r/books discussion

I admit that I live a very food-oriented life. I love food; cooking, eating out, Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Moroccan, Brazilian... I'll have it all and I'll try absolutely anything once!

Something I don't seem to have a lot of? Cookbooks. I do however keep a book of my own recipes on my shelf of sketchbooks and notebooks, however.

So, my fellow /r/book -ers, the question is... what's your favourite food? Do you have a go-to cookbook? Do you keep your own cookbook of recipes? Is there food in a book you read that you always wanted to try or didn't really exist (...I wanna try butterbeer...)

As long as I have a recipe I can cook, and I enjoy doing so! Although I'm sad to say that I'm rather picky. I CANNOT stand mushrooms, I only like tomatoes in certain forms, and I like the taste of onions but not the texture. Those three foods are in absolutely everything. It makes trying new things difficult for me but I do my best anyway.

I like to collect recipes and try out new ones fairly often and I have a ton of cookbooks lying around that I've inherited from some place or another.

I really want to try a hand at making lembas bread. Yes, it's from LOTR. Yes, I know I'm a complete dork :).

I also LOVE this blog by Anna the Red. In this particular post I've linked to she has replicated several meals from Studio Ghibli films. So adorable!

As far as a favorite food? Idk. Cheese? I put it on everything so it must be true.

@Ashley I feel like the thing with onions - you either like them or hate them. My roommate is very particular about onions unless you change their preparation. I basically chop onions into the tiniest mince for her or caramelize them for her.

I've also seen Anna the Red's posts about the Ghibli food replications she's made! It made me hungry. All I want is delicious things.

@Frank I feel like there's a cooking niche... I'm terrified of baking but I'm not awful at it at all. It's really hit or miss, I think. I also know people who don't cook very well but can bake MAGIC.

@Eric Chili is pretty easy to make! And delicious. I'm no dude but I make an amazing chili. :)