Best Recipe Sources

[T.G]

Originally Posted by T.G

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For Italian, I would recommend "The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Italian" by the late Jeff Smith. Wonderful book - four hundred something authentic and old world recipes all adapted for the American kitchen, history & cooking techniques. I've been using my copy since it was first released about 20 years ago now. I'm pretty sure it's long since out of print, so, if you buy, I would recommend the hardcover version, over the paperback, as the paperbacks are probably falling apart at this point.
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Looks like hard cover versions are on ebay starting at 99 cents + S/H.

And I was off on the age, it's only a 17 year old book now. I must have been thinking of one of his other books that I also own.