Cooking from books

Sometimes even the best in anything need a little help. For cooks, fortunately there are more cookbooks in existence than there are people in the "Cook Islands". Yes, that's actually a country, and happens to be very conveniently named for me.

I wonder what the food is like there?

Anyway, here are a list of three books that I own and I've found to be very helpful:

• How to cook everything, Mark Bittman. (Its about 6 inches thick and it tells you how to pluck a chicken. Enough said.)
• Eat, Shrink, and be Merry, Janet Podleski, Greta Podleski.
• The Best of Gourmet: The World at Your Table (Good because its a survey of worldwide gourmet cuisine.)
• Not REALLY a book but, The Internet. You can pretty much Google a recipe for anything nowadays!
  

I have a ton more which are ridiculously unhelpful, good books are hard to find. So my advice is to pick them up and look at EVERY recipe. If you like it, buy it then and there. But if there are more than 5 you'll never make, its time to find a new book.

On a side note, I was looking for new book online, and somebody jokingly suggested this one. I won't say too much about this, except, GAG, and completely disgusting. I know I should be open minded about different types and styles of cooking, but this... no. Just no. Click if you dare.