Comments on: Look What I Found: New Cookbooks

By: Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:39:32 +0000

What gender divide? Many great cooks are men. Many women are loathe to boil water. For many of us, a new cookbook is the map to new treasures.

By: Belle

Belle — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:04:47 +0000

I hadn’t heard of Pioneer Woman until recently – her cookbook sounds great (I’d love to read her memoirs!).

We do most of our cookbook shopping at Costco – it is such a dangerous spot for us, because both Ward and I love reading cookbooks. We also pick up a fair number of cookbooks online in the bargain books section – one of our favorites is called Japanese Pure and Simple by Kimiko Barber which we bought for $6.99 or some ridiculously low price like that, and it’s a wonderful cookbook!

By: Jenners

Jenners — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:50:18 +0000

How neat to see a blogger making the leap from blog world to publishing a real book. : )

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:14:42 +0000

Cookbooks define the gender divide. Genevieve will sometimes start to read a recipe to me out of a cookbook, nearly breathless with delight, as if it was the most inspiring poetry ever set to page. Genevieve: “this is an amazing cookbook, listen to this – two cups of flour, a cup of sugar, TWO pinches of salt (wow!), and one gargoolian ramboton …” Christopher: [yawn, not looking away from car chase on TV] “yes, wow, that sounds incredible.” Genevieve: “and then you add one egg, and some baking soda … doesn’t that just sound amazing?” Christopher: “Indeed. I bet you couldn’t make it though, sounds too complicated.” [this is an effective negative psychology technique]. Genevieve: “oh yeah? well just watch this …” Christopher: [smiles smugly] “I’m going to continue watching my show with lots of explosions and car chases ….”
But her effective negative psychology technique is to read recipes in my general direction until I buy her more cookbooks to read, since I know she loves them so …

Cx

By: Stacy

Stacy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:45:26 +0000

That first one looks like a great one for Fall. I’ll have to look for it.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:21:17 +0000

I love to page through cookbooks.

By: Ti

Ti — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:57:51 +0000

I used to follow The Pioneer Woman religiously but she got big quickly and to me, lost that personal side. Her site is very commericial now. However, I would probably still give her cookbook a whirl as I’ve made many of her recipes in the past.

By: Beth F

Beth F — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:52:01 +0000

Two nice finds!! I’ve been trying to avert my eyes from cookbooks. I really, really don’t need more.

By: rhapsodyinbooks

rhapsodyinbooks — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:48:03 +0000

The cover of The Blue Heron Ranch reminds me a bit of Moosewood, one of my favorite cookbooks ever – and that’s a cookbook I love so much not only for the recipes but partially because of the FONT, if you can believe it!

By: gautami tripathy

gautami tripathy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:04:23 +0000

Finding cookbooks is great! I love to read about new recipes! Here is mine: Friday Find: Waiting for Columbus by Thomas Trofimuk