The following is a list of my favorite cookbooks and food blogs:
The Big Yellow Cooking Bible (a/k/a Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything)
The Big Green Cooking Bible (a/k/a Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian)
Julia Child, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1
The Joy of Cooking
Larousse Gastronomique
My Uncle Greg got this one for me when I was first starting to get into cooking. It took me a few years to really appreciate its awesomeness.
Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home
Bitten
Mark Bittman's blog. He wrote both the Green and Yellow cooking bibles, writes the Minimalist column and the Bitten Blog @nytimes.com, and is into ethical eating. I love him.
Smitten Kitchen
This is, hands down, my favorite food blog. The beautiful pictures are inspiring.
Route 79
This guy single-handedly demystified Indian food for me. Updated infrequently.
Epicurious
Huge, easily searchable.
