Most cookbooks in one way or another are irresistible to me. I have bought them for no reason at all most of my life. When I say no reason at all I mean I bought them even when I never cooked (early twenties) and then got rid of a lot that I thought I would never use (early thirties), don't ask if there were any classics amongst them as I am sure there was. So here I am now (early forties) with a beautiful collection of cookbooks that continues to grow and is now being used all the time.
So now, they are even more exciting to me as instead of buying them, looking at all the beautiful pictures and then putting them on the shelf they are actually being used to create some beautiful food. My kids are teenagers now with appetites and a willingness to try new things. So I try at least a couple of times a week to cook something from one of my cookbooks or magazines (yes food magazines are a weakness as well).
So I thought I would write about what I cooked, how it worked out (or didn't in some cases) and just write in general about all my cookbooks. I bought a new one on the weekend - 'The Bourke Street Bakery Cookbook' so will have something from that later this week.
