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Joy of Cooking has been my go-to since my Gramma gave me my copy in 1991. I have many others but I rarely use them. Once in awhile I'll pull out my old Betty Crocker "Cookie book" for some ideas. I too love to collect and read the books produced by churches or other organizations, pretty simple food but usually fun with a few gems.
These days I'm most likely to Google for a recipe or go to Recipezaar or AllRecipes. I really like the peer reviewed sites because I can get a concensus on changes people made or problems with a recipe. Of course a recipe can have 700 positive reviews and still be a flop to our tastes and sometimes there is a ton of mundane recipes that have to be weeded through, but they are indespensible for me.
Pet peeve: I can look for a recipe online and find one only to have the exact same recipe copied and pasted over and over again on site after site. The whole of the internet available to millions of people and apparently once one recipe is posted, no other options or versions are needed. Sheesh.
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