Food Culture

[tinyjo]

I like to read recipe books. I even sometimes cook from them, but in my heart of hearts, I don't think of myself as the sort of cook who makes fancy stuff very often, so mostly I just browse them.

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[timscience.livejournal.com]

I find myself looking through them, thinking "ooh that looks nice", then cooking something similar to teh recipe but not the same*.

*This sometimes but not always involves adding chilli

[jinty]

If you had the Jamie 30 min meals book you wouldn't need to add extra chilli. All his recipes seem to include it, to my chagrin.

[jinty]

Delia's complete basic cookery book is very useful I'd say - stuff in there isn't fancy but it's a reference for when you want to know how long you should cook a chicken for, or what's a good starting point for a beef stew.

Jamie's 30 min meals has turned out to be a very good inspiration read for certain quick meals - eg his quick chicken pie turns out very nicely.

[raingirl26.livejournal.com]

oh I love to read and look at the photos in cook books also. but i rarely cook anything as my husband if the chef in our house. he'll make some things i suggest, but not usually the really fancy ones with tons of ingredients. more likely is that i'll bake some cookies - and usually toll house chocolate chip because i can't think of anything better to eat raw and cooked.