Cookbook 246991 225352180 2008-07-13T06:29:36Z 68.109.180.184 tidying up {{for|the 2005 [[Missy Elliott]] album|The Cookbook}} A '''cookbook''' is a [[book]] that contains information on [[cooking]], and a list of [[recipe]]s. It may also contain information on ingredient origin, freshness, selection and quality, e.g., the [[Slow Food]] movement's [[ark of taste]] criteria. While western cookbooks usually group recipes for main courses by the main ingredient of the dishes, [[Cuisine of Japan|Japanese]] cookbooks usually group them by cooking techniques (e.g., [[Frying|fried]] foods, [[Steaming|steam]]ed foods, and [[Grilling|grill]]ed foods). Both styles of cookbook have additional recipe groupings such as [[soup]]s, [[sweets]]. == Famous cookbooks == Famous cookbooks from the past, in chronological order, include: *''[[De re coquinaria|De re coquinaria (The Art of Cooking)]]'' (late 4th / early 5th century) by [[Apicius]] *''[[Kitab al-Tabikh]]'' (''The Book of Dishes'') (10th century) by [[Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq]] *''[[Kitab al-Tabikh]]'' (''The Book of Dishes'') (1226) by [[Muhammad bin Hasan al-Baghdadi]] *''[[Liber de Coquina|Liber de Coquina (The Book of Cookery)]]'' (late 13th / early 14th century) by two unknown authors from France and Italy *''[[Forme of Cury|The Forme of Cury]]'' (14th century) by the Master Cooks of [[Richard II of England|King Richard II of England]] *''[[Taillevent|Viandier]]'' (14th century) by Guillaume Tirel alias [[Taillevent]] *''[[De honesta voluptate et valetudine]]'' (1475) by [[Bartolomeo Platina]] - the first cookbook printed in a native language (Italian) in 1487 *''The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digbie Knight Opened'' by [[Sir Kenelm Digby|Kenelm Digby]] (1669) *''[[The Compleat Housewife]] (first edition 1742) by Eliza Smith *''[[Art of Cookery|The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy]]'' (1747) by [[Hannah Glasse]] *''[[Le Cuisinier Royal]]'' (1817) by Alexandre Viard *''[[Modern Cookery for Private Families]]'' (1845) by Eliza Acton *''[[Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management|Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management]]'' (1861) by [[Mrs Beeton]] *''El Cocinero Puerto - Riqueño 1859 (author unknown) *''[[Pellegrino Artusi|La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene]]'' (1891) by [[Pellegrino Artusi]] *''The [[Boston Cooking-School Cook Book]]'' (1896) by [[Fannie Merritt Farmer]] *''The Settlement Cook Book'' (1901) and 34 subsequent editions by [[Lizzie Black Kander]] *Various cookbooks (between 1903 and 1934) by [[Auguste Escoffier]] *''[[The Joy of Cooking]]'' (1931) by [[Irma Rombauer]] *''[[Larousse Gastronomique]]'' (1938) *''The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook'' (1954) by [[Alice B. Toklas]] *''Cooking with the Chinese Flavor'' (1956) and subsequent books by [[Lin Yutang|Lin Tsuifeng ("Mrs. Lin Yutang")]] *''[[Mastering the Art of French Cooking]]'' (1961) by [[Julia Child]] *''Helen Gurley Brown's Single Girl's Cookbook'' (1969) by [[Helen Gurley Brown]] * The ''Fanny and Johnnie Cradock Cookery Programme'' (1970) by [[Fanny Cradock|Fanny and Johnnie Cradock]] *''[[Diet for a Small Planet]]'' (1971) by [[Frances Moore Lappé]] *''[[Moosewood Cookbook]]'' (1978) by [[Mollie Katzen]] == Usage outside the world of food == The term ''cookbook'' is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to any book containing a straightforward set of already tried and tested "[[recipe]]s" or [[instructions]] for a specific field or activity other than cooking, that others can use unchanged. Examples include a set of circuit designs in [[electronics]], a book of [[Spell (paranormal)|magic spells]], or the ''[[Anarchist Cookbook]]'', a set of instructions on destruction and living outside the law. [[O'Reilly Media]] publishes a series of books about [[computer programming]] named the [[O'Reilly_Media#Cookbook|Cookbook series]], and each of these books contain hundreds of ready to use, cut and paste examples to solve a specific problem in a single [[programming language]]. ==See also== * [[Food writing]] * [[Gourmet Museum and Library]] ==External links== {{wikibookspar|Cookbook|Cookbook}} * [http://recipes.morenciel.com/ Daily recipes] * [http://recipes.wikia.com Recipe Wiki] * [http://www.cookbookwiki.com CookbookWiki.com] A Recipe Wiki Site. * [http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/booksforcooks/booksforcooks.html Books for Cooks] - a learning resource on the history of cookery books from the British Library * [http://www.reciperadar.com Reciperadar.com] Find and share recipes. * [http://www.cookntaste.it Cookntaste.it] A digg like community for sharing and translating recipes. * [http://www.menscookbook.com The Men's Cookbook] and [http://www.womenscookbook.com The Women's Cookbook] are wiki based cookbooks that focus on styles of cooking that interest men and women. 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