I like to believe that since Julie and Julia, the fact that I cook through cookbooks in their entirety (seafood excluded) is a dated fact. But, I find when I tell people this they give me an awkward side eye look and say, "Wow, that's impressive", my guess is that in their head they are thinking Wow that is so weird, but are too polite to say that to my face. I have only done this once before and have been jumping around between cookbooks, but I think it is time for me to return to this tried and true method. The first book I cooked through was Giada at Home, by Giada De Laurentis. My husband chose it for me from the many, many cookbooks I own because I like Italian food and he thought well, why not? I did enjoy cooking through it and found that it had some duds and some gems, which I think is most likely the case with any cookbook, some recipes hit the mark and others, well not so much. Next I started to focus more exclusively on my family recipe's because I wanted to keep all my favorites and to ensure I tried them all first. I then moved onto Shauna Niequist's Bread and Wine, a food memoir, and Chrissy Teigen's first cookbook Cravings. I feel like reading a cookbook cover to cover and cooking through it you get to know the person behind the food and from their cookbooks. Shauna seems like the person I am on the inside and Chrissy just seems like a ton of fun. My new cookbook adventures include Barefoot Contessa's Foolproof, Chad Robertson's Tartine Bread, and The Minimalist Kitchen by Melissa Coleman. I have enjoyed most of what I have cooked from Foolproof. Robertson's Tartine Bread is delicious but also labor intensive. I personally love Melissa Coleman's mindset and have only made a few of her breakfast recipes.
The most interesting thing is that by cooking through someone else's cookbook you can see the world of food through their eyes. You learn their go to ingredients, their methods and food become more layered than it has been before. Do you enjoy cooking through cookbooks? Any ideas of cookbooks or food memoirs you would love for me to cook through and test out for you? The picture below shows all of my cookbooks/books with recipes, if you have suggestions let me know.
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