When did it start? I'm really not sure, perhaps it was those first few cookbooks that my grandmother gave me? Or maybe it is an inherent genetic obessions--my other grandmother has always been obsessed with cookbooks and perhaps she passed it on to me.
Regardless, I love them and devour them like novels. I probably read two to three cookbooks a week that I check out from the library. I copy the recipes I like from each and organize them into various categories in large three-ring binders. I also have a large collection of vintage cookbooks that I purchased (and continue to purchase, can you have too many cookbooks?) from used bookstores, the library bookstore and other sources. What do you do with so many cookbooks? You can't possibly use them all? Cook from them all? Perhaps not, but I like the narrative. I like the voice of the authors. I may only find a single recipe in each that inspires me or that I make, but the entire book could create a paradigm shift in my kitchen like none before. Who knows?
This is a place of reflection. A place to think about these books that I obsess over: the old and the new. Are there other cookbook obsessed people out there? I think there are...
CookbookKing
Regardless, I love them and devour them like novels. I probably read two to three cookbooks a week that I check out from the library. I copy the recipes I like from each and organize them into various categories in large three-ring binders. I also have a large collection of vintage cookbooks that I purchased (and continue to purchase, can you have too many cookbooks?) from used bookstores, the library bookstore and other sources. What do you do with so many cookbooks? You can't possibly use them all? Cook from them all? Perhaps not, but I like the narrative. I like the voice of the authors. I may only find a single recipe in each that inspires me or that I make, but the entire book could create a paradigm shift in my kitchen like none before. Who knows?
This is a place of reflection. A place to think about these books that I obsess over: the old and the new. Are there other cookbook obsessed people out there? I think there are...
CookbookKing