New cookbooks!
I might not have mentioned it before, but I married a chef. My first job as a teenager was working at a local French restaurant and I had big dreams of going to culinary school, which, my dad, who was paying for my post high school education, shot down. So I went to a four year school and became an elementary school teacher and librarian. WAAAY better hours, retirement plan and health care benefits. I even teased my chef into joining me as a teacher (he's been teaching cooking now for 25 years!). Anyway, cookbooks were some of my favorite books growing up (Betty Crocker Cookie Book anyone?) and I still love a good cookbook, as evidenced by my latest round of books from Netgalley. The first one is called Gateau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes by Aleksandra Crapanzano. Unsurprisingly, it's about cake. Don't you kind of love the simplicity of cookbooks? Eponymous titles, straightforward directions, gorgeous pictures. ...