#Read4Fun Archive
Upbeat, ignited chat designed to inspire educators to #Read4Fun! 1st & 3rd Sundays at 7:00-7:30 pm EST moderated by @Dr_LMR
Sunday April 3, 2016
7:00 PM EDT
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Welcome to the chat! Excited to talk favorite cookbooks & recipes tonight! Please introduce yourself. :-) https://t.co/AlCylhjCeR
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Oooh - I bet that's got some good recipes in it Sean!
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Hi - Connie from NY. Excited to be talking cookbooks and recipes tonight!
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Welcome everyone! Please introduce yourself! Don't forget to include in all your tweets! Let's connect! https://t.co/anY1L1jlWT
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Welcome to the chat! Excited to talk favorite cookbooks & recipes tonight! Please introduce yourself. :-) https://t.co/AlCylhjCeR
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Hi Everyone! My first chat. Don't think I can contribute much as I really don't cook a lot! Kathy from CT
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Hi friends! Cooking up some fun tonight!
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Hi! Tavia, HS Lib in NC - from Norfolk, VA.
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Welcome Kimberly! Excited to be here tonight with all our peeps!
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Elizabeth, 3rd G T from NC, joining 2nite! Fun topic :)
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Hello I am a soon to be school Librarian and I am joining for the first time
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Hahaha! That's awesome! I bet you picked up some good recipes in Nashville! YUM!
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Hi Tavia! So excited to see you here at !
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Hi Everyone! Kathy from CT I really don't cook that much!
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Hi! Thanks for joining tonight!
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Hi ! Stacey from central NJ. Excited to talk cookbooks and recipes and THINK about food!
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Hi Elizabeth! So glad you made it tonight!
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Hello Katie from SC and my 1st chat with yall...will enjoy reading your tweets!
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Hello everyone Happy to be on with you at
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Hi Kathy! Excited to chat with you again! :)
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This one will be inspiring! Hi, I'm Kelly from TN.
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I made sure to have dinner first!!
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Welcome Samantha! We're so glad you could join us!
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We lost my grandparents' recipes in Floyd in 1999. Still trying to recreate as many of them as we can.
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Hi dear friend! I am looking forward to the topic, too!
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. TY...glad to be here...miss everyone @
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Hi All! this is the first time I am in a twitter chat! I'm excited! is this about cooking??
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Hi Kathy!!! So good to see you tonight!
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Howdy Stacey! Thanks for being an amazing ! Excited to chat tonight at !
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I ate with family earlier today, too!
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You too! I have so missed my friends!
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Woot-Woot! Stacey's in the house tonight!!
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And as you make it, there's a pinch here and a pinch there...
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Hi Kelly! I am hoping for some good cooking inspiration for the spring time! Woohoo! Welcome!
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We'll be back at it tomorrow!
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Hi Everyone! Jamie, MS T from MA - love baking more than cooking. Looking forward to hearing about everyone's fave cookbooks
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Hi Cheryl! Happy you are here with us!
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That's a great collection!
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Thrilled to join in this chat- I'm Allison a primary teacher in Dallas
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Yippee! Welcome, Katie! You picked a fun one tonight! Excited you are here!
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Welcome Katie! So glad to have you with us tonight. The community is amazing!
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Welcome...this is a great group ! Great way to build your PLN :)
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hands down, no fail favorite is Betty Crocker!!! Best pie crust recipe! Definitely use ice water! https://t.co/Qp1XwT97wA
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Jennifer from FL. Literacy specialist and co-founder of the chat! Love this community! Let's get chatting!
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Welcome Cheryl! So glad you're joining us tonight!
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Hi there! Glad you could join us!
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Renee, elementary media coordinator in NC!
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Hi Jamie! Love it! So happy you are here with us at !
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Hi Kelly! So glad you could join is tonight!
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Hi there! Always fun to cook on a snow day!
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Hi tweeps, it's Leslie in Mty, MX. My cookbook is digital: my brain. Loaded vegetarian nachos? https://t.co/hwjpS8MjGH
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Oh, I need to get this one!!
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Hey ! Hope you're doing well!
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Hi I'm Melynda, interventionist from TX. Love to
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That looks like a really good one and only 30 min each, bonus!
