The Yes of Yes
The Washington Post book blog has a post about Four Books that Changed the Way I Eat. While I always covet new cookbooks I can’t say any book has ever changed the way I eat. People have changed the way I eat – hanging out with folks who consider food to be a big deal certainly certainly changed my attitude towards food and eating. (This was in stark contrast to the way I grew up. Ask my sister about ‘after-school snacks’ if you doubt me.) Moving into a place with a decent kitchen helped as well. The Cave served just fine as a bachelor’s den, but it wasn’t really suited for lots of cooking.
Related: a brief interview with Marcella Hazan, author of the Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking. From which I pulled several different zucchini recipes this summer.
N.B. – Added another entry to the Larder. Autumn is soup season.
While the cookbooks I have gathered along the way throughout the years haven’t had a grand impression on changing the way I eat one did shape the way that I eat and continues to do so. My mother received it as a wedding gift, and after seeing it beat up and falling apart from much dear use I was given a reprint of it a few years back as a gift. It’s wonderful. It has simple recipes, easy ingredients, everything you ever wanted to know about food and how to choose, handle, prepare, etc. Really, the one to give that person who knows nothing and have them end up actually making a fabulous meal.
“Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook” http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?r=1&ean=0399513884