Comments on: Review: Dinner At My Place http://www.macheesmo.com/2008/11/review-dinner-at-my-place/ Cook something Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:54:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nick http://www.macheesmo.com/2008/11/review-dinner-at-my-place/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Nick Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:43:47 +0000 http://www.macheesmo.com/?p=988#comment-132 Hi jessica. Thanks for the great comment. To answer your question, I don't find the organization in the book particularly useful but I like it because it touches on how much food plays a part in life moments. Also, it helps that there are maybe only 100 recipes in the book. It isn't a tome that needs strict organization. Your point is definitely a good one though. If "how to cook everything" was organized like this book it would be more or less useless. Cheers, Nick Hi jessica. Thanks for the great comment. To answer your question, I don't find the organization in the book particularly useful but I like it because it touches on how much food plays a part in life moments. Also, it helps that there are maybe only 100 recipes in the book. It isn't a tome that needs strict organization.

Your point is definitely a good one though. If "how to cook everything" was organized like this book it would be more or less useless.

Cheers,

Nick

]]> By: Jessica D http://www.macheesmo.com/2008/11/review-dinner-at-my-place/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Jessica D Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:19:28 +0000 http://www.macheesmo.com/?p=988#comment-129 Great review--I'm definitely curious enough to want to go and check this book out! One thing that I don't think I'd like, though, is how the book is organized. Call me boring, but I like my cookbooks organized the plain, old-fashioned way: by food type (Appetizers, Soups, Meat, Poultry, Vegetables, etc.). Maybe it's because of the way I approach cooking, or maybe it's just because I'm generally a pretty ordered person, but I don't think I'd like a cookbook organized by something as ambiguous as one chef's life moments. That said, ultimately, I decide whether or not I like a cookbook based on its recipes. If the recipes are good, or I like the author, I don't care all that much about how it's organized. I have this Cat Cora cookbook that's organized by how long the recipes take to make. Love the recipes, hate how the book is organized. I'm curious: do you find the way the book is organized useful, or do you just like it for its creativity? Great review–I'm definitely curious enough to want to go and check this book out!

One thing that I don't think I'd like, though, is how the book is organized. Call me boring, but I like my cookbooks organized the plain, old-fashioned way: by food type (Appetizers, Soups, Meat, Poultry, Vegetables, etc.). Maybe it's because of the way I approach cooking, or maybe it's just because I'm generally a pretty ordered person, but I don't think I'd like a cookbook organized by something as ambiguous as one chef's life moments.

That said, ultimately, I decide whether or not I like a cookbook based on its recipes. If the recipes are good, or I like the author, I don't care all that much about how it's organized. I have this Cat Cora cookbook that's organized by how long the recipes take to make. Love the recipes, hate how the book is organized.

I'm curious: do you find the way the book is organized useful, or do you just like it for its creativity?

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