tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post5602672172704212092..comments2024-03-05T07:55:16.812-08:00Comments on Rowley's Whiskey Forge: Cold, Rainy Weather Yields Homemade NoodlesMatthew Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00613982533349459637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post-61085777827251205752010-10-24T14:50:02.806-07:002010-10-24T14:50:02.806-07:00Typical conversation between SWMBO and me in a boo...Typical conversation between SWMBO and me in a bookstore:<br />SWMBO: "Whatcha looking at?"<br />Me: "Porn"<br />SWMBO: "Ok, put the cookbook down, we have to leave"<br />Me: "Yes dear..."<br />SWMBO: "Just once, when you say that, I'd like to look over and at least see nekkid girls or something."Tridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post-1827050451925530692010-10-23T10:59:05.420-07:002010-10-23T10:59:05.420-07:00Nancy ~ I was glad to weigh in (the post is here; ...Nancy ~ I was glad to weigh in (the post is here; http://www.kitchenlane.com/2010/10/if-you-just-need-meatloaf-recipe-will.html). Plenty of people don't have — and don't need — cookbooks, but to suggest that a handful is sufficient for anyone is ludicrous, anti-intellectual, and dismissive of an entire genre. <br /><br />Admittedly, most cookbooks are not worth the space they'd take up on my shelves, but the past few months have seen a slew of new titles come out that are really very good. My tastes skew toward the antiquarian, but I could walk into a bookstore today, drop $500 and be happy about what I just bought.Matthew Rowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00613982533349459637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post-53264009490037151062010-10-22T13:54:53.136-07:002010-10-22T13:54:53.136-07:00Hey, thanks for posting on my blog regarding the &...Hey, thanks for posting on my blog regarding the "one cookbook fits all" article. My exact reaction was similar to yours--sloppy & poorly thought out, something dashed off to fill the page. (As a free-lancer I've often been tempted to do that, but can't bring myself to, even on my blog!) If the author really believed that a cookbook is useless unless you cook from it often, he surely couldn't justify featuring the high-end Danish chef book--who's going to cook from that! <br /><br />BTW, I have long been fascinated by the marshmallow plant so will have to read that post next. In fact, I'd like to put your site on my blogroll--assume you have no objections.Nancy Baggetthttp://www.kitchenlane.commnoreply@blogger.com