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I am in a rut.
By Kristen | January 9, 2008
The boring kind of rut, too, not the fun rutting-like-crazed-weasels kind.
January kicks my ass pretty solidly every year. I bought a HappyLight® last year — an amazing device with an incredibly stupid name — and its fake sunlight tricks my brain into thinking it’s at least April-ish. Pre-HappyLight, winter was a lot worse, but even with it, I still feel… well, kind of stupid. I can’t even come up with a better way to describe how I feel. Just kind of slow and spaced out.
Anyway, I think it would help if I picked up some new cookbooks. Here’s what I’ve requested from the library thus far:
[Edit: Okay, Amazon’s falling down on the job here.]
I’ve got Mark Bittman’s The Minimalist Cooks Dinner
Further suggestions?
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January 9th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
http://www.amazon.com/Baking-Illustrated-Best-Recipe-Classic/dp/0936184752
January 9th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Do you have Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone? Deborah Madison’s recipes always seem to work and (though I hesitate to use a term like this)she has an excellent and sophisticated palate. Her recipes always have that extra twist of ingredients that create something that is more than the sum of its parts, and they’re always things you’d never come up with yourself. I feel as if I learn something whenever I cook from her recipes.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Try Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero. I’m not vegan and I still think it’s amazing, plus the narrative is delightfully sassy and not at all preachy. Also, Madhur Jaffrey’s World Vegetarian is huge, comprehensive, and sorts by ingredient.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Just a heads up to everyone: if you post more than one link in your comment, it gets flagged, so it may not appear immediately.
I’m waiting to get Veganomicon from the library.
Sadly, I’m going to pass on the Madhur Jaffrey right now. I know the book isn’t all Indian food, but until I get an appointment with an allergist so I can determine what, exactly, is in Indian food that makes me almost pass out, I’m going to play it safe and avoid anything I don’t already cook with.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Let me know your thoughts on the “How to Cook Everything” cookbook. Some of the recipes are good, some are just so-so and others suck. There’s a very wide margin. But, then again, it’s a massive collection of recipes and I guess not all of them can be grand, huh?
January 10th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Speaking of Cooks Illustrated, I got this from Santa and can’t stop looking through it: http://tinyurl.com/28jmxg
I gave the How to Cook Everything book. Sorry to hear it isn’t a winner, Andrea. I was assured that it was. Bummer.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
I’m sorry Alyce! The one thing I like about the book is that everything I ever want to make — it has the recipe for it. It’s just hit or miss on the recipes. The eggnog was a disaster but a shrimp recipe was very good. I think that’s Mark Bittman’s way. I think the point is to not be afraid to tweak some of the recipes.