Any time my husband and I move, the kitchen is one of the first rooms to get unpacked, and one of the first things I do is look around the kitchen and adjacent space and wonder: okay, where do the cookbooks go. I love cookbooks. In the age of Pinterest, e-readers, tablets, and smart phones, one might say that cookbooks are obsolete and unnecessary. To which I say...pshhh. Cookbooks are awesome. (very well-thought out argument there, yes?). The best cookbooks are works of art that happen to be full of useful and tasty information. The intersection of form and function -- from the charity books put together by civic or church groups full of grandma's best recipes and all the classics, to the niche cookbook, from the basic workhorse, to the gourmet tome. While I love all kinds of cookbooks, my absolute favorites have a few things going for them: 1. Recipes that I want to make, with clear instructions. I mean, the point is to cook, right? 2. Well-written "other" matter -- be it introductions, chapter descriptions, or recipe descriptions. I love it when a cookbook tells a story (or many stories). 3. Gorgeous illustrations.
Reading...Cookbooks
Reading...Cookbooks
Reading...Cookbooks
Any time my husband and I move, the kitchen is one of the first rooms to get unpacked, and one of the first things I do is look around the kitchen and adjacent space and wonder: okay, where do the cookbooks go. I love cookbooks. In the age of Pinterest, e-readers, tablets, and smart phones, one might say that cookbooks are obsolete and unnecessary. To which I say...pshhh. Cookbooks are awesome. (very well-thought out argument there, yes?). The best cookbooks are works of art that happen to be full of useful and tasty information. The intersection of form and function -- from the charity books put together by civic or church groups full of grandma's best recipes and all the classics, to the niche cookbook, from the basic workhorse, to the gourmet tome. While I love all kinds of cookbooks, my absolute favorites have a few things going for them: 1. Recipes that I want to make, with clear instructions. I mean, the point is to cook, right? 2. Well-written "other" matter -- be it introductions, chapter descriptions, or recipe descriptions. I love it when a cookbook tells a story (or many stories). 3. Gorgeous illustrations.