i love reading cookbooks. Does this make me strange?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

[fizzgig]

1. no

but everything else does :P

[XNASA]

2. No. But.....

I'll bet it makes you hungry.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. it makes me have weird cravings

[qb]

4. Of course, but strange is good :)

[bicentennial_baby]

5. no, i do it too...

all the time

[DarkTirade]

6. Of course not.

I thought you were strange long before this post. :P

[seemunkee]

7. Have you seen the book My Last Supper?

Got it as a gift last weekend. 50 chefs tell what their ideal last meal would be. Who would cook it, who they would share it with, what they would eat and where. Recipes for some of the dishes are in the back too.

My wife loves the nude picture of Tony Bourdain holding a giant bone.

[bicentennial_baby]

9. Say whaaaa?

Want! :bounce:

Although, I'd rather have a naked Eric Ripert.... *swoon*

[seemunkee]

14. There is a nice shot of Ripert, but not nude.

Here's the shot.
http://blog.meevee.com/my_weblog/2007/11/anthony-bourd-1.html
Stupid me forgot the link

[Beausoir]

28. I like it.

[mtnester]

22. Bourdain nude, with a strategic ham bone

interesting, and also slightly disturbing..and I LOVE Tony Bourdain

Beautiful book and a very interesting book that is now in my library
:)

[Inchworm]

8. I do that too

We should form a club :P

:hi:

[Midlodemocrat]

10. I love to read them, too. Just got a ton of discounted ones from the Cooks Illustrated site.

Thanks to SOteric for cluing me in about that site.

[formerrepuke]

11. Of course not; it means you know where saffron comes from, and what

squab really is.. that sort of thing.

[Solon]

12. Only if the title of it says: "To Serve Man" n/t

[IndianaJones]

13. that would be her favorite. nt.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. i only serve white men and you have those asian genes. nt

[IndianaJones]

18. ha. nt.

[redqueen]

15. Yes, but in a good way.

:loveya:

[Blue Diadem]

16. If it makes you strange then I'm strange too.

I love cookbooks of all types. I especially love looking at older cookbooks and seeing the changes in spice use, fat content, even display/serving techniques.

and I'm still mad that I didn't get my grandma's cookbooks from the 20's. *stamps feet and jumps up and down*

[ismnotwasm]

19. Nope

I'm a OCD reader you might say. I read anything. Cookbooks, cereal boxes. Directions for anything. The Thomas guide.

By the way, I have a couple of old cookbooks, well one is called "Housekeeping in Old Virginia" published in 1879, (it's a reprint 1965. Sigh. I love old books, wish I had the original)It's got recipes like "Tongue toast", How to roast an Ox heart and "Calves head soup." It also has some old time treatments for various illness. Like boiling lemons for coughs, added brown sugar and a tablespoon of sweet almonds. I'm sick with a cold and I just might try it. I hate cold medicine.

[supernova]

20. Not at all; it's very relaxing to look at cookbooks.

I just love reading cookbooks and thinking about how good some recipe would taste. How much much fun I'd have getting the ingredients at the store and making it for people I love.

I have a few family heirlooms too and reading through them, all the comments in the margins, reminds me of my family too so reading those old cookbooks is a way to spend time with them too. .

[AnneD]

21. Count me as strange too.

I read a reprint of an old Mormon pioneer cookbook. It was a real history lesson in the day to day life. I mean really, how many cook books tell you how to render bear fat make hardtack and tell you how to make wildflower tea.

[Gormy Cuss]

23. Only if you think they're novels.

How many cookbooks do you have?
We have at least 35.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

25. 10 or so

[Left Is Write]

24. I hope not, because I love reading cookbooks too.

I have a pretty big collection of them.

[Rabrrrrrr]

26. As long as you're reading good ones, you're A-OKAY!

Reading cookbooks is fun!

[Zoigal]

27. If it does, then i'm strange, too. z

[RainDog]

29. they're a big deal for book collectors right now

I found the first ed. of the Betty Crocker cookbook - 1950s, red and white, with nifty pictures.

I have a years' worth of Gourmet that I don't think I ever even opened - I bought them when some kid was selling mag subscriptions. I'll send them to you if you want them. Otherwise I was going to take them to recycling.

My ex s-i-l went to cooking school after she got her licensiate in art history. believe me, SHE had quite a cookbook collection. Maybe you just missed your calling?

[cgrindley]

30. It depends... which cookbooks are they?

Bourdain's cookbook for Les Halles is marvelous reading. Ditto La Bonne Cuisine de Madame Saint-Ange. But if you're actually serious about it, I guess I'd also add (organized by date):

1531, Ibn Butlan, Tacuini Sanitatis ... de sex rebus non naturalibus... conservandae sanitatis, recens exarati. Albengefit de virtutibus medicinarum et ciborum. Iac Alkindus de rerum gradibus;

1541, Apicius, De re culinaria libri decem

1627, Salvatore Massonio, Archidipino, overo dell’ Insalata, e Dell’vso di Essa

1654, François-Pierre de la Varenne, Le cuisinier François, enseignant la maniere de bien apprester & assaisonner toutes sortes de viandes, grasses & maigres, legumes, & patisseries en perfection, &c. Reveu, corrigé, & augmenté d'un traitté de confitures seiches & liquides, & autres delicatesses de bouche. Ensemble d'une table alphabetique des matieres qui sont traittées dans tout le livre

1736, Vincent la Chapelle, Le cuisinier moderne

1740, Menon, Le Cuisinier Gascon

1796, Amelia Simmons, American Cookery

1808, Lucy Emerson, The New-England Cookery, or the art of dressing all kinds of flesh, fish and vegetables and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards and preserves, and all kinds of cakes

1826, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Physiologie du gout, ou meditation de gastronomie transcendante; ouvrage th eorique, historique et a l'ordre du jour, dedie aux gastronmie parisiens

1872, Urbain Dubois, Cuisine artistique. Études de l’école moderne

[hippywife]

31. Not unless it makes me strange, too.

:hi:

[auntAgonist]

32. No, but I think I'm pretty strange

in that I have cookbooks in the bathroom as reading material. :shrug:



Actually I guess I have some in the living room too.

heh

:hi:

[yellowdogintexas]

33. not in the least. I love reading them too.

have a large collection as well.

[Catbird]

34. Important Library Cookbook Collection

If a college or university library collects them, of course they are worth reading.

Schlesinger Library’s holdings of culinary works include close to 15,000 titles from the United States and the world over. Begun as a collection intended to document the domestic focus and contributions of women, the collection grew around a core of cookery books transferred from Harvard’s Widener Library to Schlesinger when the latter opened. It has expanded to become an international collection covering the entire field of culinary history, the culinary professions, gastronomy, the history of domestic life and management, and the role of food in history and culture.

http://radcliffe.harvard.edu/schles/culinary.php

[hoozyorsugadaddy]

35. ?

[BuddhaGirl]

36. Not at all! I love reading them as well!

When I get a new cookbook, I snuggle into my comfy chair with a cup of tea and read read read :-)

Not strictly a cookbook, but I just got "Culinary Boot Camp - Five Days of Basic Training at the CIA" by Martha Rose Shulman...I can't wait to read it!

[UndertheOcean]

37. no , I love reading them too

infact , I never cook from my head , I always must have a recipe open in front of me

[Turbineguy]

38. It might

I read the Escoffier Cookbook in one sitting (taking time out for meals of course).