I participated in this challenge (hosted by Vicki @ I’d Rather Be at the Beach) back in 2011. I have a hobby interest in food and cooking. I like to read about where food comes from and how to eat sustainably. One of the biggest challenges of living in Japan for me is cooking. It’s difficult for me to source and make the foods I love (if only I loved fish and seafood!). I hope that by participating in this challenge I’ll remember why I’m interested in eating right. I’m aiming for Pastry Chef (four to eight books). A trip to Thailand last month has really motivated to want to start cooking Thai food at home (even if that means waiting until I get back to Canada, where ingredients from far flung countries are easily available). Hopefully I can scrounge up enough ingredients here to make some of the dishes in my cookbook. These are some of the books I might try:
- Quick and Easy Thai: 70 Everyday Recipes by Nancie McDermott (cookbook)
- The Original Thai Cookbook by Jennifer Brennan (cookbook)
- Sous Chef: 24 Hour On the Line by Michael Gibney (memoir? non-fiction? fiction??)
- Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces by Gayla Trail (non-fiction)
- Salt, Sugar and Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss (non-fiction)
- The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food by Dan Barber (non-fiction)
- Cooked: A History of Natural Transformation by Michael Pollan (non-fiction)
- Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley (graphic novel memoir)
- Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks and Good Food by Jeff Potter (cookbook/non-fiction)
The last two I saw on Louise’s list and thought they sounded fun. Do you have any food-related book recommendations for me?
What an awesome challenge that must have been. I see that Cooked has a mix of reviews on Goodreads, can I ask what you thought of it?
Hi Sharyla, thanks for stopping by! This post is for the 2015 challenge, so these are the books I want to read this year. I haven't read Cooked yet. I liked The Omnivore's Dilemma and am interested in Cooked because I'd like to see how he approaches the subject.
What an awesome challenge that must have been. I see that Cooked has a mix of reviews on Goodreads, can I ask what you thought of it?
Hi Sharyla, thanks for stopping by! This post is for the 2015 challenge, so these are the books I want to read this year. I haven't read Cooked yet. I liked The Omnivore's Dilemma and am interested in Cooked because I'd like to see how he approaches the subject.