The Struggle to Find the Right Cookbook

I received some gift checks for books recently (thank you Katz and AdMU HS!) and since the TBA pile of books, both digital and print, just keeps growing, I was thinking of getting something I could use, in particular a cookbook, instead of fiction or business stuff, which I usually get. And really, I don't have any cookbooks, I just look stuff up on the net when I cook.

First choice was to check out David Chang's Momofuku cookbook. I don't know about you guys, but just hearing Chang's dishes d...