Crazy Good e-Book Bargains

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Seven cookbooks for me so far this week.

 

[Porthos]

You got me with the Encyclopedia of Spices and Herbs.

[FauxPas]

Saladish: A Crunchier, Grainier, Herbier, Heartier, Tastier Way with Vegetables, by Ilene Rosen, which was mentioned in the Cookbooks 2018 thread, is only $2.99 right now on Amazon US, I am not currently a Prime member. 

 

 

[Toliver]

The yin & yang of bargain-priced books on Amazon...the first book has 225 recipes. The second cookbook has 75 recipes. Both currently selling for the same low price.

 

"Ultimate Appetizer Ideabook: 225 Simple, All-Occasion Recipes" Kindle Edition $1.99US

 

Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee's "Quick & Easy Korean Cooking: More Than 70 Everyday Recipes (Gourmet Cook Book Club Selection (Paperback))" Kindle Edition $1.99US

 

I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

[kayb]

Had to spring for the appetizer book. Those and brunch are my favorite things to cook. And eat.

 

[Anna N]

3 hours ago, kayb said:

Had to spring for the appetizer book. Those and brunch are my favorite things to cook. And eat.

 

Damn you!  I had resisted and thought I was in the clear but like you, my favourite things to make and to eat are little dishes. 

[kayb]

4 hours ago, Anna N said:

Damn you!  I had resisted and thought I was in the clear but like you, my favourite things to make and to eat are little dishes. 

 

Happy to take my turn as Enabler of the Day.

 

[Toliver]

I started with my BookBub email pick and found the other three international-themed cookbooks along the way:

 

"Country Cooking: 175 Fun and Flavorful Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner" Kindle Edition $1.99US

 

"Coconut. Ginger. Shrimp. Rum.: Caribbean Flavors for Every Season" Kindle Edition $1.20US

 

"Food From Across Africa: Recipes to Share" Kindle Edition $2.99US

 

"Spain: Recipes and Traditions from the Verdant Hills of the Basque Country to the Coastal Waters of Andalucia" Kindle Edition $2.99US

Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes.
Scroll down to see the very odd layout of the recipes themselves. All of the measurements/ingredients aren't laid out plainly to see...they're lumped together into a paragraph. I guess that's one way to make sure you read the cookbook carefully.

 

I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

1 hour ago, Toliver said:

I started with my BookBub email pick and found the other three international-themed cookbooks along the way:

 

"Country Cooking: 175 Fun and Flavorful Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner" Kindle Edition $1.99US

 

"Coconut. Ginger. Shrimp. Rum.: Caribbean Flavors for Every Season" Kindle Edition $1.20US

 

"Food From Across Africa: Recipes to Share" Kindle Edition $2.99US

 

"Spain: Recipes and Traditions from the Verdant Hills of the Basque Country to the Coastal Waters of Andalucia" Kindle Edition $2.99US

Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes.
Scroll down to see the very odd layout of the recipes themselves. All of the measurements/ingredients aren't laid out plainly to see...they're lumped together into a paragraph. I guess that's one way to make sure you read the cookbook carefully.

 

I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

 

I have a copy of Spain, and you must be looking at something other than what I'm seeing.  After an explanation of the recipe the ingredients are laid out line by line in English and metric units.  Then follow the numbered steps to prepare the recipe.  Cookbooks can't get much clearer.  One small complaint for a Kindle book, some of the techniques are referenced to a different page for directions.  I dislike having to flip around through a Kindle book.  However when these off page references are given there is a hyperlink to make navigation less painless.

 

I also have Morocco by the same author.  Highly recommended.  Unlike with recipes in @Wolfert's wonderful books covering the same cuisines there does not seem to be stuff left out or left to imagination.  Granted I have not made as wide an assortment of these recipes as I have from Wolfert, although a shrimp recipe has been a staple (or at least was back when I could get good shrimp).

 

 

Edit:  I checked the "look inside" preview and indeed the ingredients appear as @Toliver says.  Thankfully my copy of the book is not formatted that way!

 

Edited November 5, 2018 by JoNorvelleWalker (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

And I had to pick up a copy of Coconut. Ginger. Shrimp. Rum.: Caribbean Flavors for Every Season.  Any book that extolls rum as a wonder drug is good enough for me.

 

[Toliver]

I found this cookbook this afternoon.

It has a similar title to one of her other cookbooks, "Everyday Italian..." which is still sale-priced. See the link for that cookbook in the top post on this page.

 

Giada De Laurentiis' "Everyday Pasta" Kindle Edition $2.99US

Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes.

 

I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

[Toliver]

From this morning's BookBub email...plus one other I found stumbling around:

 

"Marinades, Rubs, Brines, Cures and Glazes: 400 Recipes for Poultry, Meat, Seafood, and Vegetables" Kindle Edition $1.99US

Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the long list of recipes (400!) from the book.

 

"Preservation Pantry: Modern Canning From Root to Top & Stem to Core" Kindle Edition $.99US

Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes, sorted by the fruit/veggie/spice involved in the recipe.

 

I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

[Porthos]

Marinades ... is now in my library.

[kayb]

Thank you, Amazon, for telling me when I've already bought a book.

[Porthos]

On 11/1/2018 at 10:13 PM, Porthos said:

You got me with the Encyclopedia of Spices and Herbs.

I appreciate having all of the various chile- chili-chilli peppers in one place.

