Yes, and no. I love reading cook books as books. I’m 3/4 of the way through Julia Child’s “My Life in France.” I love Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci in Julie and Julia but can’t read the book because I find Julie to be an awful and shallow person. When I see the movie I fast forward through the Julie parts just to see Meryl and Stanley do what they do best, and I love Amy Adams but not as Julie.
I’ve always been a bookworm. By age eight I had several favorites. Death Be Not Proud, John Gunther. The Diary of Anne Frank, and three biographies on my favorite people: John F. Kennedy; Abraham Lincoln; and Annie Oakley. Also the Betty Crocker Boys and Girls Cookbook and a dance book that included stories of the most famous ballerinas of the past 100 years.
When we moved out west 2.5 years ago I put all my cookbooks in storage. I’ve bought a few and been given a few as gifts but my library card serves me well, as does the internet.
Will books go by the wayside? I hope not. I love browsing a bookstore, such as Powell’s in Portland OR. I was there six minutes and bought six used cookbooks and had them mail the books home. Luckily their technical bookstore was several blocks away and it was pouring rain or we would have a bigger dent in our bank account.
Don’t have an iPad yet. I like my setup with laptop closed, cordless keyboard and huge flat-screen monitor. I wouldn’t like to read books on it, as seating is not optimal.
Permit me to say that I’m an Apple convert for five years now and have an iMac hwith extra memory, and an iPhone, old one that keeps on ticking. That’s how husband Jim times steaks! Today Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple and I wish him well. He revolutionized the computer industry and his presence as the day-to-day CEO will be missed.
Note to brother Kevin: NO, I have never finished Pillars of the Earth but watched it as a mini-series and it’s on my list. So is “Get Passport.” D
Cooking with Dee 