Why Cookbooks Are Here To Stay

There's a lot of talk these days about the future of cookbooks. On Eater National, yesterday, Paula Forbes made the case that "the end of print is in clear sight" and that the only cookbooks that might survive are the "art object" cookbooks, those "huge, photo-heavy tomes."

Maybe I'm naïve, but I find this hard to believe. The end of cookbooks in clear sight? But I love cookbooks! And as excited as I am to try out Dorie Greenspan's new iPad app (which involves video demos for over 100 recipes) and Grant Achatz's "Next" eBook (which is designed exclusively for the iPad), does that mean that I'd ever abandon print cookbooks in my kitchen? Not a chance!

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