Cookbooks

I have so many cookbooks that I have bought or had given to me over the years that just sit on a shelf and collect dust.  I have my Five Roses one  in the kitchen.  The pages are all stained with everything imaginable, the pages are dog eared, some of the pages have now gone missing but I would not trade it for anything.  The recipes are classic and up to date, with all I need to know to prepare anything I want.  My Mother used one and even used it to make some of her products for the bakeshop she had.  She adjusted some of the recipes to fit larger batches and she tested some different ingredients for other things but basically used the same recipes she found in her Five Roses Cookbook.