Quote Originally Posted by Cataholic View Post
Not that I don't use my cookbooks for guidance any more, as I do..but a quick google search is usually my ending point. Easier, and lots of choices to select from.

In fact, I was making a quick sauce the other day, and wanted to add a little 'oomph' to it. I googled it and added two ingredients that my cookbook didn't even mention, and I wouldn't have considered! J said it was the best sauce yet.
Most recipes are guidelines. However, there are certain recipes in that cookbook that are both unavailable anywhere else and tough to beat. We have a notebook containing freelance recipes created in the kitchen and recipes from online sources, but most of those have been heavily edited/altered.

I dislike using recipes from online sources when I know I have it in a cookbook. Besides, laptops don't belong in the kitchen, and I hate printing out a recipe. The paper invariably gets destroyed in the chaos that is our kitchen.