If I do cook german cuisine, I will usually use Henriette Davidis book, it is detailed yet simple, and unpretentious, which I don't often find in good cookbooks.
Apparently the db even has her book in English, so if people here are interested in cooking german food, I think it is a really good recommendation.
One of my favorite aspects is how she will usually give recommendations about using everything that you might usually think is trash. If you're cooking on a budget, these old cookbooks are actually incredibly helpful.
If you ever want to cook Austrian cuisine, the definitive book is "Die Gute Küche" by Plachutta. If you can find a used old copy, it's pretty much in plain text so it's very easy to run it through OCR translation.
Apparently the db even has her book in English, so if people here are interested in cooking german food, I think it is a really good recommendation.
One of my favorite aspects is how she will usually give recommendations about using everything that you might usually think is trash. If you're cooking on a budget, these old cookbooks are actually incredibly helpful.