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Hi Renee! Welcome! We are so happy you are here!
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Hi friends! Melissa in NJ, excited to talk about cookbooks. :)
I'm a collector of cookbooks!
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I used tweetdeck to share a cookbook/recipe because I gotta' go make dinner.
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Anne from Charlottesville, VA.
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I hear that is the key to a good crust. I give all my credit to store-bought dough!
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Oh my gosh Leslie! These look incredible!!!! YUM!
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Yes, it was! I'd eat it every day!
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Welcome Alejandra! So glad you're joining us tonight! The community is amazing!
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Thanks! Glad to be here! It's been awhile :)
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Hi Alison. Welcome aboard https://t.co/0yli4j2aU1
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Thrilled to join in this chat- I'm Allison a primary teacher in Dallas
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Hi Melissa! Excellent! So excited to hear your recommendations!
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Thanks for sharing! Enjoy dinner!
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Hi Melynda! Welcome! We are thrilled you are here at with us tonight!
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Nice! Can't wait to hear your favorites Heather!
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Doing well. Excited to go back to school tomorrow! How are you?
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True! We also know that my grandmother added ketchup to many of her dishes...definitely not in the recipes!
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Love sneaking in veggies into my dishes from"Deceptively Delicious" just like sneaking in disciplines into my teaching.
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. One of these days I'm going to join you guys for ...heard great things!
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thanks ! :)! what's the topic for today?
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I love my book because that is mainly the way I try to eat
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That would be easy for gluten free too!
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Hi Anne! So happy you are here! :) Excited to chat about cookbooks tonight!
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Hi Lena, Yes! I ate my Hub's cooking! Lol! Yummy Persian food!
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tweeps... Come out for @ 8:30P est.
It's like reading...with your ears!
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Hi Jen! I love reading cookbooks, but have to admit that I don't actually follow recipes when I cook.
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Doing well...back to school 4 us as well! Refreshed & excited to see my kiddos :)
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That's funny! Like her 'secret' ingredient!
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Hello ! 3rd grade teacher from Texas
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Oooh, excellent! I just followed them! Excited to get this one.
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A1: "Make it fast, Cook it slow" by great for quick post-work meals
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my all time favorite is a cheesy one from the 1960s that my mom got as a gift. I always wanted the cake in it.
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A1: Looney Spoons was great, and memorable for the chili we made that we couldn't eat. Hubby mistook tsp for tbsp (pepper).
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Hi there! Thnks for joining us tonight!
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A1: Joy of Cooking is my all time favorite Cookbook. My Grammy gave it to me w/ this homemade cover! https://t.co/p7gkxU8WYM
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My fave cook book is . First cookbook/diet book I read cover to cover. Learned how to cook. Great recipes!
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When I could read, I used my Betty C rockern faithfully. Now onlit, there are so many choices that are accessible
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Hey Stacey! Long time, no see.
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the roll outs are a great second! Have used them!
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You just made me smile outloud Kelly!!!!
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I agree Allison. Just did it tonight with spinach in our pasta! Yum! Love the connection to education :)
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That's what I put as well! ;)
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Ill be seeing you f2f soon!
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I'm vegetarian & one of my fav cb's (good recipes & hilarious) is . I LOL every time I use it! https://t.co/pVTCPAwxDw
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As long as corn chips don't have gluten, I suppose so. I'm never sure about store bought chip ingredients.
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A1: My all time favorite cook book is Betty Crocker's Cookbook 1st Edition because it has been passed down from my grandmother
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Oh I need this one! Perfect for the lifestyle of us in education!
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I remember that one!! Fun with the kids!
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That is what I use all the time...LOVE them!
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Hi Grace! So happy you are here! Jump right in! We are on Q1 :)
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Q1: most useful cookbook is mad hungry bc it is about easy recipes that feed men & boys...that's my deal every day
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Love bfc530!! Hope you can join us sometime!
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just had to share the go-to favorite. Chocolate chip cookies, stuffed cabbage, banana bread.. https://t.co/aUPh2fj0GV
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A1 I love My Family Table by John Besh! Homecooking with Lousiana flare. A call for modern families to cook at home again.
