Evan's comments (member since Aug 29, 2007)

Evan's comments from the Books for Cooks group.

There are many great cookbooks out there, but to me the best ones are those that make you really want to cook more. Bittman's quite good at this, as is Nigella Lawson. But my favourite cookbook has to be The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart. It not only has great recipes and oozes the smell of yeast, but its instructions and descriptions give you a visceral need to make the bread, feel it in your fingers and teeth. He also gives weight measurements alongside the traditional volumetric ones, which tempts you into being really serious about baking.

Much fun!