My latest cookbook to take a look through, and
actually read thoroughly is The Kitchen Cookbook. This cookbook is by Sara KateGillingham and Faith Durand. These ladies run a popular website with the same
name, The Kitchn. The Kitchn website is a sister site to the popular all
things home site Apartment Therapy. You may be familiar with both of these
sites from their ever popular pins on Pinterest.
The Kitchn Cookbook isn’t just a cookbook
though. Actually only a little less than half of the book is comprised of
recipes. The rest of the book is comprised of all things kitchen relates; how
to organize, helpful food prep tips, guide on basic cooking terms and how to do
them, tours of several real kitchens, and much more. So, if you are looking for
a good, lot of recipes cookbook this may not be quite what you are looking for.
Now, if you love cooking, the kitchen is a central part of your home, or you
love all things kitchen related, then this book you would probably enjoy. This
would also may a good gift book for someone just starting out on their own in
their own place, just getting married, graduating college, or buying their
first home.
For me personally, this isn’t a cookbook that I
think I would turn to often to find a recipe or get some food inspiration. I
might also mention that many of the recipes in the book can also be found on
Pinterest. With that said though, The Kitchn is an interesting read with a lot
of good information in it. Also a plus is that all the kitchen tours featured
in the book are of real kitchens that people really use, not just staged
kitchens that aren’t even used. Thus said, the pictures in the book look real,
not staged. This is a nice touch that makes this book a little different from a
lot of other cookbooks. One of the things that I also liked about the book was
these little sections called Dana’s Meditation. Dana’s Meditations are little
beautifully written bits about the kitchen or cooking. One last note, the
recipes are simple and truly easy to follow. In fact all of the book is simply
written and quiet readable.
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