It used to be that my one and only cooking bible was the Joy of Cooking.
I have both of my grandmothers books with their notes and 2 copies of my own...talk about overkill eh?

My favorite one in recent months has become Nourishing Traditions.
While some of the recipes seem a bit "out there", the whole book is loaded with great info and great recipes. The first recipe I attempted with this book was the banana bread. I thought it would be "healthy" to try using kamut flour...blech! Wrong! The next one I tried was the Chicken curry...OH man that was great! I even made the liver dumpling soup...DH and DD do not like liver, but they had no clue that was what they ate and they loved it!

I am still learning a lot and have some Turkish preferences in my recipes (DH is Turkish). I usually use a recipe as a guideline only and hardly ever use a measuring spoon or measuring cup...all by eye. God help my daughter if she wants my recipes...LOL

Kathy