For those of you who haven’t gotten to know me yet… I am a reader! I am one of those people who feel that for every question in life, there are a handful of books (at least) that you should read to find your answers. 🙂

Some of the cookbooks I will be working with during my adventure:

How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
The America’s Test Kitchen Cooking School Cookbook
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer
Pillsbury Complete Book of Baking
Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook
The New Basics Cookbook by Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso
Farmhouse Cookbook by Susan Herrmann Loomis
Bernard Clayton’s New Complete Book of Breads
The Pasta Machine Cookbook by Donna Rathmell German

Some inspiring memoirs:

As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto
My Life in France by Julia Child
Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell (Great movie, too!)
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert  (particularly the Italy eating part! 🙂 )
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pepin
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl

And some fiction that made me want to cook (or at least eat!):

Chocolat by Joanne Harris (also a wonderful movie!)
Julia’s Chocolates by Cathy Lamb
The Storyteller by Jodi Piccoult
Life From Scratch by Melissa Ford
How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O’Neal
Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O’Neal
Eat Cake by Jeanne Ray
Good Grief by Lolly Winston