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Showing posts with label Cook Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cook Books. Show all posts
Monday, April 20, 2009
Cook book REHAB
I NEED HELP!!!!! I JUST CAN'T STOP! PLEASE SEND HELP!!!! o.k. so I have a problem, i did it again. This time i went for the mother load, the cook book equivalent to hard drugs. Before i was just dabbling, now i am a full fledged junky. I am talking about "THE BIG FAT DUCK COOK BOOK". Ok so i read some reviews, where people say this is the holy scripture of cook books. I am a "see for my self" kinda guy, i will be the judge of that!! So i went to my local book store to get a glimpse of this holy work. It seems my local book store feels there is no market for a $$$ cook books..... So i set out on my search for enlightenment. I went to two more book store, still no luck!! I walk into the final book store, this store boasted a very large cook book section... so i had faith. I look and as usual got wrapped up in some other book, but then i felt some kind of presence, some force i have never felt. And there on the highest shelf was this cardboard book shaped box. Ok so now after all this time i can finally see the book, feel it, read it, take it in. So i take the book from the shelf and bring it to the nearest table. I slowly remove the cardboard latch that seals the box and slowly remove its cover. The f-ing thing is wrapped in plastic. OMG i'll burn this building to the ground, i will kill!!!! Now what, now what do i do? So like any normal gay man, I put it on credit. So i walked my new very pricey cook book to my car, and drove off into the sunset. Well actually i got on the highway and headed home. I unwrapped the book as soon as i got home, this was last night. I then got side tracked.... ok so the point is that i have yet to read the stupid book!!!! so i'll tell you how it is as soon as i read it!!!!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Me you and a cook book!!!!
So maybe its a healthy obsession but its getting out of hand. I just cant stop! I find my self sneaking out of work or going on line to get them. I may need an intervention or maybe medical attention.
One is too many and a thousand is never enough!!!
I am talking cook books, i love them.... i need them!!!!!
I love to see the way they are laid out, the pictures, the recipes everything about them.
I very rarely cook anything from a cook book. I do get ideas or inspirations from them, but always need to add my own touch!!! soooo my new book is "a Day at elBulli" OMG!!!!! this is culinary porn, high class culinary porn. For those of you who do not know, elBulli is said to be the BEST restaurant in the world!!!! and the chef Ferran Adria the god of Molecular gastronomy!
This book lays out a day in the life!!! from reservations, to cooking to braking down the kitchen!! and the photos are killer!!!! ohhhhh gosh i think i need to be alone!!!!
If you don't know about Ferran and his restaurant look it up!!!! Get the book!!!
:)
MVP
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