[Toliver]

From my BookBub email this morning:

 

Winner of the International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for best baking book...Named to the James Beard Baker’s Dozen list of thirteen indispensable baking books of all time -

Carol Field's "The Italian Baker, Revised: The Classic Tastes of the Italian Countryside--Its Breads, Pizza, Focaccia, Cakes, Pastries, and Cookies" Kindle Edition $1.99US

There's a recipe from the book for a Pear Tart on the Amazon info page for this cookbook.
One reviewer said there weren't enough pictures of finished recipes. Another reviewer said a lot of illustrations in the original book were replaced by photographs in the revision. YMMV.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

33 minutes ago, Toliver said:

From my BookBub email this morning:

 

Winner of the International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for best baking book...Named to the James Beard Baker’s Dozen list of thirteen indispensable baking books of all time -

Carol Field's "The Italian Baker, Revised: The Classic Tastes of the Italian Countryside--Its Breads, Pizza, Focaccia, Cakes, Pastries, and Cookies" Kindle Edition $1.99US

There's a recipe from the book for a Pear Tart on the Amazon info page for this cookbook.
One reviewer said there weren't enough pictures of finished recipes. Another reviewer said a lot of illustrations in the original book were replaced by photographs in the revision. YMMV.

 

Thanks!

 

[ElsieD]

And so.....she added another Kindle book to her rapidly growing collection.  Thank you @Toliver.    What I REALLY need is a book on candy making,  not chocolate particularly, but fudge, hard candies, toffies, etc.

[Anna N]

7 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

And so.....she added another Kindle book to her rapidly growing collection.  Thank you @Toliver.    What I REALLY need is a book on candy making,  not chocolate particularly, but fudge, hard candies, toffies, etc.

See if you can get hold of a copy of Candymaking by our very own @Chocolot— Ruth Kendrick. 

Edited November 10, 2018 by Anna N (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

1 hour ago, ElsieD said:

And so.....she added another Kindle book to her rapidly growing collection.  Thank you @Toliver.    What I REALLY need is a book on candy making,  not chocolate particularly, but fudge, hard candies, toffies, etc.

 

Candy Is Magic

 

Was $1.99 when it was posted.

 

[ElsieD]

13 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Candy Is Magic

 

Was $1.99 when it was posted.

 

 

Thanks for taking the time to post this.  Unfortunately it is no longer $1.99.

[Toliver]

Some new cookbooks from today's TASTE email, some previously posted but notable cookbooks on sale again:

 

Yotam Ottolenghi's "Ottolenghi: The Cookbook" Kindle Edition $2.99US

There are two recipes you can download on this cookbook's Amazon info page.
Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the main index followed by a long list of recipes included in the book. Scroll down towards the end to see a few actual recipes.

 

"Moosewood Restaurant Book of Desserts" Kindle Edition $2.99US

Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the main index followed by a long list of recipes included in the book. Scroll down towards the end to see a few actual recipes.

 

"Tartine All Day: Modern Recipes for the Home Cook" Kindle Edition $2.99US

From the Amazon info page for this cookbook:
"A comprehensive cookbook with 200 recipes for the way people want to eat and bake at home today, with gluten-free options, from James Beard Award-winning and best-selling author Elisabeth Prueitt, cofounder of San Francisco's acclaimed Tartine Bakery."
Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes included in the book.

 

Karen Mordechai's "Sunday Suppers: Recipes + Gatherings" Kindle Edition $1.99US
No listing of a recipe index, but she's posting menus and the recipes for them. You can see some recipes using the "Look Inside" feature.

 

Not sure if this is a Kindle "single" since it only has 60 recipes in it:
"The Southern Slow Cooker: Big-Flavor, Low-Fuss Recipes for Comfort Food Classics" Kindle Edition $2.99US

 

The cookbooks below have been on sale before...I'm re-posting them in case anyone missed them the first time. Note that the David Chang cookbook has a slightly higher price than the normal bargain-priced books that I post:

 

Eric Ripert's "Le Bernardin Cookbook: Four-Star Simplicity" Kindle Edition $2.99US

 

David Chang's "Momofuku" Kindle Edition $3.99US

There is a recipe for "Ginger Scallion Noodles and Ginger Scallion Sauce" posted on this cookbook's Amazon info page. 

 

Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition): 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food" Kindle Edition $2.99US

 

"Lidgate's: The Meat Cookbook: Buy and cook meat for every occasion" Kindle Edition $.99US

 

I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

[Toliver]

Two that I found this evening:

 

Lucinda Scala Quinn's "Lucinda's Rustic Italian Kitchen" Kindle Edition $1.99US
You may recognize her from her "Mad Hungry" series or as a co-host of "Everyday Food".
Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes.

 

"The Farmer's Cookbook: A Back to Basics Guide to: Making Cheese, Soups and Stews, Curing Meat, Preserving, Baking Bread, Fermenting, Pies and Cookies, and More (The Handbook Series)" Kindle Edition $2.99US
Organized by months of the year, each month has it's own list of recipes. 
Use the "Look Inside" feature to see a sample of this.

 

I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

[kayb]

It is your mission in life to cost me money. And you do it well.

 

[Toliver]

From this morning's BookBub email...a cookbook published 8 years ago:

 

A James Beard Award–winning field guide...Mark Bitterman's "Salted: A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes" Kindle Edition $1.99US

 

I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.