Oaktoncook
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Tue 01 Jan 2013 03:45:18 GMT
This is one of my favorite of all of my favorite type of food book. Tamar Adler has a gift with words, and in the...
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mm107
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Thu 19 Jul 2012 22:01:24 GMT
If you are tired, or frustrated, or don't feel like cooking, please read this book!
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An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace
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Era
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Mon 10 Dec 2012 18:51:54 GMT
I do love this book - a chapter after dinner. Other than making croutons from stale bread and roasting veg in big trayloads, I actually do very few of these frugal-tastic type exercises. Nevertheless, this is a fully satisfying book. A bit like Kingsolver's year of living seasonally, or whatever that's called, where you get to enjoy someone else's hard work and moral superiority from the comfort of your sofa!
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Trisha
Mon 17 Dec 2012 13:49:53 GMT
I have to say I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, I really appreciate the thinking and concepts of where she is coming from, and I would like to put some of her concepts into practice. On the other hand, her writing...I understand she is trying to a degree to emulate MFK Fisher, but her writing style for me is really not to my taste. Too precious, too directive, or something I can't quite put my finger on. But then again, I am a very straightforward no nonsense type with cookery books...if you are the same, I would still give this a try, but maybe check it out of the library first.
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Mon 17 Dec 2012 16:57:14 GMT
I believe that your advice to "check it out of the library first" is well founded. Especially now, when most new cook books are priced at $35 to $50 a pop. My county library system receives most new books within 3 to 4 weeks of release. Those who enjoy a similar library system and possess the patience to wait to read new cook books on approval, can avoid costly disappointment.
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Era
Mon 17 Dec 2012 20:07:19 GMT
I totally know what you mean about the 'tone' Trisha - sometimes it veers pretty close to hectoring/smug! And chef_ub - thank goodness for libraries, I'm currently trialling Jamie Oliver's new book (great tv series, less great cookbook).
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