Littlest Things

Between the collections that The Intended and I brought along when we moved in together (and two recent purchases en route), there’s a fair number of cookbooks lining the shelf in our kitchen. So what I’m kind of curious about is – do folks treat their cookbooks strictly as reference material, plucking them from the shelf when looking for specific information? Does anyone read their cookbooks like a novel – i.e. cover-to-cover and front-to-back?

Me, I treat ‘em like reference books. But there are cookbooks I could see myself curling up in a chair with, like the gorgeous Pork and Sons.

5 comments to Littlest Things

  • It depends on the book. I read smaller ones like a novel – Zucchini or my new Tate’s. Bigger ones are reference.

    A rule seems to be that if it’s a singular subject (French food, one bakery’s specialties) then it’s a read through. Anything that functions like an encyclopedia – multiple pages on multiple categories – should be treated as such.

  • chewy

    i tend to read most of mine and then use them for reference or a place to shop for inspiration. no one’s ever not accused me of being dork.

  • //no one’s ever not accused me of being dork.//

    I’m still trying to parse that sentence, Strongbad.

  • chewy

    *sigh* the arkansas’s clawing it’s way back to the surface. dammit.

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