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Beth Tagg
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Anyone else love reading cookbooks?

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Is it strange that I often find myself curled up on my couch reading one of my cookbooks? I love to browse until I fins something particularly tantilizing, and then scour it for interesting ingredients and different methods to coax flavors to their fullest potentials. I particularly love the cookbooks that feel more like a chef is tutoring me. They often have little hints an tips that enhance the recipe. What are some of your favorite cookbooks?
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I don't really read them often, but I love scrolling through recipes and saving some of the good ones for the future.
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Absolutely, I thoroughly enjoy reading cookbooks as they provide not only recipes but also a journey into different culinary cultures and techniques.
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I, too, love flipping through the pages and reading cookbooks. I especially love the ones with great culinary photography which makes the recipes even more tantalizing.
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I love flipping through cookbooks and finding ones that are place-specific to places I’ve traveled to bring a bit of them home with me. What are some of your favorite cookbooks? I usually use websites now but I find flipping through physical cookbooks to be comforting
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When Im actually going to cook, I typically go for my moms old Joy of Cooking cookbook. Recipe cards and cookbooks are things that have been getting past down through families and my mom.gathered quite a collection herself. While I haven't used it, I enjoy looking at our Ben and Jerrys cookbook. But I prefer finding place specific ones like we have one from a NH church which gathered patrons' recipes and I love having the Amish cookbook as its in a binder and tells cultural things. That's one my mom bought as my dad has family who grew up around the community. I make bread and soup using recipes from that Amish cookbook frequently
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Post by Charmaine Mahlangu »

Not strange at all . I love going through my cook books even though the side effects are salivating and getting hungry shortly afterwards. I buy cook books as much as I collect my crime and thriller books. Surprisingly I also make time to teach myself how to make the recipes.
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