OT:Love to cook? Like reading about cooking?

[Brandi]

Julia Child was one of my all time favorite people! Her book "The Way to Cook" is hands down one of the best cookbooks I've ever used. The way it is organized is great - a master recipe, then variations. Everything I have made from that cookbook has been excellent. I even tried French baguettes and they were great (I'm not much of a baker - more of a stovetop person.) And her humor is present everywhere. (My sister got to meet her and spend a weekend with her, and in person she was just how you would think - very dry humor, generous and kind. (I realized I had to change "is" to "was" in this paragraph - I can't get used to the fact that she is no longer with us!)

I love cooking Indian food - it's hard to beat Madhur Jaffrey - she has great stories in her cookbooks of where recipes come from, what she remembers about certain foods, family stories, and so on. I also really like 1000 Indian Recipes by Neelam Batra - some have been more successful than others, but it's a great source for more obscure dishes - the stuff people actually eat at home in India, but you'd never find in an Indian restaurant here.

Ahhha fellow fan! I can tell you really like her stuff. Now you like indian food (love it) next monday on the travel channel "No reservations with Anthony Bourdain" is doing a two parter on india and the food as well as culture. He's show is really about the food. Check it out! I think it repeats too not sure what day? This weeks was on the boarder of mexico and america. Very interesting!

[bikerz]

I am a fan! For a long time I didn't know much more about her than that hilarious sketch from SNL - "Save the liver!!" (Anybody remember that?)

Thanks for the TV show tip - I'll try to remember to tivo it.

[Brandi]

oh my gosh yes "save the liver" so ooooo funny!

[ritualistic]

I had to learn cooking since I went to live abroad, living alone, far from mom's loving hands..so I can practically cook anyfin well

[Fuji Girl]

Love cooking and reading about cooking!

I also really like Ruth Reichl's books - she was/is the resturant critic for the NY Times, and her books are great!

I also like "Cooking for Mr. Latte" by Amanda Hesser and "Stuffed" by Patricia Volk.

[mtkitchn]

My husband and I love to cook, but I've never read Julia Child's book even though I'd seen her on TV a lot. I'm going to go out and get a copy.....thanks for the recommendation, Brandi!
As for Anthony Bordain, that show of his (No Reservations) cracks me up!