Since seeing "Julie & Julia", I've been looking for a cooking project. One that would allow me to shamelessly steal the concept & also make me seem more interesting than I am. My project arrived on Christmas morning. Ricky & Lisa gave me Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc Cooking for the Home Cook. If that means nothing to you, let me explain. We are into food & restaurants & cookbooks & chefs. As Ricky puts it, if they sold chef cards with bubble gum, we would collect them. In our collection, Thomas Keller would be like having a Babe Ruth rookie card. A cookbook written by him for home cooks is like having the Babe be your batting coach. The book itself is a thing of beauty. It's a good read...with recipes in it. Best of all, this is the food I cook, ramped up. This isn't hork down food. This is food to be enjoyed with friends, family, good conversation, laughter, & wine. I love that he considers music an essential ingredient in cooking...& love. Don't forget the love.
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