Good Book, Wrong Time
I read a recommendation for the cookbook Sunday Suppers at Lucques that emphasized its menus based on seasonal produce, so I reserved it from the library. I find cookbooks some of the best things to check out of a library, since they make poor impulse buys at the bookstore. I don’t know if a cookbook’s any good till I’ve tried a few recipes, and by that time it’s usually spattered and unreturnable.
Sunday Suppers is a heavy, gorgeous book with lots of photos, and delicious sounding menus. But if I’d bothered to research the book even a little, I would have discovered how completely wrong it is for me right now.
Read through the recipe to find out what needs to be done before you begin cooking. Often there are onions to be chopped, spices to be toasted and ground, garlic to be minced, flour to be measured, and herbs to be picked.
This book is for someone who wants to devote time to the process of cooking. I’m all for the type of seasonal, local, organic ingredients it recommends. The food sounds wonderful, but it’s way down Maslow’s hierarchy of needs from where I am with two small kids.