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So true! We love all forms of communication! rocks!
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Hello Misty, Instructional Coach from VA hear to talk cook books with you all.
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Melissa!!! Makes me smile to see you here with us tonight!
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A1: Sneaky chef and sneaky teacher, Also one of my favs is "The Can't Cook Book!"
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A1 Either Bittman's How to Cook Everything or my grandpa's Betty Crocker cookbook that I now have.
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Love the AT & T Pioneers cookbook my mom gave me!
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. Well there went my nap! Made it! I love to !
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Sounds like one for my next Amazon order. Thanks!
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Hi Misty! Glad you could join us for some cookbook fun!
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I think you are a collector of ALL books!
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Nancy Lam 'Stirs it Up" not just a cookbook, a journey! Fun experience where the authors personality shines - makes me laugh
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Remember seeing one that was old & well-used when I first got married. Now mine is that old & well-loved one @Allegra_Brown
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After I try something the first time I usually don't follow recipes either.
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A1L I have my grandmother's Betty Crocker cookbook and the one with her personal recipes for her church. Love both of those.
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Hi Misty! Always love to see you here at ! Welcome!
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A1 My fav cookbook! I love using recipes of family/friends from the church I grew up in --- https://t.co/ENntc6cjbu
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Jumping in late . A Homemade Life by is a favourite- part cookbook part memoir.
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My favorite was a gift from my grandmother too!! Joy of Cooking!
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I think this will be a favorite tonight by many! Love it!
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Q1 My fave cookbook is my grandma's. It is the one she used most & has some of her handwritten recipes.It's a local homemakers ed.
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Thanks Jenn. Enjoy seeing you too!!
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Oh how fun! This was my son's favorite movie when he was young.
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Ones with memories attached r the best. :)
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Welcome! We are just getting started! Jump right in my friend!
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A1 Also love The Flavor Bible by Page and Essential Jacque Pepin
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A1: I still Looney Spoons by Janet and Greta Podleski....my kids loved reading the comics and helping to choose recipes
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You got it Chris! May try to even stay up for the Blab!
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Oh, you had me at "journey!" I need to get this one!
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Thinking someone could pull some books w/ a cooking class incorporating read alouds/ books with recipes That would be read for fun
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Hey ! Great to see u 2nite!
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A1: Fav cookbook is one I got while at a Thai cooking school in Chiang Mai - love cooking the food I learned about there!
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I also like the Happy Herbivore series. Very easy to understand and quick
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This one is new for me! I will have to check it out! :)
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That sounds like a great book. My boys love helping me bake & the oldest is starting to help DH cook-I will check this out.
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I love old community cookbooks and reading the notes in margins. I always write in my cookbooks too.
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Im working on creating a cookbook of my mom's recipes for my sisters for Christmas gift this year. W/ pics of mom in the kitchen.
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Oh gosh! That's one from home as well!
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Hey ! Hope all is well :)
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We need something like this. We love eating Thai, but we haven't mastered cooking it!
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Besh is awesome; love his outlook as well.
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it's a great book - oh & the food is yum (asian style) most of my cookbooks are an a journey (recipes extra!) LOL
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. Yes, and the follow up, Crazy Plates, was also good. Lots of healthy, edible, easy recipes in there.
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That is a fantastic idea! That's a great gift!
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I added special recipies in my book APPLE BATTER UP. Grandma's apple pie and crust. :)
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Me too! "This one was a fail" is often written in my handwriting.
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Hmmmm...this is QUITE an amazing idea! Yes! Incorporates so much: literacy, math, global studies, PBL!
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That is such a neat idea!
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Cookbooks with memories are the best!
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Thanks so much for sharing! So sweet!
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I framed some of my mom's faves from the 50's and 60's. They shifted a bit. Just like my cooking. https://t.co/wuitwPKf38
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Love that book. I've gifted it as well.
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Don't have a specific cookbook but my favorite recipes are the ones handed down by family
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Exactly! So many options and a great way to tie in student interest and choice
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Just made sweet potato soup and canned it. Sweet pot good for us and taste yummy.
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Val from central Florida, in for a few minutes. I don't cook and don't own a cook book :-(
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Aww.. This is so special!
