Posts tagged: cookbooks

Get Multiple Viewpoints from Multiple Cookbooks

It has always been obvi­ous to me, but every once in a while I get the ques­tion, “Why have so many Japanese/Italian/French/Chinese/Indian/Caribbean/whatever cook­books?  You just need one of each type, right?” Maybe you would ask me the same thing. My answer is sim­ple. You get bet­ter advice and bet­ter food when you can con­sult different […]

Sunday February 14th, 2010 in , , | Comments Off

Read the Intro to Avoid Buying Crappy Cookbooks

Okay, I’ll admit it, even after amass­ing a siz­able col­lec­tion of cook­books, I still get suck­ered in and buy a crap cook­book every now and then.  I should know bet­ter, I really should, but it still hap­pens — like today, for instance. The thing about cook­books is that it’s not about the pretty pic­tures.  In […]

Thursday January 14th, 2010 in , , | Comments Off

Good Cookbooks Have Named Authors

I spend money on cook­books even though there are free recipes online, and free recipes in papers and mag­a­zines.  I spend money on cook­books with named authors even though the com­pi­la­tions by Best Cook­ing Ever Mag­a­zine are cheaper, and com­pi­la­tions titled Best Asian Food Ever are easy to find.  Why do I do this?  Because […]

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