I don't know. There are so many millions of cookbooks out on the market that it's hard to say what isn't out there.
I'm the kind of person who loves to learn. I love to know the history behind things and how they work and why they came about (which I guess is why I like Good Eats). So I tend to enjoy books that are more about the history of food. More than actual cookbooks...
I think Alton Brown might be the only person writing cookbooks like that. I could very well be wrong. But either way I think there is a shortage of cookbooks that mix education and "fun facts" with recipes. But if your husband is not that kind of a person he's not going to have fun writing that kind of a book.
So I'm not much help. That's just the only kind of book that I see a shortage of on the market. I mean, we have just about every kind of "basic cookbook" and "30 minute meals" book you can think of.
Maybe the only other thing there isn't much of are cooks with recipes small enough for one person. As depressing as it is to go to a bookstore looking for a cookbook for one, single people are out there and most recipes are geared towards groups.
*shrug* Good luck to your husband.  |