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This just gave me goosebumps to my toes! I can totally picture it!
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That's my kind of thinking too!!
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Same! Our school made one years ago! And, our Hadassah Jewish Women's Chapter made one
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my kids have asked me to make one for them. How did you do it?
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Maybe tonight's chat will inspire you!
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A2: My fav recipe is for sausage balls because they are at every family event & holiday. Anyone know what they are?
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A2 My favorite thing to make is reservations so no special recipe to share tonight!
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I love combining ideas from multiple recipes. A litte of this and a little of that.
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It would be fun to make another cookbook at school!
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My mom wrote out my favorites and I have those along with some from my favorite neighbor growing up (like a gram) in a binder ❤️
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Yes! And the way it turns out a little differently based on variations.
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OH, yes please!! Need some new recipes to try over Spring Break.
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A2 My grandmother made the best Italian cookies and that was a favorite recipe when my kids were younger.
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Q2 Everyone at loves this soup (I feel like I'm giving away secrets)
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A2: Pumpkin Bread: Favorite because my son loved it! Always had to make 2 loaves-1 for him & I for others! https://t.co/ObQWu2EcOG
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A2: I love these, but for some reason we only ever eat them in CAN, not MEX. Ingreds available both places https://t.co/AFTXF1ABt8
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Giggling! I had a feeling you would say this Lena Marie! Love it!
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A1 my momma tried really hard, giving me Betty Crocker's but I never took much interest and have someone who cooks for me. :-)
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Love sausage balls! They are more addicting than Lay's Chips!
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the first time I baked a chocolate cake was with my boyfriend and we forgot to put flour!! can u believe that?? It was awful! haha
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Cooking w my daughters is my favorite activity - we love this recipe #30minutemealshttp://bit.ly/1TtVFCh
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A2 Hi from Pittsburgh, my Upside Down Apple Cake, ate one at a restaurant, found recipe, big hit every Thanksgiving
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I also have a collection of cookbooks from places that I've visited...Virginia, Maine...
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It is the best recipe to follow for me!! https://t.co/PxWIadDx50
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Giggling! I had a feeling you would say this Lena Marie! Love it!
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A2: Made this 4 son's bd once; ddn freeze as directed; 1st cut created a perfect glacier experience! https://t.co/eIClg7TmJx
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Q2 my mom's egg bake, which is eggs, bacon, bread, and cheese all mixed together and baked to a crisp on top, every Easter, xmas
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Our Life Skills teacher has her students compile a cookbook each year
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And whatever we have on hand! I'm big on improvising based on what's in the fridge or cabinets.
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A2 my fave recipe is pumpkin cookies...they are a secret family recipe from 'Alice' my favorite person when I was growing up1/2
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We're trending folks! and it's special cookbook/recipe edition is a hit!
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We're trending folks! and it's special cookbook/recipe edition is a hit!
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I'm late for a very important date! A1: Essentials of Classical Italian Cooking by Hazan- it single-bookedly taught me how to cook
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Luv ...especially the "what ingredients do I have" feature!
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So hard to pick a favorite recipe. Hmm...
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A2. My favorite recipe is for Blondies. They are so adaptable!
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I love my green pie recipe-it's a combo from 2 recipes from -quiche & green eggs
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Wow, delicious! Excited to try this!
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A2b) Omit the CCs and these are low sugar. Remind me of simpler times when mom cooked for us. I'm 40 now. https://t.co/LZ46Kdv2r7
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A2: I love to make crepes with dulce de leche! yummy!
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My mom has a Good Housekeeping cookbook from the 60's. Great meatball recipe! I have dibs!
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Just looking through the tweets now while watching the UConn women basketball team smash Oregon State
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A2. Oh dear. Have 2 bookcases of cookbooks but favs are those taught at home. Like stew needs rutabaga for flavor.
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Oooh, yummy! My family would love this on a weekend morning!
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A2 I Loved them growing up & when I moved away, married & had my son, she wrote me a letter& included the recipe ❤️ 2/2
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A2 I can make a dynamite Italian spaghetti sauce. at a Child Abuse rally & need to jump out again. Miss y'all!! Happy cooking!!
