booooooooooooks.

[schmerica]

pearl_o: I add books to my to-read list at a much, much faster rate than I actually read books.

fox1013: /giggles
fox1013:What books?

pearl_o: ....dude, right now my to-read list is a word document over 1000 items long.
pearl_o: and i am adding a bunch of stuff i bookmarked on amazon last night.

fox1013:Erica? Darling? You are a freak.
fox1013:/smooches

pearl_o: /beams
pearl_o: I LIKE LISTS.
pearl_o: They are so organized!
pearl_o:And alphabetical!

Sort of the same topic but not really: who wants to recommend good cookbooks to me? Not for my to-read list, but for my crazy packrat COOKBOOKCOOKBOOKCOOKBOOK collecting. Right now, I use Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything and The Best Recipes in the World constantly; I love Nigella Lawson's How to Be a Domestic Goddess but was disappointed in How to Eat; I respect The Joy of Cooking but only ever really use it when I'm making a bazillion cookies at Christmastime. Specificity of region, technique, or ingredients is fine, as long as it's a good book. What do you guys like?

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[hobbledehoy.livejournal.com]

i've been really excited about the moosewood cookbooks, by mollie katzan. they're veggie, of course, but really tasty. lots of soy, though.

and of course betty crocker.

i'm currently reading miriam's kitchen which is a book about jewish culture and family through cooking. i read it i think i middle school, which is random as fuck, and it's pretty great. i'm glad i found it again, cos i didn't remember the name.

i can never figure out what to read. i don't know how you do it.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Hee. I do it by jotting a note to myself every single time I come across a book that looks vaguely interesting. And wandering around randomly on Amazon.com. And reading blogs of people who talk about books. And being crazy.

[hobbledehoy.livejournal.com]

craaazy! love.