Friends, friends, friends.
Welcome back to Teatime Reading where there are books in progress.
One of the established facts about Teatime Reading is the following: I love reading cookbooks. By reading, of course, I mean flipping through the recipes and viewing the beautiful photography.
Another established fact is this: I am someone who appreciates the freedom— nay, the idea of getting away with something that accompanies skipping the meat and fish segments of most cookbooks.
Therefore, I was irrationally annoyed by the completely vegetable-centric book by world-renowned chef Eric Rupert of Le Bernardin fame. Do you mean, I’d have to pay a modicum of attention to every single page?
Scandalous and unprecedented.
I will say this much though. This book, simply titled Vegetable Simple: A Cookbook was a beautiful celebration of vegetables.
Every photograph was jaw-dropping and stunning. The recipes captured my imagination too. I’d love to try Mushroom Bolognese in particular, but as other readers have mentioned, this book is not the most accessible in terms of money or equipment. Many of the recipes are easy to understand or execute, however, others are either complicated, expensive, or both.
Vegetable Simple, then, is not quite an accurate title. It is more like a vegetable celebration, where the photography steals the show and the recipes are aspirational.
That gives it an interesting niche to reside in and I’m not exactly sure who will like this book the most.
Everyone will love the photography though, and that makes it a remarkably good coffee table book.
That’s all for today. Until next time, keep your bookmarks close.
Peace, Love, Pages
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