Are you one of those people who love to buy cookbooks, read a few pages, put it down, put it on your bookcase to collect dust and never get it out again? Well, I happen to be one of those people. I love cookbooks. I do read them, I do put them in my bookcases and sometimes I never pull them out again. However, I do have a few cookbooks that I love and those are ones that I use often. I have over 200 cookbooks and magazines that I have collected over many years. I have some very old ones and some just as new as yesterday. I collect cookbooks like other people collect novels. I guess this is my addiction. I read them cover-to-cover, enjoy them and love to look at photos of the finished product. I fantasize about how they will look and taste after I make them. I am a cookbook addict!
The inspiration for this blog was the movie Julie and Julia, that I loved and it led me to this idea. I love to bake and cook. It is my passion. I went to school to become a pastry chef but I now only bake as a hobby. I love baking and I came up with this idea: I am going to cook or bake one recipe from each of my cookbooks or cooking magazines and blog about the result. I am doing it for the fun of it, and hope someone out there has fun with me.
Beginning with all my cookbooks and magazines that I have collected through the years—that will involve baking (cakes, cupcakes, pies), canning, ethnic cooking, gluten free baking, diabetic baking or cake decorating. Everyday, except on the weekends, I will make something and write about it! Let’s say you wish to follow along with me…YOU CAN! All recipes will be duly noted in advance by citing the title of the book/magazine, page number or website. If I can offer helpful hints from culinary school, I will pass it on. Feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns, or comments.
The biggest problem I will have is finding people to eat all this food. Let’s get started.
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