Tony and Rob
My cooking self, not to be outdone by my knitting self, also purchased some lovely cookbooks yesterday:
If you haven’t yet read Anthony Bourdain’s _[Kitchen Confidential](http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0747553556/qid=1098034551/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/701-6033145-7475539)_, you should. It’s fascinating… and further confirms for me why I’d never become a chef.
The _[Les Halles Cookbook](http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/158234180X/qid=1098034684/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_3_2/701-6033145-7475539)_ is full of recipes from his restaurant. But of course, the one I’ve encouraged the DH to try is the Beef Bourguinon.
The other cookbook, _[Vancouver Cooks](http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/155365028X/qid%3D1098034759/701-6033145-7475539)_, has contributions from 50 award-winning chefs in the Vancouver area: Lumiere/Feenie’s, Tojo’s, Vij’s, Bishop’s, Bis Moreno, West, Cru, Elixer, etc. etc.
Even the marketing and distribution of _Vancouver Cooks_ is taken care of the grande dame of cookbooks in Vancouver, Barbara-Jo McIntosh of [Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks](http://www.bookstocooks.com/). If you love cookbooks (which I do) and chefs (which I do), and you have the opportunity to visit Vancouver, you’ll have to stop by Barbara-Jo’s. You can take classes which feature recipes from a cookbook and after the class you receive a copy of the cookbook. It’s all good.
have you read any of michael ruhlman’s books? he wrote “the soul of a chef” and “the making of a chef” – very interesting reads and well-written, too (he’s a journalist). just thought i’d make the suggestion, since you mentioned anthony bourdain’s “kitchen confidential.”
the jaeger for the shawl is very pretty! good luck!
Hi Melissa, thanks for the recommendations! I will, for sure, put those two books on my reading list. I’ve found that as much as I like food and cooking, I am fascinated by the people who do the cooking. So I am always on the look out for good food writing, not just cookbooks.