How many cook books do you own?

I dont have many literally only a couple as I tend to use the internet to search for new ideas. However, I do wish I had more! I dont think you could have too many though I probably think around twenty would be a good number as if you have too many you probably wouldnt use them all.

I really need to purchase some cook books. I only have one cook book to my name. I purchased it over fifteen years ago. It is a cook book with apple recipes, I have only made one item out the whole cook book since I purchase it. It was a apple crisp reciep and it comes out great, Maybe one day I will try some of the other recipes.

I have 2 shelves full of cookbooks. I use at least half of them, and seem to buy up more all the time. I love having a variety of things that I can cook. I know that if I'm ever in the mood for a particular something I should have a recipe for it!

I own, 3. That is more then I will ever need. I also own two cooking dictionaries. I own Professional Cooking, by Wayne Gisslen, The French Laundry by Thomas Keller, and The Chef's Compendium of Professional Recipes by John Fuller and Edward Renold. I guess I also got this cooks record book, that is basically a journal, that I have never taken the time to fill out, in my stocking a few years ago. That is more then anyone ever "needs", they explain the basics, and The French Laundry is Fine Dining, at its best. All recipes(except baking) are just guidelines and open to interpretation, and experimentation with the possibility of improvement. My wife has well over 50, and this is after I snuck 40 some into a to sell box, she noticed and seemed to be okay with it though, so I didn't get in too much trouble, odd thing is, I think I have seen her use a Cook Book, 10 times in 5 years.... Sincerely and With Appreciation.

well my mother owned a cabinet full of cookbooks. ranging from chinese to western but they are basically not used at all because she dont use their recipes

I own a plethora of cookbooks, too many to count. They are my major source of reading material and I love to look at the pictures. Even though I can now get recipes off the internet, it's more fun to look through the books and enjoy the illustrations. Some of my cookbooks are well-worn and stained; those are my standards. I'd be lost without them, even though I often devise my own recipes. Aside from being valuable reading material, to me, cookbooks are works of art.

I probably have about 15 also. There are two I refer to a lot and I have my own book of recipes that I have. Really, I should go through the books I only dip into and copy out the useful recipes and then pass them on or sell them. Too many is any book you don't use!

I dont collect cook books but my mother in law has them like a whole shelf of cookbooks. I actually like looking at cookbooks because food really looks good. I wanted to buy some cook books but they are expensive. My mother also has cookbooks but not as many as what my mother in law has.

I don't own any cook books but my mom does.lol I never did bought something like that but I wanted to have those as a collection although I'm not usually cooking I still want to have those to somehow learn some nutrition facts of food. Guess I'm the only one who would acquire my moms cookbooks soon if I'll be a mother.

I used to own hundreds, I collected them but got rid of every one of them when I moved to a much smaller house But in my head and on my hard drive there are millions of recipes, I also write and sell low fat recipe e-books . I am shocking for tearing recipes out of magazines in doctors and dentist waiting rooms too!!!!

I have a number of books from a to z. But I have not even start cooking yet. Am bad at cooking. I bought those books so my mom can follow for cooking. I love cakes. Most recipe books I bought are pastries.

I have three, I use them every time I can't decide what to cook or if I bough some ingredients that I don't know how to cook or if there is an special occasion or if I want to show off to my family on cooking international cuisine.

I enjoy cooking and have a few cook books in my collection on counting them I have eight. One is a jamie oliver cook book swhich is great and I think i use this one the most, the other ones are basic cooking, pastry cook books and one is a cook book for making curries, infact without them i would be lost.

I dont have cook books now, but i wish to have it in future,iam very much interrested in cooking now, since iam married and i going to have a baby now

I don't own any cook books but my mom does.lol I never did bought something like that but I wanted to have those as a collection although I'm not usually cooking I still want to have those to somehow learn some nutrition facts of food. Guess I'm the only one who would acquire my moms cookbooks soon if I'll be a mother.

I am a huge collector of cook books, and at the moment at a guess I would say I have perhaps 50. But that is without the magazines that I have... Everytime I do a grocery shop, I end up buying the most recent cook book, I don't always refer to them, but I do like to try out new things, and I think I have at the moment 200+ magazines stacked up lol...