First sign of a good cookbook: You check it out not once, not twice, but three times from the library.
Second sign of a good cookbook: You read the introduction and immediately add it to your Amazon wishlist.
Third sign of a good cookbook: You find yourself wanting to share this book with all the wonderful cooks you know.
Fourth sign of a good cookbook: You write a blog post about the book.
Fifth sign of a good cookbook: You discover that all you really need to do to share it is to list the table of contents...How to Use This Book and Begin Improvising...The Creative Mind-Set...Learning What Goes With What...Some Classic Flavor Affinities...Making Flavors Come to Life: Salt and Other Absolutely Essential Seasonings...The Essential Pantry: Long-Keeping Ingredients as Opportunity...Some Strategies for Improvising....
Sixth sign of a good cookbook: You find that you are so impatient to stop writing about the book and to start trying it out that you abruptly stop right in the middle of your post and hit publish....
I'd really like to read more cookbooks like this. Any recommendations?
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so I assume this is a good cookbook? lol
ReplyDeleteseriously, I think the ability to improvising is a sure sign of a good cook.
I don't think that I really knew how important improvisation is until I got old.
ReplyDeleteImprovisation is definitely an acquired skill. This looks like a great cookbook.
ReplyDeleteI'm especially interested in thinking about the chapter on learning what goes with what.
ReplyDeleteThis cookbook looks very intriguing!
ReplyDeleteI hope to find some others like it.
ReplyDeleteSeventh Sign of a Good Book: All your blog commenters immediately rush out to get the book after reading the other six signs. :D
ReplyDeleteI would say you got your point across :D.
Thanks for the fun, enthusiastic post!
Seventh Sign: All your blog commenters immediately rush out to get the book after reading the other six signs. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fun post!
Love this post, Deb! I'm going to see if my library has this cookbook.
ReplyDeleteI don't know that I've ever seen such a positive recommendation for a cookbook! I'm putting this on hold at the library - I hope I'm as enthusiastic about it as you are!
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize until I read this book that cooking could be so improvisational!
ReplyDeleteI would recommend any cookbooks by Jeffrey Alford and/or Naomi Duguid. Definitely my favorite foodie writers.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recommendation, Janel.
ReplyDeleteYou sold me!!!
ReplyDeleteI was looking at this one at the library the other day. I'll have to check it out!
ReplyDeleteI love looking at cookbooks-I am trying to think of one to add for you and for as many I have I cannot think of one for you.
ReplyDeleteFor me, this is a revolutionary cookbook. I like to try things. This book encouraged me to take a chance.
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