And then I figured, I'm not following a person, per say, at least not just yet, but if Julie could spend a year discovering the secrets of Julia Child's cooking mastermind...perhaps I could spend...a year?...discovering a genre, or country, or company, or cook (though my favorites I fear do not usually bother printing books and tend to cook freestyle...I just LOVE that show where there is a star lineup of cooks and a challenger chef gets to challenge one and they have to cook with a secret ingredient...dang I'll write the name when I think of it!)...well, why can't Jessica!
So...my favorite cooks...
Paula Deen (I'm a southern girl, okay!)
Rachel Ray (also makes good dog food)
Ted Allen (brings the science back in)
IRON CHEF AMERICA! That's the name of the show! OF these greats my favorites of all time are Mario Batali (italian) and Masaharu Morimoto (japanese)...sooo, I thought I'd try my hand at some authentic Italian, its my favorite food group, so to speak.
Well, I found a great Italian Cookbook at the flea market which I wrote about earlier in angelicfinesse.blogspot.com but I was thinking...if I do this, I need to use someone I like! So, I NEED YOUR INPUT!!!
Here's the deal, I list the book options (all Mario's of course) and please leave a comment with the number or name of the book you think I should pick, deal...???
Spain… A Culinary Road Trip
by Batali, Mario and Paltrow, Gwyneth
Published: 10/20/2008, 256 pages, ISBN: 9780061560934Mario Batali Simple Italian Food
by Batali, Mario
Published: 11/1/1998, 288 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 9780609603000Molto Italiano
by Batali, Mario
Published: 5/2/2005, 522 pages, Hardcover , ISBN: 9780060734923Molto Gusto
by Batali, Mario and Ladner, Mark
Published: 4/6/2010, 288 pages, ISBN: 978006192432
All right people, get on your google and let me know what you think!
