June 2021 Progress Update
We’re about six months into the project. Here’s a snapshot of how it’s going!
After starting with 18 cookbooks and 172 total chapters, I have completed 20 recipes! I’ve been having so much fun trying new things in the kitchen and enjoying all the delicious results. The messes have ranged from quick to daunting, but they’ve all been cleaned up. It’s been such a joy taking photos and documenting all of my kitchen adventures.
With this project, I wanted to use the cookbooks I loved reading to make brand new recipes. I started with the cookbooks I had in my own kitchen, knowing that I had even more stored back at my parents’ house. I recently picked those up so that I could add them to the official cookbook lineup!
I will also admit that actually using my current cookbooks has been a fabulous justification to buy even more. How could I resist?
Taking all that into account, here is an updated cookbook lineup. The official totals now stand at 28 cookbooks with 224 chapters!
Original Lineup
America's Test Kitchen 20th Anniversary TV Show Cookbook 14 chapters (3 complete)
America's Test Kitchen Cooking School Cookbook 17 chapters (2 complete)
America's Test Kitchen The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook 17 chapters (2 complete)
America's Test Kitchen The Perfect Cookie 10 chapters (2 complete)
Baking Illustrated from Cook's Illustrated 8 chapters
Best Loved Cookies & Bakeshop Favorites from Taste of Home 19 chapters
Betty Crocker Cooking Basics 7 chapters
Joy the Baker Cookbook by Joy Wilson 5 chapters (2 complete)
Martha's American Food by Martha Stewart 6 chapters (3 complete)
Seriously Delish by Jessica Merchant 8 chapters
Simple Comforts from Sur la Table 6 chapters
Small-Batch Baking by Debby Maugans Nakos 8 chapters (2 complete)
S'mores by Lisa Adams 5 chapters
The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook by Kate Macdonald 4 chapters
The Complete Cook's Country TV Show Cookbook 11 chapters (2 complete)
The French Chef Cookbook by Julia Child 13 chapters (1 complete)
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman 7 chapters
Vintage Cakes by Julie Richardson 7 chapters (1 complete)
Cookbooks from Back Home
Great Party Fondues by Peggy Fallon 4 chapters
Truffles by Dede Wilson 4 chapters
Afternoon Tea by Susannah Blake 4 chapters
Sprinkle Bakes by Heather Baird 4 chapters
The Essential Fingerfood Cookbook by Bay Books 8 chapters
Handheld Pies by Sarah Billingsley & Rachel Wharton 4 chapters
New Purchases
On Boards by Lisa Dawn Bolton 4 chapters
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines 6 chapters
Everyday Dinners by Jessica Merchant 7 chapters
Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics by Ina Garten 7 chapters
