A cookbook ‘starter library’
December 1, 2016 by Darcie
Cookbook lovers not only read, collect, and cook from cookbooks, they also love to share their passion with others by giving cookbook gifts. Whether the gift is for a holiday, wedding, graduation, or other important life event, a cookbook is not only useful and thoughtful, it can become a cherished reminder of someone’s love. Over at indexed blog The Kitchn, Tami Weiser writes about starting a cookbook library for her children to take with him as they become more independent.
Weiser provides a list of ten cookbooks that she gave each of her children. She found it difficult to whittle down a list of favorites to a mere ten volumes, so she applied criteria such as only professional-style or encyclopedic books (Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything), books with clear directions – important for beginning cooks (Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Julia), and books that were well-edited.
If I were to come up with a “cookbook starter library,” it would look vastly different than Ms. Weiser’s list, although I would include The Food Lab. I would add a bread book (The Bread Baker’s Apprentice), and would also choose one unique volume that might be more aspirational than practical. For that, I’d consider a Thomas Keller book. I’d also think about adding Michael Ruhlman’s The Elements of Cooking, because if one didn’t have a kitchen mentor to learn from, that book would be helpful in understanding basic cooking concepts, and it isn’t quite as lengthy as other technique/principle works. (Cal Peternell’s Twelve Recipes might fit the bill here too.)
What would your “starter library” look like?
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