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A2 One of my 1st forays in baking was . It was a risk bc I never cook. It is often requested & now I love to bake!
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Hi Rachelle! So happy you are here! We are on Q2 sharing recipes!
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So many great recipes Thank you!
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Can't wait to go back through chat with a pen and paper to make my next grocery list.
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Love it! I think we have a copy in the Home EC lab!
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A2 My fav recipe is mom's choco chip cookies! The smell is nostalgic! She is baking them now :) https://t.co/Y3IHlivnVK
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Now you have me laughing out loud!!!!!
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And my next book order list! Yes!
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Jealous. Love Choc Chip Cookies and Mom's are always the best.
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Among favs: split pea soup made overnight; it has to simmer a long time.
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Even though I'm from TX, this good chili recipe is better than anything I've had at any restaurant! https://t.co/UmSK2VulL3
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:) You are one lucky lady :) Bug hugs my friend!
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yeah! my family will never forget about it! It was like chewing a tire!
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Jumping in late, but have to share this calorie loaded yummy! It has become a Xmas morning tradition. https://t.co/7dPa4Az9XP
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Thanks, they are so full of oatmeal that I feel no guilt in eating six at a time! :D
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Oooh, we will love these in my house! Thanks for this one Leslie! Yum!
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A2: Even though I don't eat it anymore, chicken with two lemons is my favorite recipe. Simple, delicious, a home run every time
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They are great souvenirs! Although most I don't cook from...
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No problem! Happy to share deliciousness! :)
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Oh my sainted stars! We need to share actual recipes!
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I can honestly almost taste them! That picture is divine!
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A2. Also love to make family fav garlic cream cheese dip for holidays; as good w/veggies as it is with chips.
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So when is the cookbook coming out? Can I preorder?
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So special!!! I love it too! Definitely have a shared memory it seems :)
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It's more like a dessert than a bread. Super yummy!
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This sounds REALLY yummy! Wow, a chat has never made me this hungry :)
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Is it really just chicken with 2 lemons? Sounds super easy!
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A2 Will have to find family butterscotch coffee cake & "grinola" recipes; talk about trip back to childhood!
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You just filled my heart with joy Leslie! I frequently down 6, or more!, cookies at a time!
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You are AMAZING, Stacey!!!!!!
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2 of the three cupcakes my cousin baked today. Hazelnut lava and monster cookie dough. And her cake pops. https://t.co/QXl2kTA2MT
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I must say, that picture is not her cookies! That is just a picture randomly found online! Yum though, right?
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Pair recipes with great books to read? I'm in!!
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Is there any other way? hahaha :D
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Yes, please!!! We would love to try this!!
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That is an Oldie but Goodie too. :) https://t.co/uyD3qEv4iC
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My mom has a Good Housekeeping cookbook from the 60's. Great meatball recipe! I have dibs!
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Hi Christina! Miss you in the morning!
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A2: I love this one - made it for a dinner party once but it took forever. Everyone was STARVING! https://t.co/ej3r6KC8Hj
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Oooh, this is a fantastic idea!! Community, reading, and cooking! So fun! Maybe at !
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Thanks! I think I have made everything in that folder...nit sure...
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Sounds delightful! Love cooking with pumpkin!
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WOW, time is already up! This went too fast!
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Had fun tonight! Hope you all found some great new recipes. Enjoy the rest of your night!
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A1: Fav cookbook was made by my Nana in her handwriting! Sentimental.
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Misty: There's your ticket to financial freedom!
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Everyone loves this one, easy to make, tastes great warm w/ ice cream, or chilled. Can't go wrong!
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Thanks so much for a fun chat!
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Fashionably late! Nothing like the 11th hour, but I love all Barefoot Contessa recipes. Her cookbooks are like coffee table books.
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I haven't eaten dinner yet...and oh my I want to make everything that is being posted. Yum!
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Basically cream cheese brick, splash of milk, dollop or 2 of mayo, garlic salt & pepper to taste. Mix & chill.
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I have made this, so good, great for holiday brunches :)
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This is making it really hard to stay low carb! ;) Looks yummy!
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I wonder if my , Friend and Thought Partner has weighed in on CookBook Convo? She's a master chef!
