Cookbooks
I was leafing through Pino Luongo’s La Mia Cucina Toscana today and I was struck by how different the recipes were–different seasonings, different combinations of food. I used to read cookbooks, turn first to the recipes in newspapers, subscribe to cooking magazines. I’ve noticed that they don’t interest me that much anymore. I don’t use recipes that much these days and after a while, the recipes mostly seem the same. Who has the patience to cook 10 different versions of what’s essentially the same barbeque sauce? No, I’d rather read about different people’s experiences with food and put together their recipes from their comments.