The Joy of Cookbooks

And not everyone is ready for a cookbook that couples simple recipes with an attempt to create a new attitude towards the way we eat. Michael Pollan’s new book, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto , just now hit the shelves of the nation’s bookstores. While I haven’t picked it up yet, my guess is it will go hand in hand with Waters’ Art of Simple Food.

Can a book change the way we live? That’s a weighty mission, but it’s happened before, and Waters does not hesitate to describe herself as a revolutionary. My prediction: More than one young couple will get a copy of Waters’ cookbook for a wedding present along with the blenders and cookware sets. It may not change their lives, but at least they’ll share some good meals along the way.

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