I have a few books, but my favourite is actually a magazine. <a href="http://www.eatingwell.com">Eating Well</a> is the only magazine I subscribe too and I've been reading them for about 6 years now. It's healthy eating, but they refuse to sacrifice taste for anything. I made my first turkey dinner (for 14 people) from their recipe for <a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/roasted_turkey_chestnut.html"> Roast Turkey with Chestnut Stuffing</a> and it was (thankfully) a huge hit. One recipe that's a staple of mine now (that's not on their site) is their Fragrant Chickpea Stew. My favourite to look at is the French Laundry Cookbook, from which I have only dared to attempt the Gazpacho so far, which was very yummy.