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                                                                                                 Buy the


                                                                                                 Book




                                                                                                 Buck Reed
                                                                                                 The Supermarket Gourmet




                                                                                          Even though trends indicate that   pound? Is the book trying to get you
                                                                                       less people are cooking at home these   to Sous Vide everything, which isn’t
                                                                                       days, cookbook sales are climbing     a bad technique and could elevate
                                                                                       almost every year by 3-6 percent.     your game considerably, but could
                                                                                       Who is buying cookbooks? Not          be difficult for people who are time-
                                                                                       surprisingly, over 60 percent are     challenged.
                                                                                       bought by women, of which most are       Some of my favorite books include
                                                                                       college educated. According to my     authors such as James Peterson. He
                                                                                       wife, the other 23 percent are bought   puts out a book about every two to
                                                                                       by me. And, 76 percent of people who   three years and usually tackles one
                                                                                       buy two cookbooks a year say they     element of cooking. He explains
                                                                                       cook at home at least once a week.    things very well, in an easy manner
                                                                                       Cookbooks bought for personal use     that most everyone can understand.
                                                                                       are clocked in at 70 percent, while the   Then there is the other side, with
                                                                                       remaining 30 percent are bought as    Kevin Gillespie and his book, Fire in
                                                                                       gifts. And what kind of cookbooks are   my Belly. It is easy for me to say that
                                                                                       they buying? American cooking tops    I can get a lot from this book, not
                                                                                       the list, followed by Italian cuisine,   just with his inspiring stories about
                                                                                       desserts, and seafood.                food but his recipes as well. Take his
                                                                                          So, what type of cookbook would    sweet bread recipe. Although I doubt
                                                                                       best suit you? Well, you must ask     many of us will ever really cook
                                                                                       yourself if you are looking to cook   with them or even try this recipe, he
                                                                                       better or become a better cook. If you   tops his fried sweet breads with a
                                                                                       just want to cook better, then you are   celery relish. Looking at this recipe,
                CALL TODAYFOR AFREE TREE EVALUATION                                    looking for recipes that will actually   I cannot help but think this relish
                                                                                       work and you can easily follow. This
                                                                                                                             would be great in tuna or chicken
                                  BY OUR ARBORIST                                      is called having faith in the book.   salad, which most of us make and
                                                                                       However, if you want to become a      eat. So, from this one recipe that
                                                                                       better cook, you want a book that     most would pass by, we can elevate
                                                                                       will explain how the basic techniques   our cooking.
                                                                                       work, and how to get the most out        A cookbook shouldn’t just be a
                                                                                       of ingredients. The books you are     collection of recipes. It should inspire
                                                 800-383-4595                          looking for will inspire you to think   you to actually cook something. It
                                                                                                                             should tell you something about the
                                                                                       “outside the recipe.”
                                                                                          How can you tell if a cookbook is   ingredients, the region the recipe
                                                                                       not for you? As you thumb through     comes from, and how the person
                                                                                       it, look through the ingredients. Are   feels about this dish. You may never
                                                                                       they calling for things like saffron or   cook with geoduck, but maybe
                                                                                       truffles in every recipe? You have to   a good seafood cookbook will
                                                                                       ask yourself if you are really going   encourage you to pick up those clams
                                                                                       to cook with truffles at $1,300 per   at the grocery store.






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