Cookbooks, Cookbooks, Oh My!

Posted by Dexie

Besides getting excited over shoes and clothes on sale, I get really excited over cookbooks as well. I haven't bought any new ones lately but 3 or 4 years ago I went bananas. Everytime I visited The Border's at the local mall, I would come home with 2 new cookbooks. It didn't help that they were on sale for $5.99 each. Before I knew it I have 9 different ones to add to the 4 cookbooks that I've started with in my first year of marriage. Not to mention all the cooking magazine subscription that I recieved monthly.

Interestingly enough, I use my cookbooks as guide books. I don't necessarily follow the recipes as they are written. I'm not talking about measurements. Mostly substituting ingredients and such. I love to experiment in my kitchen. I learn ideas from my cookbooks, and as often as I can, I always try to incorporate my own touch. This is the reason why I enjoy cooking too much. I'm very adventurous when it comes to coming up with dishes. I love my cookbooks and right now they are growing by the minute because my mother-in-law has imparted her Everyday Food Magazine subscriptions to me. Every week I pretty much get a copy in the mail from her. I love it. I am enjoying learning tricks and new recipes. The pictures are amazing. It inspires me to come up with my own versions and of course share them with you here :)

So how many cookbooks do YOU have?

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Aunt Lydia said:

If you keep collecting cookbooks and recipes, you will end up with lots of them like I did. I have many,of them. Infact, I now have my favorite recipes which I use and the rest of the books and recipes stay in the drawer.

Keep up the good work!

Posted at 12:15 AM, on June 19 2007

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dexie said:

i've stopped now..hehe. i do a lot of bookmarking though.

Posted at 08:52 AM, on June 19 2007

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