Funny Cookbook Experience

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So this morning I went to the bookstore to check out the new

cookbook from Dirk Bach (famous actor/comedian in germany),

Vegetarian Schlemmen (Feast Vegetarian) and of course couldn't

resist buying it despite the price and weight (working on packing).

 

This evening I finally got around to being able to read the book

cover to cover instead of just flipping through it. I lay back in my

bed and read through some of the delicious recipes trying to note

which ones I want to try out in the future. I breathed in heavily

while reading about one particularly tasty-sounding recipe. " Boy, " I

thought, " I can almost smell how good this recipe tastes! " When I

remembered that I had a pot of boiling water with broth and various

spices on the stove waiting for some pasta to be thrown in. LOL!

 

The cookbook is actually quite good, I was surprised. It has recipes

with a lot of ingredients but upon close inspection most of them are

little bits of things here and there that are in most kitchens

anyway. And each recipe has a little commentary beforehand from Dirk

about how the recipe came about, how he cooks it, tips, or a funny

story of the recipe with family and friends. It also has little

sections on eating at home, at work and while travelling which is

nice. And thought Dirk claims to be clueless about cooking, he has

indeed cooked all of these recipes and even has certain products

that he will only buy fresh or a certain type of. One thing that

made me laugh is that one of the reasons he wrote the book is that

he was inspired by lots of other famous people writing about their

famous recipes but how although the book is filled with their

pictures you never see them at the stove or cooking, so in the book

there are many pictures of Dirk doing just that (cooking).

 

Yay new cookbook! Oh, for some recipe examples: noodles with tomato-

nut sauce, pear quiche, lilac berry soup with semolina dumplings,

bavarian mousse with raspberry sauce, 2 type of potatoes with cheese

baked on top, corn muffins with warm herb butter, pear-cranberry

gratin. Mmmmmmmmm.