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Thanks Lynda! It’s nice to meet you.

[@marybarnhill7003]

Hi Gina! I am visiting from channel abookolive. Olive recommended you. I do enjoy cookbooks. All of these are new to me. So will be checking them out.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment! It's great to meet you.

[@wrapped_upinbooks]

Veganomicon is such a classic. It’s survived many a move with me. My other favorite vegan cookbook is “Vegan Brunch”, also by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

[@wrapped_upinbooks]

Oh, and Olive sent me here!

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I've got several of her cookbooks, they are all so good!

[@GinaHouse]

Your cookbooks totally inspired me! I don't own Veganomicon, but I should get it! It sounds perfect for me. lol. I love cookbooks that are mostly writing about food with beautiful pictures, even if they're not foods that I eat. I'm reading The Christmas Chronicles by Nigel Slater and it's soo perfect. If you haven't read this cookbook, you must try it. Do you have any other 'writing about food' cookbooks? (A favorite of mine is Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin and I just found out that there's another one, so I'll have to get that one, too.) :D

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I am currently reading Slater's _Kitchen Chronicles_ and love his style. I really want the Christmas one too! _Veganomicon_ is such a classic I can't believe you don't have it! It's really good. The other cookbook I have my eye on is _The Little Library Year: Recipes and Reading to Suit Each Season_ by Katy Young. It looks so cute.

[@jamesfetcho6315]

Oh no....😁 somebody's had a side by side shot going on. See you've already passed me up on technological progress by way far. Which recipe book have you used the most??? Is that your cat?? Never mind .😁 Looks like you figured it out. Nice Video 👍😁👍

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Thus is James! I’m getting pretty high tech over here. That was my cat Josie chatting in the background.

[@PlaguedbyVisions]

Don’t know if you’ve ever read Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel-it’s a Mexican novel of magical realism infused into cooking and recipes. It was one of my mom’s favorite books and I grew to love it as well, even if it’s pretty far from what I usually read.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

That sounds really familiar / if I read it though it was years ago. Sounds like I need to check it out.

[@knittingbooksetc.2810]

I used to have several hundred cookbooks. I had to part with them. Sometimes I missed them. Nowadays I don’t cook much because I can hardly eat anything. My diet is very simple and limited.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Simple is good. I read cookbooks more than I actually cook lol. We eat a lot of simple food (mostly because I’m lazy).

[@MargaretPinard]

Much Depends on Dinner is also a food history book written by Margaret Visser...did she reference that one?

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I’m not familiar with that one.

[@MargaretPinard]

@@GinaStanyerBooks I read it perhaps a decade ago--like a social history, but with food as a proxy--fascinating stuff!

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I’ll need to hunt that down, it sounds like I’d love it. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@booksimnotreading]

Gina! How did you do that split screen? That was great! Very impressive for your first foray into editing. Snobby Joe’s sound good.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I know Kelly, I'm getting so fancy! I found a spot in iMovie where you can click to add in a video and either make is a split screen, a cutaway, or Picture in Picture.

[@saraihmg7455]

Found you thanks to abookolive and instantly subscribed!! :)

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Thanks so much! I'm so glad to have you here, it's great to meet you.

[@JessBookgirlTV]

Thank you, Gina, for making me hungry LOL! My sister is a vegan. Are you on Instagram or Pinterest? I would be interested in following you.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Hi Jess, I'm on instagram as gina.stanyer.books (I think!) let me know if you can find me :)