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It appears that everyone who knows me and wanted to get me a Christmas gift thought I needed a new cookbook this year. I am not complaining about this, as they are really good books, it’s just sort of funny that I would receive 4 cookbooks on one day.
The kids picked out Victor Sodsook’s “True Thai: The Modern Art of Thai Cooking”, in which the first 11 recipes are for curry pastes (I **heart** curry paste). It looks like a lovely book from which I can’t wait to cook and learn; my only complaint here is that it does not have color photographs.
My sister sent a little book dedicated biscotti. Mmmmm. I love biscotti.
From Davie-O I received a “The Complete Guide To Indian Cooking”, which does include color photos and a glossary of Hindi words. Mmmmm. I also love Indian food. He also picked up James Peterson’s “Splendid Soups”. For those of you not deep into the world of cookbooks, Mr. Peterson was the one who wrote the little gem “Sauces”. Yep, he was able to devote roughly 500 pages on the topic of sauce. I do not own that particular book, but have eyed it with envy many times. The soup book is 600 pages, with just a few lovely photos, with the goal of teaching the reader the chemistry of a delicious soup and how to make up your own.
What, oh WHAT, shall I make first?
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You too? ME TOO! The Pie & Pastry Bible by Rose Birnbaum, as well as her Lovely Cakes; One Pot Meals; How to Cook Everything. Also, the Italian issue of Cook’s Illustrated. So, really 4 1/2. I already have two shelves jammed with cookbooks, so CLEARLY I needed more…
Comment by Turi December 28, 2009 @ 5:21 amTuri, I decided to turn a critical eye to my shelves and pare them down before I put the new books on them. Because some cookbooks? Yeah, they’re just not that good.
Comment by elle December 28, 2009 @ 10:30 pm