But, and this is often the case, unfortunately, having guests takes up the time I would normally be writing this blog, so I expect I won’t get back to it until Saturday when they have left.

So, the books, quickly are DYI Delicious and Cooking for Geeks. I’m already getting ideas.

Plus, the  New England cheese makers are having a sale on cheese kits. Oh, I’m going to be so busy.

bookshelves of cookbooks

I have three shelves devoted to cookbooks. Before I started all this, I had one. And yet, I have found, that there are certain books I keep going back to, so I have moved all of those down to the third shelf down, so that I don’t have to climb on the chair to get to the books, as I have been doing.

Some books, I have had forever. Some books old room mates left behind. Others, Cartoonist has picked up.

You can kind of tell where I am at every part of my cooking, by looking at which books I was buying, from four or five crockpot books, to how to makes things in 20 minutes. I must have five or six books on how to cook with children, which are actually quite handy if I want to make something quickly. The recipes are very simple, and quite good.

Someone asked me if I had gone vegan, and I said, no, not yet. I still eat chicken and eggs, but I have found that if given a choice, I would be quite happy with just veggies and fruit.