Welcome to one of my 2012 cooking projects!
I’m a big goal-setter, and usually my favorite goals to check off my list each year take place in the kitchen. One of this year’s kitchen projects is to cook at least one recipe out of each of my cookbooks (which at today’s count was 64).
It’ll be an interesting endeavor – though some of these books are ones I rely on frequently, the majority of them are ones I’ve read for pleasure, used rarely, or in some cases, barely opened at all. Many have been gifts; others have been freebies from food events. Some represent cuisines I’ve merely dabbled in (Vietnamese, Thai). And some (Cooking with Beer, two different bacon-themed cookbooks) are just a little silly.
And while I love to collect cookbooks, I’d say the majority of recipes I make on a regular basis either come from magazines like Cooking Light and Cook’s Illustrated, Websites like Serious Eats, or from my own repertoire or imagination.
But cookbooks shouldn’t just collect dust on a shelf. So this project will give me the confidence to say that if this book has managed to make its way into my collection, at least it’s serving a purpose!
