I learned to cook out of Fannie Farmer mostly, but I presume there's a reason you're not immediately going with the Joy of Cooking. :)
The cookbook that I first owned all on my own (around age 10) was some sort of international recipe book; I made Swedish meatballs (since I didn't grow up keeping kosher) exactly following the recipe, and decided I didn't need to do that again. That certainly taught me how to follow a recipe. :) (Hey, I found it! Yay Internets! http://www.amazon.com/Many-Friends-Cooking-International-Cookbook/dp/0399207554)
I also used the red-checkered cookbook in a binder (Better Homes & Gardens? It's still in the house...) as a twenty-something, and that was great for learning to improvise. I think I bought it because it was one of the household staples growing up. (Ditto How to Cook Like a Jewish Mother.)
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Date: 2010-07-09 01:49 am (UTC)The cookbook that I first owned all on my own (around age 10) was some sort of international recipe book; I made Swedish meatballs (since I didn't grow up keeping kosher) exactly following the recipe, and decided I didn't need to do that again. That certainly taught me how to follow a recipe. :)
(Hey, I found it! Yay Internets! http://www.amazon.com/Many-Friends-Cooking-International-Cookbook/dp/0399207554)
I also used the red-checkered cookbook in a binder (Better Homes & Gardens? It's still in the house...) as a twenty-something, and that was great for learning to improvise. I think I bought it because it was one of the household staples growing up. (Ditto How to Cook Like a Jewish Mother.)