i have to say, i do have jamie oliver's first cookbook, but i'm not 100% in love with his style. i do go back constantly to his fruit crumble recipe and his focaccia recipe, but his ingredients and recipes are sometimes poorly adapted for american markets...i haven't seen any of his newer books, though. but i have to say, just his tv personality is a turnoff for me. to be honest, i have a totally irrational bias against lidia bastianich, as well! (i am awful, i know.) for some reason lately i am just biased against cook-driven books, and i think that's why the silver spoon is so perfect -- encyclopedic and theoretically objective, maybe?
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Re: (i am such a geek)
Date: 2007-02-27 06:54 pm (UTC)