December 16th, 2009
Cover Girl
Call us shallow, (actually, please don’t) but we often pick books on the merit of their cover.
What can we say, we’re suckers for pretty things.
I Know How to Cook ($49.95) by Ginette Mathiot practically leaps off the shelf it’s so charming. Similarly, the images inside (by French illustrator Blexbolex) are simply gorgeous.
From a simple omelet to a coq au vin and a crepe suzette, the recipes in this translated French classic are délicieux and easy-to-follow.
In one cake recipe, the instructions even finish with the useful note: "turn off the oven."
Handy advice for kitchen clumsies like us.
I Know How to Cook is available at Good Egg, 267 Augusta Ave., Toronto, 416-593-4663, www.goodegg.ca
