What Books Changed the Way You Cook?
Discussion Post!
TGIF! Yesterday I was here ^ and today I’ll be traveling for a long time, soaking up all the gustatory pleasure of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, etc. I’ll tell you all about it next week, but for today I have a question for you, since the last discussion post was so fun. I’ve been gone for the month and I’m eager to get back home and spend some real time with my cookbooks, both old and new. So tell me in the comments—which books have changed the way you cook?
I often feel inundated with cookbooks (again, old and new), and think it’s rare to find a book that really changes for you in the kitchen. For me it’s Tamar Adler’s An Everlasting Meal, a somewhat unsurprising answer but the most honest one I can muster.
Okay, share yours in the comments, and I’ll be back next week with recs galore.
xx
i dream of dinner by ali slagle! unlike some cookbooks that have made me feel like i'm breaking federal law if i'm thinking about substitutions or not using a kitchen scale, i dream of dinner's recipes are so adaptable and include ideas for riffing, so it's helped me loosen up in the kitchen and trust my instincts when i want to use a recipe as a jumping off point rather than a strict set of instructions. (and the recipes are lovely and delicious on the many occasions when i do simply follow them, of course!)
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