I don't normally cook from cook books. I spend too much time searching the internet instead, get overwhelmed with the amount of recipes I find and stick a frozen pizza in the oven. I've always had an idea to cook through an entire cookbook (think Julie and Julia but less Julia and more Mark Bittman) so here are a few I'd start with if I got them for Christmas...
The Food Matters Cookbook by Mark Bittman
Harvest To Heat
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Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics
The Best of America's Test Kitchen
And to keep my husband happy...
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The Best of Southern Living Cookbook