Top 3 Cookbooks of all Time

Ok, I know we all have different things we’re after with cookbooks, but if you had to throw out all but three cookbooks on your shelf right now - what would you be keeping?

EDIT: Thank you so much to everyone so far! These are such unique suggestions. Below is a running list for easy tracking (alphabetized by Title)

  1. 1000 Spanish Recipes  by Penelope Casas https://amzn.to/4bWZr3v
  2. 660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer https://amzn.to/41CZMDV
  3. A Blessing of Bread by Maggie Glezer https://amzn.to/41CZddh
  4. Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking by Anthony Bourdain https://amzn.to/4hEfkgv
  5. Bitter: A Taste of the World's Most Dangerous Flavor, With Recipes by Jennifer McLagan https://amzn.to/3RfZXjz
  6. Bravetart by Stella Parks https://amzn.to/4by89VT
  7. Easy Weeknight Dinners from NYT Cooking by NYT & Emily Weinstein https://amzn.to/41rOq5y
  8. Eating Out Loud by Eden Grinshpan https://amzn.to/4kAXTAk
  9. Essential NYT cookbook by Amanda Hesser by Amanda Hesser https://amzn.to/3RdNJb8
  10. Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan https://amzn.to/3DQ36Ui
  11. Flour Water Salt Yeast by Ken Forkish https://amzn.to/41tBnk2
  12. Happy Skin Kitchen by Elissa Rossi https://amzn.to/3FEToVg
  13. Hello My Name Is Ice Cream by Dana Cree https://amzn.to/4kw7I2n
  14. How to Be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson https://amzn.to/4ihu1Y4
  15. In the Charcuterie, the Fatted Calf's Guide to Sausage, Salumi, Pates… by Taylor Boetticher https://amzn.to/41CvNMt
  16. Jamie Cooks Italy by Jamie Oliver https://amzn.to/41vI993
  17. Japanese Farm Food by Nancy Singleton Hachisu https://amzn.to/3DRbrqL
  18. Joy of Cooking, 7th edition by Irma S. Rombauer et al https://amzn.to/4hclLY0
  19. Jubilee by Toni Tipton-Martin  https://amzn.to/4bCVJfo
  20. La Cucina: The Regional Cooking of Italy by The Italian Academy of Cuisine https://amzn.to/3Fx7qIH
  21. Larousse Gastronomique by Librairie Larousse https://amzn.to/3Rk0X6c
  22. Love Soup by Anna Thomas https://amzn.to/4bCVdhs
  23. Made In Taiwan by Clarissa Wei https://amzn.to/3FCRSTJ
  24. Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman https://amzn.to/4bSehZn
  25. Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking by Joe Yonan https://amzn.to/4kBgDje
  26. Milk Street Tuesday Nights, by Christopher Kimball https://amzn.to/4kBhkJm
  27. Mission Vegan: Wildly Delicious Food for Everyone by Bowien & Goode https://amzn.to/4bKw7gD
  28. Modern Pressure Cooking by Catherine Phipps https://amzn.to/4hINBLE
  29. My Kitchen in Rome by Rachel Roddy https://amzn.to/3Y0uqG7
  30. New Complete Tecchniques by Jacques Pepin https://amzn.to/3RjspRC
  31. Night + Market by Kris Yenbamroong https://amzn.to/3DOmQaQ
  32. Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi https://amzn.to/41Yz74m
  33. Ruhlman's Twenty by Michael Ruhlman https://amzn.to/4iXsg22
  34. Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables by Joshua McFadden https://amzn.to/4by9sEh
  35. The Art of Living According to Joe Beef by  David McMillan , Frederic Morin
  36. The Cooking of Southwest France by Paula Wolfert https://amzn.to/43Tm6f3
  37. The Fine Art of Italian Cooking by Giuliano Bugialli https://amzn.to/4bzmXna
  38. The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by Kenji Lopez-Alt https://amzn.to/41ykvbV
  39. The Four-Hour Chef by Timothy Ferriss https://amzn.to/41UtSCU
  40. The New Family Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen https://amzn.to/41y8pja
  41. The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz https://amzn.to/41Zi7eq
  42. The Silver Spoon by The Silver Spoon Kitchen https://amzn.to/43RoNOg
  43. The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook by Dinah Bucholz https://amzn.to/4bKwiIP
  44. Veganomicon by Moskowitz & Romero https://amzn.to/3FE6hir