{"id":4535,"date":"2010-09-13T12:10:16","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T16:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=4535"},"modified":"2010-09-15T14:25:39","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T18:25:39","slug":"allegra-goodmans-five-favorite-cookbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/13\/allegra-goodmans-five-favorite-cookbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegra Goodman&#8217;s Five Favorite Cookbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Allegra Goodman&#8217;s latest novel is the <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cookbook-Collector-Novel-Allegra-Goodman\/dp\/0385340850\">Cookbook Collector<\/a><em>, a story about two radically different sisters, Emily and Jessamyn Bach, both living in California during the dot-com boom at the turn of the century. Jessamyn, a graduate student studying philosophy, works for an antique book store in Berkeley, owned by a retired Microsoft millionaire named George. One day, George discovers a cookbook collection of unparalleled quality, and with the aide of Jessamyn, attempts to acquire it for himself. Goodman&#8217;s novel is littered with references to heirloom cookbooks, some I had heard of (<\/em>The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook<em>), some I hadn&#8217;t, but wished I could read. Craving more, I asked Goodman to provide <\/em>The Daily <em>with a modest list of her favorite five.<\/em> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014Thessaly La Force<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tollhousetriedandtruerecipes1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tollhousetriedandtruerecipes1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"129\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4747\" \/><\/a>1. Ruth Graves Wakefield, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Toll-House-Tried-True-Recipes\/dp\/0486235602\">Toll House: Tried and True Recipes<\/a><\/em>. This cookbook from the 1930s contains a primer for brides with instructions on how to brew coffee, bake a potato, roast a chicken and bake an apple pie.  Even I\u2014scarcely a cook at all\u2014can bake Johnnycake (Corn Bread). This book is truly useful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chinamooncookbook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chinamooncookbook.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"112\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4748\" \/><\/a>2. At the other end of the spectrum\u2014Barbara Tropp&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/China-Moon-Cookbook-Barbara-Tropp\/dp\/0894807544\">China Moon Cookbook<\/a><\/em> is my fantasy cookbook, full of recipes I love to read. I bought this book in graduate school and I&#8217;ve never tried to a single recipe. They look delicious. I love Chinese food. But you see, you have to start by making your own Ten-Spice and Cayenne Pepper Oil. You have to roll out and cut your own soba noodles. Yikes. <em>China Moon<\/em> inspired my novel <em>The Cookbook Collector<\/em> with its motif of cookbook collectors who do not cook.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/theartofjewishcooking.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/theartofjewishcooking.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"140\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4749\" \/><\/a>3. Jennie Grossinger&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Art-Jewish-Cooking-Jennie-Grossinger\/dp\/0394401069\">The Art of Jewish Cooking<\/a><\/em> is a down to earth and sensible book. My mother gave it to me when I got married, and her inscription reads: &#8220;This book contains some of my favorite recipes\u2014Enjoy, enjoy\u2014Mommy P.S. Try Chinese meatballs on p. 15.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/thecompletemeatcookbook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/thecompletemeatcookbook.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"122\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4750\" \/><\/a>4. Bruce Aidells and Denis Kelly: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Complete-Meat-Cookbook-Bruce-Aidells\/dp\/061813512X\">The Complete Meat Cookbook<\/a><\/em> a superb guide to roasts and chops for carnivores living in an all too vegetarian world. I mean really\u2014who can survive on dandelions and ruffled kale? What, as my eight year old daughter says, is the &#8220;main chorus&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/theihatetocookbook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/theihatetocookbook.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"145\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4752\" \/><\/a><\/a>5. My mother, Madeleine Goodman, was a superb and supremely unfussy cook. She liked her recipes simple, and her flavors clear and clean. I&#8217;ve come to see the difference between occasional cooks who like projects, and serious cooks who are there for you every night with a good healthy dinner. (How I miss her!)  Well, my mother adored <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0446545929\/\">The I Hate to Cook Book<\/a><\/em> by Peg Bracken. I see that this one is just now back in print, and I need to buy myself a copy, and one for my sister too. It&#8217;s very funny and also very good. Try the recipe for three bean salad. Delicious and perfectly balanced. Not too tart, like the bean salads you find at the salad bar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allegra Goodman&#8217;s latest novel is the Cookbook Collector, a story about two radically different sisters, Emily and Jessamyn Bach, both living in California during the dot-com boom at the turn of the century. Jessamyn, a graduate student studying philosophy, works for an antique book store in Berkeley, owned by a retired Microsoft millionaire named George. 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