Wow, Paula, thanks for the great round-up. I am all for keeping it well edited, with a clear point of view. With so many books to consider, it's easy to lose focus when reading something that is a bit too comprehensive.
I am super sympathetic to the difficulty of covering cookbooks, given the number that are being released. I understand that the sheer quantity necessitates you make cuts somewhere. My own list has 103 books in September alone and that does not include all of the books originally scheduled for September release that publishers pushed to later months.
That said, I hope that you do not do away with the cookbook-adjacent titles entirely. Even if they only make the list at the end of each monthly introduction, from what I can tell, you are the only person who covers them at all. From this issue alone:
A History of the World in Ten Dinners
Holy Food
Midwestern Food
This is Not a Recipe Book
are all titles that are of great interest to me and that I have not seen covered by anyone except you. If it isn't something you can continue to include, then so be it, but I wanted you to know that it was appreciate just the same.
Thanks for this! Those books all have recipes, so I will continue to cover them. I have to draw lines somewhere, and this is one of the most clear cut ways to do so.
Wow, Paula, thanks for the great round-up. I am all for keeping it well edited, with a clear point of view. With so many books to consider, it's easy to lose focus when reading something that is a bit too comprehensive.
Wow, that was a lot. Thanks.
I’ve got the Shabbat stop in Minneapolis on my calendar! Can’t wait!
Thank you so much for including Pasta Every Day, Paula! :)
“Crave” sounds a lot like “Crave” by Ed Smith, which is a fun and inspiring book!
I am super sympathetic to the difficulty of covering cookbooks, given the number that are being released. I understand that the sheer quantity necessitates you make cuts somewhere. My own list has 103 books in September alone and that does not include all of the books originally scheduled for September release that publishers pushed to later months.
That said, I hope that you do not do away with the cookbook-adjacent titles entirely. Even if they only make the list at the end of each monthly introduction, from what I can tell, you are the only person who covers them at all. From this issue alone:
A History of the World in Ten Dinners
Holy Food
Midwestern Food
This is Not a Recipe Book
are all titles that are of great interest to me and that I have not seen covered by anyone except you. If it isn't something you can continue to include, then so be it, but I wanted you to know that it was appreciate just the same.
Thanks for this! Those books all have recipes, so I will continue to cover them. I have to draw lines somewhere, and this is one of the most clear cut ways to do so.