a Good food book is called Stanley Park. I cannot remember hte author and it is Canadian. Its interesting. Its about a chef who has to sell his restaurant becuase he cannot afford it and then decides to get to the bare bones of cooking and finds things in Stanley Park to cook in the kitchen...suck as park animals heheh.. Very interesting.
Diane Mott Davidson's books about a wacky caterer in Colorado, who always seems to get entangled in a juicy mystery during her catering affairs! the titles are a hoot - Prime Cut, Tough Cookies, The Grilling Season, etc. Recipes included - they're good, workable recipes, too!
Also, Patricia Cornwell's books always have her lead character cooking up something wonderful whenever she gets stressed out.
I look forward to checking out a number of these books at my Library. I'm always looking for a good read.
One book I think deserves mention here is Laura Esquivels "Like Water for Chocolate". A fantastic book, although I read it translated from the original Spanish, I feel it held up very well under the translation. It was made into a movie in the early '90's, that is also worth checking out.
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Like Water for Chocolate is an amazing film, as well. It is pure romantic cooking! Definetly a good rental for Valentine's Day!
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