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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
I was a little bit leary of them, for two or three reasons. Decided to go ahead and make the post anyway. Especially since all of the books were free (and I thought that that prune cookbook was just so delightful. ha).
Several months ago--maybe 6 or so--we had this discussion on the cookbooks thread about Encore Books. The prevailing opinion was that they, too, were taking recipes off of the Internet and making books out of them.
My opinion was that the books could still be valuable, because they save people the trouble of scrounging the Internet to find recipes of a particular kind. The only issue that I remember having is that you couldn't be very confident in the quality of the recipes.
I decided not to post anymore of Encore's offerings, especially any that actually cost money. I may end up doing that with Echo Bay.
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I will agree it is convenient, but by the same token it is profiting off someone else's work. I realize it is recipes and most general recipes have their origins in either "The Boston cooking school cookbook" (first cookbook to use standardized measurements), Good Housekeeping, Better Homes and Gardens, or The Joy of Cooking.
With the exception of the usual cornbread recipe. It came straight off "Aunt Jemima's cornmeal sack". Just double checked that and yes I remembered correctly. Double checked by looking on the refrigerator and the file cabinet. Both of which have copies of the recipe.