Cookbook battle: Gourmet vs. Bon Appetit

by Bob Sassone (Subscribe to Bob Sassone's posts)
Posted Dec 12th 2007 2:44PM
Filed under: Books, On the Blogs

Gourmet Cookbook I own several cookbooks, and I can honestly say that I like and learn something different from every single one of them, whether it's The Joy of Cooking (75th anniversary edition) or Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook or Peg Bracken's I Hate To Cook Book, there's something inside everyone that no other cookbook has, and I find that fun and interesting.

Food writer Melissa Lion decided to compare two famous cookbooks and writes about it over at the great book blog Bookslut.

She woke up one day and decided that she really wanted mac and cheese, so she consulted The Gourmet Cookbook and The Bon Appetit Cookbook to see which recipe she wanted to make, and that leads to some clever observations about the two tomes.

There's one line that made me smile because I feel the same way: "If I'm craving mac and cheese, by default, I'm not hungering for anything upscale or Italian. I want yellow American food." Heh.

Tags: bon appetit cookbook, bookslut, classic cookbooks, gourmet cookbook

Comments [5]

Permalink

Print Email Twitter Facebook Digg AIM Share

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

12-12-2007 @ 3:11PM

rainey Smith said...

TOTALLY Gourmet! I haven't made anything from it yet that hasn't been a winner.

12-12-2007 @ 3:52PM

Kassie said...

That was the most entertaining cookbook review I have ever read. Awesome.

12-12-2007 @ 5:11PM

Kevin said...

I like The Gourmet Cookbook so much that I'm cooking my way through the entire thing (www.gourmetproject.ca), but paging through Bon Appetit's book didn't move me. I get both magazines, and I always read Gourmet first. It's the hands down winner in my books. I've made the mac and cheese she tried, and it really was very good. The recipe is available on epicurious

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/14930

12-12-2007 @ 7:04PM

Janis said...

Thanks for this article!

Kevin---appreciate the link & will try--thanks!

12-14-2007 @ 6:03PM

Melissa Lion said...

Bob,

Thanks so much for the shout out! I'm glad you liked it. That column is my favorite thing I write on the internet. Kassie, wow, thank you!

Take care,

Melissa

#	Blogger	Posts	Cmts
1	Slashfood Editor	81	0
2	Alexa Weibel	54	2
3	Sarah LeTrent	35	0
4	Hanna Raskin	31	0
5	Emily Farris	19	0
6	Jennifer Lawinski	16	0
7	Sara Bonisteel	14	0
8	Michael Thomas Hastings	10	0
9	David Koeppel	8	0
10	Jennifer Iserloh	8	0
11	Jose Ralat Maldonado	7	1
12	LeNell Smothers	5	0
13	Sarah Christine	5	0
14	Mike Pomranz	5	1
15	Kristine Hansen	5	0
16	Joshua M. Bernstein	5	2
17	Monika Bartyzel	4	0
18	Erin Meister	4	0
19	John Devore	4	0
20	Max Shrem	4	0

Blogger

Posts

Cmts

Michael Thomas Hastings

'The Princess and the Frog' is Good, Old-Fashioned Family Fun Radio Disney: A Place For Music That's Both Safe and Cool Green To-Go: BabyBjorn Organic Baby Carrier	Fresh Faced All Day, From Shopping to Parties and More! One in 10 Obese People Think Their Body Is Healthy Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
Holiday Gifts I Want - Dana Black Friday Is All Weekend This Year 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' Style - Wes Anderson's Tailor Talks Suits and Cinema	Report: Ambulance Called To Home of David Hasselhoff Shhh, It's a Secret: Why Stars Keep Their Relationships Quiet Exclusive: Meet the One 13-Year-Old Who Despises 'Twlight' and Robert Pattinson
Weekend DIYs Gift Idea: Peter Norton's Family Christmas Art Projects Trend Watch: Glow In The Dark Bedding	Turkey Day Treats; Puppy Puritans Am I Boring My Dog? -- A Sassy Survival Guide for the First-Time Dog Owner TV Movie 'A Dog Named Christmas' Debuts on Sunday, Kicking off Holiday Pet Fostering Program