Like Curtis- I buy cookbooks mostly for inspiration. I don't think I've ever cooked every single recipe.
The only way to avoid that is to create your own.
I have a huge collection of cookbooks...some I never use. But most are used, if only for ideas. I tend to start with a recipe and then add a twist here, a change there to make it my own.
Personally, with so much inspiration available on the Internet nowadays, I no longer buy cookbooks, although I am prone to the occasional impulse purchase of a cooking magazine while checking out at the supermarket. If someone gives me a cookbook (or I win a cookbook), I run through it to see what captures my interest. If I read about a new ingredient or technique, I make a note of it on my computer. If a recipe catches my attention, I'll add it to my collection - sometimes it's just a title that sparks an idea. When I'm done, I pass the book along to someone else for inspiration. :)
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October 17, 2010
I have lots of cookbooks with recipes in them I'll never use. I use cookbooks to spawn ideas and rarely use an actual recipe.
October 17, 2010
Absolutely...I have a whole cupboard of unused and unopened cookbooks.
October 17, 2010
Like Curtis- I buy cookbooks mostly for inspiration. I don't think I've ever cooked every single recipe.
The only way to avoid that is to create your own.
October 19, 2010
Guilty :D
October 19, 2010
I have a huge collection of cookbooks...some I never use. But most are used, if only for ideas. I tend to start with a recipe and then add a twist here, a change there to make it my own.
October 22, 2010
Personally, with so much inspiration available on the Internet nowadays, I no longer buy cookbooks, although I am prone to the occasional impulse purchase of a cooking magazine while checking out at the supermarket. If someone gives me a cookbook (or I win a cookbook), I run through it to see what captures my interest. If I read about a new ingredient or technique, I make a note of it on my computer. If a recipe catches my attention, I'll add it to my collection - sometimes it's just a title that sparks an idea. When I'm done, I pass the book along to someone else for inspiration. :)