Thu 27 Mar 2008
Littlest Things
Posted by The Silver Fox under Books, Eatin' n' Drinkin'
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.
March 27th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
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.
March 27th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
ditto
March 28th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
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.
March 28th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
//no one’s ever not accused me of being dork.//
I’m still trying to parse that sentence, Strongbad.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:56 pm
*sigh* the arkansas’s clawing it’s way back to the surface. dammit.